Knowledge & Research Consultant - Wachovia (Oakland, CA)

Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) is one of the nation’s largest diversified financial services companies, providing a broad range of retail banking and brokerage, asset and wealth management, and corporate and investment banking products and services. Including the Golden West merger, which closed on October 1, 2006, Wachovia has retail and commercial banking operations in 21 states with 3,400 retail banking offices from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas and California. In addition, two core businesses operate under the Wachovia Securities brand name: retail brokerage with 737 offices in 49 states and in Latin America, and corporate and investment banking in selected industries nationwide. Other nationwide businesses include mortgage lending in 39 states and auto finance covering 46 states. Globally, Wachovia serves clients through more than 40 international offices. Online banking is available at wachovia.com; online brokerage products and services at wachoviasec.com, and investment products and services at evergreeninvestments.com. At September 30, 2006, Wachovia had assets of $559.9 billion and market capitalization of $88.2 billion. On the same date, based on pro forma data, Wachovia’s combined assets were approximately $700 billion and combined market capitalization was $107 billion.


This position reports to the Customer Analysis, Research & Targeting Group (CART) -Western Division, Term Savings/ DeNovo Team Leader and is focused on Term Savings analytics and targeted marketing. This position is in Oakland, CA. Provide analytic and statistical support on projects designed for various initiatives and programs. Work to acquire, enhance and retain customer relationships. Work within CART to leverage leading-edge technology and data-mining techniques to support revenue and profitability goals of the Corporation. Work with various partners in order to build customer relationships, effectively use customer information and enhance overall customer profitability. Extract and process large quantities of data from the Corporate Data Warehouse and other data marts in support of assignments. Manage multiple complex projects simultaneously. Combine business insight with superior analytics. Ensure integrity of analyses through rigorous attention to detail and validation of data. Write efficient SQL and SAS code and effectively use SAS analytic procedures. Develop targeted marketing leads as directed. Develop analytic models related to customer segmentation, acquisition, attrition and profitability. Conduct customer, financial and statistical analyses. Execute and document complex analyses and ongoing processes. Formulate ideas to improve programs and methodologies. Build strong relationships by collaborating with team members, manager and business partners to insure that business/ project goals are met. Develop presentations, supporting materials, spreadsheets and models. Effectively use standardized presentation formats. Communicate analyses/ research results to relevant partners

Required Skills:
At least two years experience in information-based marketing, business analytics, statistics, market research or related field, or demonstrated repeated mastery of minimum Consultant II competencies in a preceding consultant role. Bachelors Degree in marketing, business, economics or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience. Strong process and project management skills. Demonstrated strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Good written and verbal communications and presentation skills. Strong interpersonal, consulting and business partner management skills. Attention to detail and strong focus on quality. Ability to simultaneously drive/ support multiple projects to completion. Ability to work effectively on virtual teams. Ability to adapt and play different roles and responsibilities both during the life of a project as well as across multiple projects. High degree of flexibility and the ability to work in a self-directed environment. Personal computer software proficiency. Preferred: Graduate Degree in marketing, business, economics or a related discipline. Experience with either Consumer or Business-to-Business relational databases. Demonstrated experience in SAS, SQL and UNIX. Experience in the financial services industry. Mon - Fri, 8:00am - 5:00pm

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Wachovia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to workforce diversity.

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