Data Analyst

Job Description

Job Summary: Designs and prepares reports, dashboards, and summaries for statistical analysis and planning purposes. Analyzes business issues using data from internal and external sources to provide insight to decision-makers. Identifies and interprets trends and patterns. Principal Responsibilities: Collects, compiles and analyzes data from various databases and performs statistical analysis for internal customer groups. Develops reports and/or creates dashboards providing financial related information needed to make informed business decisions. Designs, creates and implements templates to collect, display and analyze data for assigned projects Communicates complex data in comprehensible ways. Evaluates information from multiple sources and clearly indicates quality of final analysis. Develops reports and other tools to deliver internal company information enabling business users to make informed decisions. Gathers, aggregates models, and analyzes information from multiple external sources regarding company financial performance, customer insights, competitor profiling, competitive threats, potential product or technical expansion, industry trends and other such business intelligence aspects. Establishes standards and procedures for a variety of processes, conducting business analysis resulting in detailed creation and maintenance of business process mapping, requirements and training materials documentation. May participate in or lead project teams. Identifies, investigates and participates in opportunities to improve processes and procedures, to include various key performance metrics. Other duties as assigned. Job Level Specifications: Foundational knowledge of specialized disciplines, industry practices and standards, acquired via academic instruction and/or relevant work experience of substantially the same level. Develops solutions to defined tasks, typical assignments and projects. May be solved by the application of specialized foundational knowledge, using existing approaches and solutions. Work is usually performed independently and requires the exercise of judgment and discretion. Receives initial direction although work may be reviewed for accuracy and quality. Collaborates with immediate management and team members within the department or function. Actions typically affect own work assignments and department. Erroneous decisions or failure to accomplish work may require some assistance or resources to remedy. Work Experience: Typically less than 2 years with bachelors or equivalent. Education and Certification(s): Bachelors degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained. Distinguishing Characteristics: Position may require the ability to travel.