Business Analyst - Graduate Scheme

Capital One is one of the largest financial services companies in the world, with over 50 million customers worldwide. In the 12 years we’ve been in the UK we have already revolutionised the credit card market to become the number one issuer of new cards. We’ve also been voted one of the UK’s best workplaces.
 
Department Overview

Marketing and Analysis is a unique department that seeks to set strategic business direction through combing strategic, traditional marketing and statistical techniques into making integrated decisions. As a graduate here you will be focusing on driving both product innovation and business strategy. You’re likely to be involved in a whole range of activities – from assessing product profitability to TV and internet marketing campaigns. You might perform market analysis or learn how we use advanced statistics techniques to understand consumers better.
 
Alternatively, you could be part of a Business Analyst group outside of Marketing and Analysis looking at long-term strategies for the business or involved in our operational side, understanding how the business works and how we can improve our processes.
 
The Business Analyst Role

Business analysts are thinkers and strategists. Your role will be to identify ways to optimise our business and come up with ideas that’ll shape the future our industry. To do that, you’ll have access to in-depth information about customer behaviour, and support from some of the brightest senior people in the industry.
 
Skills & Experience

• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong communication, presentation & influencing skills
• Ability to identify, quantify and assess viability of new opportunities
• Ability to take ownership and solve problems autonomously
• Have good attention to detail
• Have a strong ability to manage own time effectively and be a self-starter who is able to work with minimal supervision
• Engage in individual, team and department challenges
• Understanding of credit card economics or financial services desirable
• Experience of credit policy, targeting or product strategy may be an advantage

Salary & Benefits

Starting base salary £32,000 based in our Nottingham office.
And that’s just for starters. We also offer a generous £5,000 signing on bonus,
annual performance-related bonus, great non-contributory pension benefits, free medical insurance, 25 days’ holiday, share purchase option schemes and quarterly teambuilding trips.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a numerate or scientific subject (min of a 2:1 preferred) 
• Maths A-level (grade A preferred)