Title: Racing Operations Analyst and Assistant Racing Secretary
Employee Status: Regular Full Time
Work From Home Option: Not Applicable
FLSA Status: Exempt
Job Overview:
Develop, refine, and review racing operations and racing office reports to monitor the daily, weekly and monthly performance of NYRA’s core racing product. Deliver operational, strategic, technological, and tactical insights that help drive NYRA and overall business strategy. Find new sources of data and test ideas to develop competitive advantages for NYRA to explore as part of its longer-term vision for the future of racing in New York and the United States. Develop new analytics and metrics used to determine the efficiency of our racing program, use of purse money, performance of horse population, equine safety measures, and suggest improvements to better the entirety of the NYRA racing product. Additionally, this position will work with the SVP on numerous initiatives that may involve regulatory matters, partnerships with external customers, interactions with key racing participants both within and outside of New York as well as other tasks, as assigned.
This position is required to communicate and actively promote NYRA’s Mission, Shared Values, and Supporting Behaviors to achieve team-member job satisfaction and improve guest service product experience.
Essential Functions:
- Develop and maintain expertise in business intelligence tools employed by NYRA and determine what other tools may assist the racing department’s measurement of its product performance.
- Analyze all published reports for credibility, consistency, and adherence to established business processes and rules. Interpret results and offer summary insights, conclusions, and recommendations as appropriate.
- Assist SVP of Racing and Racing Office to measure the overall performance of its racing product and deliver recommendations and conclusions drawn from analyses of internal and external data sources.
- Coordinate daily quality assurance and quality control processes.
- Maintain select Key Connections (Owners, Trainers, etc.) as direct point of contact.
- Support SVP Racing & Operations on strategic planning, business development, recruiting and sales initiatives.
- Serve as point of contact for technology vendors with respect to analytics, reporting and product enhancements.
- Fill-in work as a Racing Official, as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with a business concentration or equivalent experience in the horse racing & pari-mutuel industry.
- 3 years’ experience in various positions in horse racing. Experience or training in statistics, report modeling, data mining or analytics.
- Expert in analytical skills and proficient with financial analysis.
- Ability to quantify data.
- Ability to create new and innovative processes.
- Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, and draw valid conclusions.
- Proficient knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint and Word; Expert knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Willingness to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Talent for developing strong working relationships both inside and outside of the organization.
- Ability and preference to undertake action-oriented and self-motivated projects.
- Sound communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Must be comfortable in a fluid and evolving organization.
- Passionate about delivering a positive, consistent customer experience at all touch points.
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize, meet deadlines and goals.
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to be licensed as a Racing Official in the state of New York.
Summary of Physical Requirements and Work Environment:
This is primarily a sedentary role with no special physical demands.
Pay Range / Salary: $120,000 - $125,000
Winning the Race at NYRA:
Value Each Other: You are united with your teammates in delivering the best experience to all of NYRA’s employees, vendors, guests and horsemen.
Achieve Excellence: You possess a lively and keen interest in what you do; and display excitement and eagerness in doing your job well. You are passionate about NYRA and your role here; and seek additional responsibilities and opportunities that support organizational goals and stretch personal capabilities.
Self-management: You prioritize plans and schedules effectively; and allocate resources to meet objectives by specified target dates. You value time and work effectively and efficiently; and are able to balance changing priorities. You display role-model behavior at all times, keeping in mind that what say and do reflects on our team and on NYRA.
Effective Communications: You get to the point quickly and succinctly and make complicated concepts clear to others. You are an exceptional listener, even in stressful situations, and display an acute sense of the right thing to say in various scenarios.
About Us:
With a lineage of nearly 150 years, The New York Racing Association (NYRA) serves as the cornerstone of New York State's thoroughbred industry at three major tracks (Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course). The industry contributes more than $3 billion annually to its urban, suburban, and rural economy. NYRA also offers a variety of exciting career opportunities – on and off the track. From Finance to Facilities, Turf to Technology, in all departments we are stewards of our sport. Join our talented team of professionals.
NYRA is committed to equal employment opportunity and to compliance with federal, state, and local anti - discrimination laws. NYRA values diversity and complies with New York State and New York City law, which prohibits discrimination and harassment against any employee, applicant for employment, or intern based on race, age, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, gender identity / expression and transgender status), national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including predisposing genetic characteristics), age (18-years-of-age & up), veteran status, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, familial status, caregiver status, partnership status, unemployment status, certain arrest or conviction records and domestic or sexual violence victim status. NYRA does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on an employee’s membership in one or more of these protected categories, an employee’s known relationship or association with a member of one or more of these protected categories, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
