Senior Data Analyst - Automation in Risk...

Join Ally Financial Inc. as a Senior Data Analyst - Automation in Risk & Governance. You will work alongside advanced technology and support the development of premier risk management solutions. This is a valuable opportunity to join a passionate team dedicated to producing flawless and forward-thinking financial services.

The Work Itself

• Develop and sustain automated tools for assessing risk.

• Analyze and interpret complex data sets to determine potential risks.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to successfully implement risk mitigation strategies.

• Ensure data governance standards are strictly adhered to.

• Provide detailed reports and insights to inform decision-making processes.

• Develop control testing automations in Snowflake to transform legacy processes into continuous monitoring.

• Apply AI-assisted development workflows to accelerate automation delivery.

• Build and implement retrieval systems that support control testing and operational decision-making.

• Brainstorm, build, and ship workflows led by user input to automate tasks.

• Maintain Power BI dashboards that track automation health and control coverage.

• Write Python scripts for automation pipelines and data transformations.

• 3+ years of experience

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• More than 5 years of experience in data science, data engineering, or related technical positions.

• Strong command of SQL, with practical experience in Snowflake.

• Proficiency in Python for scripting and API integration.

• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and agentic coding workflows.

• Understanding of retrieval-augmented generation for building retrieval pipelines.

• Experience with Power BI for analytics and reporting solutions.

• Proven capability to convert manual processes to automated, scalable solutions.

• Capability to direct and support junior team members within a cooperative atmosphere.

• Entrepreneurial approach with strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience fine-tuning large language models for domain-specific applications.

• Familiarity with financial services, risk management, or compliance automation.

• Experience with continuous monitoring in a risk or controls environment.

• Proficiency with Streamlit for prototyping internal tools.

Ally’s compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally’s total compensation - or total rewards - extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:

• Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting.

• Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs.

• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.

• Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy, and fertility support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and childcare discounts.

• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters® Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?, Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on “Doing it Right” and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered, if not currently employed by Ally.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.