Compliance & Enforcement Analytics Intern

Arizona Department of Administration • Phoenix, AZ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Compliance & Enforcement Analytics Intern provides analytical, research, and data support to the division’s compliance and enforcement activities. The intern analyzes and organizes data and helps develop reports, dashboards, visualizations, and other products for operational support and management decision-making. The work helps identify recurring compliance issues, evaluate enforcement activity, support program improvement, and inform resource allocation and operational priorities. The role provides professional experience in data analytics, regulatory compliance, enforcement, public administration, and program evaluation while adding analytical capacity to the division.

The position is located at 150 N 18th Ave, Phoenix, Arizona. It requires working accurately with detailed and potentially sensitive information, maintaining confidentiality and data security, meeting deadlines, and communicating findings clearly and objectively. The intern may work with multiple data sources and division-specific databases, reporting systems, and analytical tools, and must be willing to learn new technologies and methodologies. Newly hired State employees must successfully complete E-Verify.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an accredited college or university, with coursework or a degree in a listed analytical, quantitative, or public-sector field: data analytics, statistics, mathematics, economics, public policy, public administration, business analytics, information systems, health administration, computer science, health informatics, or a related field.
• Basic knowledge of data analysis and statistical concepts, research methods and analytical techniques, regulatory compliance, enforcement or public-sector operations, data collection and reporting, data visualization, performance measurement, and program evaluation.
• Understanding of professional standards for handling confidential, sensitive, or protected information.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, research, information-gathering, and organizational skills, with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to organize, clean, manipulate, and analyze datasets and identify meaningful patterns, trends, inconsistencies, anomalies, and potential quality issues.
• Ability to communicate findings clearly in writing and verbally to technical and non-technical audiences, using objective, evidence-based conclusions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, including sorting, filtering, formulas, pivot tables, and basic data-analysis functions.
• Ability to create clear tables, charts, graphs, and other data visualizations.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, prioritize changing needs, and meet established deadlines.
• Ability to learn databases, analytical tools, division-specific systems, technologies, and methodologies.
• Ability to work independently while seeking guidance when appropriate and collaborate effectively with program staff, analysts, management, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when handling sensitive division information.
• Ability to document analytical methods and work consistently in a manner that supports reproducibility.
• Must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify) as a newly hired State employee.

Nice To Haves

• Coursework in statistics, data analysis, research methods, program evaluation, or database management.
• Coursework or experience in data analytics, statistics, research, program evaluation, or business intelligence.
• Experience using Excel or other data-analysis software.
• Experience creating dashboards, reports, charts, or data visualizations.
• Familiarity with SQL, R, Python, Power BI, Tableau, or other analytical or data-visualization tools.
• Experience with government, healthcare, regulatory, compliance, enforcement, or other public-sector data.
• Training or certification in data analytics, business intelligence, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Analyze compliance and enforcement data to identify trends, patterns, recurring issues, anomalies, and emerging areas of concern.
• Examine data across relevant variables, conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses, prepare analytical summaries, and identify findings for program staff and management.
• Assist with analysis of compliance and enforcement outcomes and conduct ad hoc analyses to support program needs and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, charts, tables, and other data visualizations; assist with recurring reports and performance measures.
• Translate findings into clear reports and help prepare presentations, briefings, and other communications for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Identify opportunities to improve the usefulness, accessibility, and consistency of reporting.
• Compile, organize, and maintain analytical datasets; review data for completeness, accuracy, consistency, and anomalies.
• Communicate data-quality concerns, reconcile information across sources, identify discrepancies, and document data sources, definitions, methods, and analytical processes.
• Assist in standardizing recurring analysis and reporting processes and handle division data according to confidentiality, security, and appropriate-use policies.
• Research regulatory, operational, and programmatic factors that may explain trends; assist with evaluating enforcement activities and monitoring performance measures.
• Identify process-improvement opportunities and prepare research summaries and other materials for planning and decision-making.
• Collaborate with program staff to define analytical needs and questions that can be addressed with available data.
• Participate in meetings and project discussions, track projects and deliverables, and assist with special projects and other research, data, and administrative assignments as directed.

Benefits

• Hands-on skills in data analytics, regulatory compliance, enforcement, public administration, and program evaluation.
• Collaboration with a diverse team of professionals.
• Eligible employees may receive up to $300 per month through the ADHS Student Loan Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed