Data Analyst

ARAG North America•Des Moines, IA

2h•Hybrid

About The Position

Do you have a passion for data analysis? Do you enjoy working with stakeholders to understand business needs and developing reporting and data to support them? ARAG is hiring a Data Analyst! This person will be responsible for collaborating with stakeholders and completing reporting and analysis requests to support successful business decisions. Enjoy a flexible schedule, hybrid work environment, casual dress code, collaborative culture, and a beautiful workspace!

Requirements

Strong experience using SQL to query databases and provide stakeholders with data outputs that match their requirements.
Knowledge of data structures and relationships.
Strong understanding of and experience with processes to ensure data quality and accuracy.
Knowledge of and experience with business intelligence reporting and data visualization tools (Power BI preferred).
Ability to translate complex data and concepts into language and visualizations that can be readily understood by business stakeholders.
Ability to understand business issues and provide guidance and recommendations from a data perspective.
Experience with data cleansing and validation.
Able to take ownership and independently manage requests from initiation through execution to completion.
Strong communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate analysis to diverse audiences.
Ability to clearly communicate data definitions, rules, and parameters in business-friendly language.
Detail-oriented and able to balance multiple projects simultaneously.
Experience with SQL and performing data queries required.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Power Point, Word and Outlook).
Education – Four-year college degree in business, marketing, statistics, business analytics or related field from an accredited college or university, or equivalent experience.
Experience – Minimum of 5+ years of experience.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of data governance and best practices for data quality and stewardship is preferred.
Conceptual knowledge of predictive analytics and machine learning preferred.

Responsibilities

Manages and completes data and reporting requests from internal stakeholders across the company, promptly and accurately. Requests may range from basic statistics to complex analysis across multiple data sources.
Works collaboratively with others to understand the business problem, question(s) and/or data need and identifies the data and structures needed to fulfill the request.
Documents project work, queries, and correspondence to facilitate and streamline related work requests going forward.
Works with internal stakeholders to understand various data sources and ensure quality and accuracy of the data and alignment with project needs.
Performs data validation and cleansing.
Identifies and recommends process improvement opportunities in areas such as data collection and validation and automation.
Works with stakeholders to define data requirements and builds, edits, and updates reports and dashboards.
Collaborates with business stakeholders to understand the meaning of data fields, document data rules, and write business definitions.
Uses knowledge of data and business processes to make recommendations to stakeholders.
Actively seeks opportunities to learn new knowledge and skills.
Actively contributes to evaluation of possible solutions to problems.
Serves as a positive role model by living ARAG at its Best.
Other duties as assigned.