Lead Data Analyst - Hybrid

Northwestern Mutual•Milwaukee, WI

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Primary Duties & Responsibilities: Leads expert level quantitative and qualitative data analysis and reporting of patterns, insights, and trends to decision-makers in order to drive business decisions and address business questions Creates and is accountable for high quality, value driven work that drives business outcomes; places the user in the center of decision making; and collaborates with team for speed, agility and innovation in work Delivers results to Business Clients and Sr. Dept Leaders Delivers results, insights and recommendations (written, verbal, presentations, etc) to business audience to support business decisions Produce actionable reports that show key performance indicators, identify areas of improvement into current operations, display root cause analysis of problems, and recommend solutions Deep expertise in a least one business area or domain, with a broad understanding of the business and domains surrounding the main focus. Ability to articulate this knowledge as an expert at the enterprise level and may be called on to provide insight at the senior leadership level to provide detailed analysis. Seeks to understand business process, user tasks, and as necessary, captures refined process documents Shares best practices with peers through coaching and mentoring around core methodologies, patterns, standards and processes. Contribute to the development there of. Takes initiatives to design and develop deliverables based on interpretation of findings and business client needs on a wide range of highly complex analytical topics Provides consultation to business clients (including senior leaders) and participates in enterprise-wide teams to address business issues Contributes to the growth & development of the NMDSI, to foster internal and external partnership Identifies & captures business requirements, develops KPI frameworks Perform business use case opportunity identification & sizing Regularly applies new perspectives, creative problem solving, and inter-departmental connections to improve enterprise analytical capabilities Actively promote learning & curiosity. Access, gather, and analyze data from multiple internal and external sources to drive insights into complex business problems, decisions, and performance. Creates and produces forecasts, reports, dashboards, etc. to tell a story through data Leads the creation of forecasts, recommendations and strategic/tactical plans based on business data and market knowledge. Utilizes analytics and metrics to improve processes and provide data-driven forecasts that impact the business (costs, risks, etc). Leads value driven work that drives business outcomes; places the user in the center of decision making; and collaborates with team for speed, agility and innovation in work.

Requirements

Master's degree in computer science, MIS, math, statistics, business or related field.
At least 6 years of professional experience
At least 5 years of experience building analytics models, visualizations and delivering insights
Ability to provides design direction
Ability to apply data visualization best practices to work deliverables.
7+ years of relevant experience with a proven track record in research and data analysis, application of statistical research techniques, report or application development that support business decisions/outcomes.
Expertise in development and analytical tools such as SAS, SQL, MS Excel, SPSS or other tool
Visualization tooling like PowerBI or Tableau

Responsibilities

Leads expert level quantitative and qualitative data analysis and reporting of patterns, insights, and trends to decision-makers in order to drive business decisions and address business questions
Creates and is accountable for high quality, value driven work that drives business outcomes
Delivers results, insights and recommendations to business audience to support business decisions
Produce actionable reports that show key performance indicators, identify areas of improvement into current operations, display root cause analysis of problems, and recommend solutions
Seeks to understand business process, user tasks, and as necessary, captures refined process documents
Shares best practices with peers through coaching and mentoring around core methodologies, patterns, standards and processes
Takes initiatives to design and develop deliverables based on interpretation of findings and business client needs on a wide range of highly complex analytical topics
Provides consultation to business clients (including senior leaders) and participates in enterprise-wide teams to address business issues
Contributes to the growth & development of the NMDSI, to foster internal and external partnership
Identifies & captures business requirements, develops KPI frameworks
Perform business use case opportunity identification & sizing
Regularly applies new perspectives, creative problem solving, and inter-departmental connections to improve enterprise analytical capabilities
Actively promote learning & curiosity
Access, gather, and analyze data from multiple internal and external sources to drive insights into complex business problems, decisions, and performance
Creates and produces forecasts, reports, dashboards, etc. to tell a story through data
Leads the creation of forecasts, recommendations and strategic/tactical plans based on business data and market knowledge
Utilizes analytics and metrics to improve processes and provide data-driven forecasts that impact the business