Senior Analyst – Analytics & Reporting

Western Alliance Bank • Phoenix, AZ

3d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Analyst - Analytics and Reporting, you will play a critical role in driving data-driven decision-making across the organization. You will develop, maintain, and improve reporting solutions, analyze large datasets, and provide actionable insights to stakeholders. One of your key responsibilities is to ensure data analysis needs by the business are met while operating within data governance requirements. You will deliver and communicate complex findings in a clear and concise manner to your assigned business line. You will lead the design, build, and maintenance of advanced dashboards and reporting tools to monitor key business performance metrics while upholding data and reporting standards, ensuring consistency and compliance across all projects worked on. You will identify and develop automation techniques from available technology to produce efficient and effective processes. You will perform deep-dive analysis on large, complex datasets to extract meaningful insights, identify trends, patterns, and anomalies, and provide data-based recommendations to help drive operational improvements and strategy. You will understand business unit reporting and analytical needs and translate business questions into analytical tasks that help drive strategic decisions. You will present analytical findings and recommendations to senior management and key stakeholders. You will design and implement systems to ensure data accuracy and reliability by performing thorough validation and quality checks. You will collaborate with IT teams to enhance data infrastructure and improve data accessibility.

Requirements

• 3+ years of related experience in Data Analytics & Data Management or similar field.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Entry level to intermediate knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services.
• Entry level to intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Intermediate experience with data analysis tools (e.g., SQL, Excel) and data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
• Experience with project management and managing multiple priorities and deliverables.
• Intermediate experience presenting findings from large datasets in a clear, actionable way.
• Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with predictive modeling, statistical analysis, or machine learning preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and improve reporting solutions.
• Analyze large datasets and provide actionable insights to stakeholders.
• Ensure data analysis needs by the business are met while operating within data governance requirements.
• Deliver and communicate complex findings in a clear and concise manner to your assigned business line.
• Lead the design, build, and maintenance of advanced dashboards and reporting tools to monitor key business performance metrics.
• Uphold data and reporting standards, ensuring consistency and compliance across all projects worked on.
• Identify and develop automation techniques from available technology to produce efficient and effective processes.
• Perform deep-dive analysis on large, complex datasets to extract meaningful insights.
• Identify trends, patterns, and anomalies and provide data-based recommendations to help drive operational improvements and strategy.
• Understand business unit reporting and analytical needs and translate business questions into analytical tasks that help drive strategic decisions.
• Present analytical findings and recommendations to senior management and key stakeholders.
• Design and implement systems to ensure data accuracy and reliability by performing thorough validation and quality checks.
• Collaborate with IT teams to enhance data infrastructure and improve data accessibility.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• An ownership stake in the company
• Medical and dental insurance
• Time off
• A great 401k matching program
• Tuition assistance program
• An employee volunteer program
• A wellness program
• Opportunity to bolster business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level