Statistician - Capital One Auto Finance

Location: Plano, TX

A world leader in the financial services industry, Capital One seeks leaders for our statistical practices. We are looking for graduate- and postgraduate-level specialists in the science and art of deploying statistics and optimization to solve high-value financial business problems. We offer excellent pay, benefits, and opportunities for professional advancement. At Capital One you will find a fast-paced, teamwork-oriented environment that values collaborative and analytical excellence.

Responsibilities:
Individuals will partner cross functionally to deliver statistical solutions. The types of tasks this role will be responsible for include the following:
• Collaborating with others to understand the business problem
• Analyzing data, building models and assessing their quality
• Designing experiments and assessing the results
• Monitoring model performance and making recommendations
• Communicating results & recommendations to sr. mgt
• Identifying opportunities to apply statistics to improve business performance


Experience:
The following skills/abilities will be important to succeed in this role:
• Experience with logistic regression, decision trees, survival analysis, design of experiment and
other statistical techniques
• Communicating clearly and concisely to individuals from various backgrounds
• Influencing others in both verbal and written mediums
• Leveraging education, colleagues and training opportunities to develop solutions

Basic Qualifications:
• Masters degree in Statistics or similar quantitative field of study
• Working knowledge of SAS or similar statistical programming package

Preferred Qualifications:
• PhD in a quantitative field
• Experience with relational databases
• Strong SAS programming skills
• 1 year experience in statistical modeling

Capital One will not file non-immigrant visa petitions for alien workers.
As a recipient of TARP funding subject to the ARRA, Capital One will not sponsor new H-1B petitions or transfer existing H1B visas for new hires to Capital One. 

No agencies please.  Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. We promote a drug-free work environment.  We emphasize recruiting, hiring, and retaining the most qualified candidates and providing them with the opportunity to meet their potential. We provide an environment where differences lead to solutions.