Senior Data Analyst

• Maintains knowledge on current and emerging developments/trends for assigned area(s) of responsibility, assesses the impact, and collaborates with senior management to incorporate new trends and developments in current and future solutions.
• Enhances organizational initiatives by positively influencing and supporting change management and/or departmental/enterprise initiatives within assigned area(s) of responsibility.
• Identifies and directs the implementation of process improvements that significantly improve quality across the team, department, and/or business unit for their assigned area(s) of responsibility.
• Provides subject matter expertise to team members and applicable internal/external stakeholders on complex assignments/projects for their assigned area(s) of responsibility.
• Experienced with business and technical (system mapping)
• Can handle complex value and formulas as it relates to data mapping for annual statements and other complex assignments.
• Must be able to trace data through multiple system ‘hops’ in order to troubleshoot Root Cause for issues.
• Collaborates with business partners, broader data-aligned organizations, and application delivery teams to lead value-driven data insights aligned with the firm’s strategic priorities.
• Designs, builds, tests, maintains, and guides others in creating stable and scalable artifacts, requirements, reports, and complex metrics to meet business needs by transforming data into meaningful information.
• Educates and mentors both team members and business partners on data design and management concepts and best practices.
• Maintains an understanding of how the data contained in various systems are utilized and marries various aspects of the data into a usable format to support decision making.
• Ensures data integrity within dashboards and reports and develops procedures for increasing the quality and accuracy of information from multiple data sources.
• Communicates regularly with team members and business stakeholders to gather requirements and champion business analytics.

ADDITIONAL POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Carries out duties in compliance with all state and federal regulations and guidelines. Complies with all company and site policies and procedures.
• Remains current in profession and industry trends.
• Makes a positive contribution as demonstrated by: - Making suggestions for improvement - Learning new skills, procedures, and processes.
• Ability to coordinate multiple and often disparate activities and resolution of issues across multiple teams.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• 4 Year/Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's) (Minimum Required)
• 5 – 7+ Years of data analytics and/or reporting experience that directly aligns with the responsibilities of this position. (Required)

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret both internal and external documents such as general media/publications, professional journals, technical procedures, governmental regulations, policies, proposals, and standard operating procedures.
• Confident, comfortable communicator with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills with demonstrated ability to influence at all levels of management through clear, informed, and logical discussions/presentations.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Apply concepts such as probability, statistics, modeling, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical solutions.
• Works with mathematical concepts such as averages and/or variances.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to analyze complex information and to evaluate the implications of a course of action or solution.
• Ability to interpret and apply common sense understanding to carry out a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Evaluate trends in data or information.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability to perform under stress in cases of emergency, critical or hazardous situations.
• Possess curiosity of understanding data
• Ability to work with others in a team environment.
• Quick learner
• Demonstrated ability to identify and recommend processes improvements.
• Demonstrated strong relationship management skills with internal clients (e.g., senior management, peers, and colleagues); proven ability to develop creative and collaborative approaches.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills with a collaborative style.
• Demonstrates strong project management leadership skills including, critical ability to coordinate and balance multiple projects in a time-sensitive environment, under pressure, and meeting deadlines.
• Finds common ground and can gain collaboration among senior/executive management, colleagues, and peers; can influence outcomes without directing or commanding.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Successfully completes regulatory and job training requirements.
• Advanced business analysis skills and demonstrated experience in the use of data and its transformation into information.
• Ability to work with and rationalize variable data from multiple systems, including both relational databases and data warehouses, and generate competitive intelligence and knowledge for decision making.
• Industry experience a plus