Delivery Analyst

Acxiom•Conway, AR

About The Position

Delivery Analyst delivers data, data products, and information that drive our client’s multi-channel marketing capabilities. They understand the details of our client’s data and Acxiom’s products to ensure that our clients and / or third party vendors receive clean, enhanced, segmented, ready-to-market data. Delivery Analysts strive daily to improve quality, and adhere to standard processes and procedures. They work with clients and / or third-party vendors to begin to understand requirements and escalate issues with a focus on maintaining a seamless process flow. Analyzes, troubleshoots and modifies/changes processes and data to ensure efficient delivery of services to Acxiom clients. Maintains a broad understanding of Acxiom's processing and product capabilities and utilizes that understanding to optimize delivery of services. Mentors less experienced team members. THIS ROLE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY TYPE OF SPONSORSHIP Delivery Analyst delivers data, data products, and information that drive our client’s multi-channel marketing capabilities. They understand the details of our client’s data and Acxiom’s products to ensure that our clients and / or third party vendors receive clean, enhanced, segmented, ready-to-market data. Delivery Analysts strive daily to improve quality, and adhere to standard processes and procedures. They work with clients and / or third-party vendors to begin to understand requirements and escalate issues with a focus on maintaining a seamless process flow. Analyzes, troubleshoots and modifies/changes processes and data to ensure efficient delivery of services to Acxiom clients. Maintains a broad understanding of Acxiom's processing and product capabilities and utilizes that understanding to optimize delivery of services. Mentors less experienced team members.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or equivalent related work experience.
Minimum of 2 years of industry experience in Information Technology or a related field.
Must not require any sort of sponsorship
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
Experience communicating effectively with clients and internal stakeholders, including providing status updates.
Hands-on experience with SQL.
Strong attention to detail, with the ability to monitor and audit solution processing services.
Experience with encryption and decryption technologies (e.g., PGP/GPG, SDMS, GIS).
General knowledge of Information Technology practices and standards.
Working knowledge of file transfer protocols.

Nice To Haves

Experience with one or more of the following, depending on work assignment:
USPS Address Standards
Auditing and monitoring techniques and tools (e.g., Portal, Nexus)
Industry regulations and compliance requirements
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
Data privacy standards and best practices
Relational database design concepts
Working knowledge (including syntax familiarity), as applicable to the assignment, with some of the following tools and technologies:
Outside List Manager
Activate
AOFT
OES
UNIX / Linux environments
FUSE
Perl and/or shell scripting
Campaign management tools
UltraEdit
File Medic
Syncsort

Responsibilities

Accountable for ownership of on-time input and output delivery, including taking initiative to monitor after hours
Accountable to manage their own time in order to meet deadlines, including taking Initiative to monitor work after hours
Coordinates and manages source file receipt with clients, vendors, and/or internal stakeholders
Verifies input/output counts, monitors data processing jobs and audits/verifies the results based on historical trends
Setup and build processing flows, including ad hoc, new build and more complex flows
Accurately validates source and output data, data formatting specifications, and output requirements according to specifications and service level agreements ensuring zero defects
Delivers accurate output information to clients and / or their vendors through the appropriate data processing platforms and utilizing transfer mechanisms
Ensures compliance with quality assurance processes, established procedures, project requirements and service level agreements/expectations
Researches, troubleshoots and takes action regarding data or processing issues according to product, client and / or third-party vendor specifications. This includes advising the team and clients on necessary solution changes or fixes to implement as well as the actual work to implement/fix.
Professionally communicates internally and externally with clients and stakeholders as determined by the nature of the discussion. Leads client meetings as it pertains to solution, research, issues, change management and trouble shooting. Point of contact to clients for solution components as well.
Facilitates change management - includes participating in the scoping, estimating and implementing the change to the solution. Also mentoring less experienced Delivery Analysts in the Change Management process.
INDEPENDENT CONTRIBUTOR: Fully functional and self-directed. Provides formal mentorship. High complexity assignments- owner. Moderate complexity assignments - owner (1 or >). Low complexity assignments - provide oversight/review. Regularly leads self and established as specialist. Sees the whole picture and adjusts work accordingly.
PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: Advanced, proven knowledge of delivery analysis.