Sr. Analyst - Strategic Initiatives & Ops Readiness

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Ref # 22001

Remote? No

Ally and Your Career

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?

The Opportunity

At Ally, we're relentless about doing the right thing and delivering results that matter. In this newly created role on the Strategic Initiatives & Ops Readiness team within Operational Excellence in Customer Care and Operations (CCO), you'll support the translation of strategy into action by helping plan, prepare, and execute high-priority operational initiatives across the CCO organization. You'll bring structure, analysis, and coordination to complex work, ensuring initiatives are clearly defined, well-sequenced, and ready for execution.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, thrives in cross-functional environments, and is motivated by turning strategic intent into tangible operational outcomes.

The Work Itself

• Support translation of CCO strategic priorities into executable operational plans and roadmaps.
• Assist with annual and quarterly planning activities, including initiative intake, sizing, and prioritization support.
• Develop detailed workplans, timelines, dependency maps, and readiness artifacts to support execution.
• Coordinate readiness activities across people, process, technology, and controls to ensure initiatives are prepared for delivery.
• Document concept summaries, requirements, assumptions, operational impacts, and success measures for assigned initiatives.
• Track risks, issues, dependencies, and action items, escalating concerns as appropriate.
• Prepare clear, concise materials for working sessions, governance forums, and leadership updates.
• Support execution of ops-contained or short-cycle initiatives, as needed.
• Partner with Operational Performance & Oversight to support post-deployment outcome tracking and validation.

The Skills You Bring

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to organize complex information into clear, structured insights.
• Experience supporting process analysis, journey mapping, or operational reviews in cross-functional environments.
• Ability to identify patterns in data and help translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively across operations, analytics, technology, and business teams.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present information in a concise and organized way.
• 3+ years' experience within financial services or similarly regulated environments preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and process visualization tools (e.g., Visio or equivalent).
• Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement experience.

How We'll Have Your Back

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.

Who We Are:

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

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 [email protected]. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Base Pay Range:

An individual's position in the range is determined by the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer.

Emerging: 70000

Experienced: 95000

Expert: 120000

Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan