Octane is unlocking the power of financial products for merchants and consumers. Our cutting-edge technology and innovative financial products empower businesses with more control and flexibility, enabling them to deliver seamless digital experiences, drive customer loyalty, and build long-term value.
Octane supports merchants throughout the sales cycle: connecting dealerships with high-intent buyers, driving transparent, fast, and easy closings with award-winning technology, and providing on-going customer care with superior loan servicing.
Founded in 2014, Octane supports over 60 OEM partner brands and over 4,000 dealer partners, and has a team of over 600. Visit www.octane.co.
We’re looking for a Business Intelligence Analyst to join our cross-functional Strategy BI team. In this role, you will collaborate directly with business leaders to turn data into clear and actionable recommendations. You will work with teams across Operations, Risk, Servicing, Finance, Product, and Sales, tackling their highest-priority questions as we enter our next stage of growth. The right candidate has a strong business mindset, sharp problem-solving instincts, and the ability to distill complex analysis into something any business partner can act on. This position is hybrid in our NYC office.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain core reporting suites and dashboards as needed to support decision-making.
- Work on analytical projects end to end, helping to scope the approach, dig into the data, and generate recommendations that the business can act on.
- Partner with your manager and department leads to understand the company’s biggest open questions, generate action-oriented insights, and turn ambiguous problems into a clear path forward.
- Build and refine models that surface what’s driving a team’s performance and why, so that teams can plan with confidence.
- Perform ad hoc quantitative analysis as new questions arise and proactively surface opportunities for growth or improvement.
- Collaborate with Data and Analytics Engineers to ensure the right data is delivered to the right places and is accurate.
Requirements:
- 2+ years experience in strategy, analytics, or related quantitative fields; consulting experience is a plus.
- Comfortable working with data visualization tools (i.e. Tableau, Power BI) to support analysis
- Experience with SQL and/or Python. Experience with Databricks is a plus.
- Expert in Excel/Google Sheets and PowerPoint/Google Slides, with the ability to build clear, persuasive narrative from data.
- Interest in using AI tools to help solve data or analytical problems.
- Ability to build analytical stories, using data and visualizations to drive impactful insights that lead to action.
- Ability to juggle several cross-functional projects and stakeholders at once.
Preferred Skills:
- Business minded: able to connect data to what actually matters based on stakeholder priorities and company goals.
- Able to break down ambiguous, open-ended business questions into a structured plan of attack, and manage multiple concurrent workstreams for different business partners
- Strong problem-solver, comfortable moving between big-picture strategy and critical details.
- Collaborative and proactive, able to build trust with business partners across departments and drive projects forward without heavy oversight.
- Skilled communicator who can distill complex analysis into simple, actionable stories for non-technical audiences.
- Flexible and enthusiastic about working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Compensation: In addition to salary, Total Rewards include bonus eligibility, a stock option package, and benefits as outlined below. The role described above offers a base salary of $70,000 to $90,000 + corporate bonus eligibility. Your offer will be based on location, the alignment of your qualifications with the requirements of the job and internal equity
Benefits:
- Robust Health Care Plans (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Generous Parental Leave
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy - Time Off When You Need It
- Retirement Plan (401k) with company match!
- Educational Assistance/Tuition Reimbursement up to $3K/year
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Short Term / Long Term Disability
- Robust Ancillary benefits including accident insurance, hospital insurance, etc
- Wellhub (Gympass) Wellness Benefit
- Recreational Safety Benefit
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by associates assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
Octane Lending is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion and other terms and conditions of employment.
Skills Required
- 2+ years of experience in strategy, analytics, or related quantitative fields
- Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI
- Experience with SQL and/or Python
- Expertise in Excel or Google Sheets
- Expertise in PowerPoint or Google Slides
- Ability to build analytical stories using data and visualizations to drive actionable insights
- Ability to manage multiple cross-functional projects and stakeholders
- Consulting experience
- Experience with Databricks
- Interest in using AI tools to solve data or analytical problems
- Ability to connect data analysis to stakeholder priorities and company goals
- Ability to structure ambiguous business questions into actionable plans
- Strong problem-solving skills across strategic and detailed analysis
- Collaborative and proactive approach with ability to work independently
- Strong communication skills for explaining complex analysis to non-technical audiences
- Flexibility in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Octane Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Octane and has not been reviewed or approved by Octane.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests PTO is substantial—“4+ weeks” advertised and reports of up to five weeks with flexible/self-managed policies. Time off is frequently highlighted as a standout element of the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Feedback suggests parental leave is generous, with mentions of paid leave and examples such as 16 weeks of paid paternity leave. Employer materials consistently position parental leave as a core benefit.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the 401(k) match is clearly defined at up to 4% (100% of the first 3% and 50% of the next 2%). The plan is commonly described as solid and straightforward.
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What We Do
We’re a fintech company that makes buying better. We connect people with their passions by combining cutting-edge technology and innovative risk strategies to make lifestyle purchases - like powersports vehicles, RVs, and outdoor power equipment - fast, easy, and accessible, while delivering a seamless, end-to-end digital buying experience in industries ripe for disruption. Octane adds value throughout the customer journey: inspiring enthusiasts with our editorial brands, including Cycle World® and UTV Driver®, instantly prequalifying consumers for financing online, routing customers to dealerships for an easy closing experience, and supporting customers throughout their loan with superior loan servicing. We work with over 4,000 dealer partners and over 30 OEMs across the United States, and we recently surpassed $1B in 2022 YTD originations. Founded in 2014, we’re a remote-first company with over 600 employees across the world, and we have offices in Irving, TX, New York, NY, and Irvine, CA. We made the top 10% of the 2022 Inc 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in America and are Certified as a Great Place to Work®.
Why Work With Us
We’re a diverse team of innovators determined to give our customers the best possible experience. Information is shared transparently, enabling cross-functional collaboration. We’re a performance based culture where accomplishments are both celebrated and rewarded, always looking for new talent to help us develop our industry-leading products.
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