Compliance & Enforcement Analytics Intern

Arizona Department of Administration • Phoenix, AZ

3d • $15 - $24 • Onsite

About The Position

The Compliance & Enforcement Analytics Intern provides analytical, research, and data support to help the division monitor compliance and enforcement activities and identify trends, patterns, and emerging concerns. The intern analyzes and organizes compliance and enforcement data and assists in developing reports, dashboards, data visualizations, and other analytical products to support operations and management decision-making.

Working closely with program staff and management, the intern translates data into useful information to identify recurring compliance issues, evaluate enforcement activity, support program improvement, and inform resource allocation and operational priorities. The position provides professional experience in data analytics, regulatory compliance, enforcement, public administration, and program evaluation while adding analytical capacity to the division.

The role involves working with potentially sensitive compliance and enforcement information and maintaining confidentiality and data security. The intern must work accurately with detailed information, meet deadlines, communicate findings clearly and objectively, and be willing to learn division-specific databases, reporting systems, analytical tools, and methodologies.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an accredited college or university with coursework or a degree in an analytical, quantitative, or public-sector field, such as data analytics, statistics, mathematics, economics, public policy, public administration, business analytics, information systems, health administration, computer science, or health informatics.
• Basic knowledge of data analysis and statistical concepts, research methods, analytical techniques, regulatory compliance 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, organizational, and time-management skills, with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to organize, clean, manipulate, and analyze datasets; identify patterns, trends, inconsistencies, anomalies, and data-quality issues; and analyze large or complex information.
• Ability to translate data into clear, objective findings for technical and non-technical audiences and communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
• 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, meet deadlines, prioritize and adapt to changing needs, work independently while seeking guidance when appropriate, and collaborate with staff and stakeholders.
• Ability to learn new databases, analytical tools, and division-specific systems; exercise sound judgment and maintain confidentiality; and document methods to support reproducibility and consistency.
• Ability to work accurately with detailed information and meet established deadlines.

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 working 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 concerns across relevant variables.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis, prepare analytical summaries, and identify findings for program staff and management.
• Assist with analyzing 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, including recurring reports and performance measures.
• Communicate analytical findings through clear reports, presentations, briefing materials, and other products for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Identify opportunities to improve the usefulness, accessibility, and consistency of reporting.
• Compile, organize, and maintain datasets; review them for completeness, accuracy, consistency, and anomalies; and communicate data-quality concerns.
• Help reconcile information across data sources, identify discrepancies, document data sources and analytical methods, and develop standardized processes for recurring analysis and reporting.
• Handle division data according to confidentiality, security, and appropriate-use policies.
• Research regulatory, operational, or programmatic factors that may explain trends and assist in evaluating the effectiveness and outcomes of compliance and enforcement activities.
• Support development and monitoring of performance measures and identify process-improvement opportunities based on analysis and program trends.
• Collaborate with program staff to identify analytical needs and define questions that available data can address.
• Participate in meetings and project discussions related to compliance, enforcement, data analysis, and program improvement.
• Track analytical projects, assignments, deadlines, and deliverables; assist with special projects and other analytical, research, data, and administrative support as assigned.

Benefits

• Hands-on skills in data analytics, regulatory compliance, enforcement, public administration, and program evaluation.
• Collaboration with a diverse team of professionals.
• Robust benefit package, including the ADHS Student Loan Assistance Program, through which eligible employees can receive up to $300 per month for outstanding student loans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed