Vehicle Data Analyst

Company Description

Are you ready to play a significant role? 

At carsales, we focus on making buying and selling a pleasurable experience. For 25 years, we've adapted to the changing economy, helping people decide their mode of transportation for today and the future.

We aim to provide substantial opportunities for your career advancement, enabling you to make a significant impact. However, we uphold a small company feel, quick to change strategies, open to learning from various departments, and having genuine connections with leadership.

Unexpected for one of the largest tech companies in the country, isn't it? 

And an added perk? We give you the freedom to choose the work location that best fits your lifestyle – Office, Hybrid, or Anywhere. 

What we offer: 

• A place to advance your career, support to actualize new ideas, and the opportunity to work on impactful projects.
• We take pride in being awarded one of Australia’s Best Workplaces™ by Great Place to Work®, an AFR BOSS Best Place to Work, a Family-Friendly Workplace, and WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality.
• A supportive and high-performing team that provides actual face time with the leadership team.
• 18 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers, four weeks paid secondary caregivers leave, six weeks paid gender affirming care leave.

Job Description

Your role

RedBook is the premier provider of vehicle identification and pricing data services in Australia. With a history of over 70 years in the automotive market research, we are a trusted partner in the auto, finance, and insurance industries. We invite you to join the RedBook Pricing and Insights team as a Vehicle Data Analyst. This team is responsible for all aspects related to vehicle valuation services, from current used vehicle prices to future residual value forecasts.

• Apply effective techniques of statistical modelling and advanced data analysis to generate precise vehicle forecast residual values and discover meaningful patterns, trends, and insights, especially around vehicle pricing.
• Use your expertise in writing SQL queries and working with APIs to manipulate and extract data from our various and sometimes complex sources. Direct data extraction and data wrangling from internal and external systems.
• Communicate complex data, ideas, and insights effectively through relevant reports, visualizations, and dashboards. Make findings and insights accessible to the suitable audience considering their data literacy - for both internal and external customers.
• Become a subject matter expert on RedBook's vehicle pricing, identification, and specification data & services, as well as the new and used vehicle market, with a particular focus on current and future vehicle values.

Qualifications

What we are seeking

• Inclusive and interpersonal attributes that connect you to our corporate values (we change the game, we own it, we step in, we are curious, we don't take ourselves too seriously).
• Understanding of the automotive industry, vehicle financing, sales operations, and new/used vehicle market dynamics is highly appreciated.
• Experience in developing predictive models, valuation tools or risk models using complex data to forecast future trends. Prior experience in residual value forecasting and asset valuation would be highly appreciated.
• Efficiency in querying and ingesting data from relational databases (especially SQL Server & Postgres) and APIs.
• Working knowledge in one or more programming languages suitable for data analysis such as Python or R, and familiarity with popular libraries for data ingestion, manipulation, analysis, and visualisation.
• Experience with proprietary reporting & data visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, or similar.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated knack for identifying trends and insights from data.

Additional Information

A few more details you should know about... 

• carsales is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications from all ages, genders, and backgrounds. If you're a candidate with a disability or need adjustments to perform your best, let us know how we can support you.
• We understand the importance of a work-life balance and offer flexible working options, including part-time work. We are open to discussing this during the recruitment process - feel free to ask for more information.
• We are a proud Circle Back Initiative Employer, committed to responding to all job applicants.
• Successful candidates joining the carsales team are required to go through a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights on an ongoing basis.

Join our team because every role is a significant role in our big plans.