Senior Business Data Analyst

VSP Vision•Rancho Cordova, CA

About The Position

The Business Data Analyst collaborates with business teams to determine needs and opportunities for leveraging data in support of business monitoring and decision management. Applies a range of analytics and statistical techniques to generate relevant and accurate insights through data exploration, modeling, analysis and mining. Communicates findings effectively using visualizations, dashboards and presentations with the goal of optimizing business decisions and outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in statistics, analytics, mathematics, economics, computer science or related functional area; or equivalent experience
4+ years of demonstrated data analytics experience including experience querying and analyzing operational and/or financial data, generating insights and communicating those effectively with colleagues and leaders
Prior experience in successfully executing analytics projects in one or more of the following domains/business functions: Financial Management and Forecasting, Risk Assessment, Insurance Utilization & Pricing, Supply Chain Optimization, Retail Management, eCommerce Management, Consumer Behavior Analysis, Marketing Optimization or Healthcare Management.
Experience building complex data queries using SQL in order to join, filter, cleanse and aggregate data; understanding of how GUI-driven applications apply SQL concepts to do the same
Experience creating effective data visualizations/dashboards that intuitively highlight trends and patterns with the ability to monitor business performance against KPIs
Experience using data exploration and analysis platforms such as Cognos Analytics, Tableau, SAS or similar
Familiarity with data modeling concepts and relational database structures
Strategic skills, business acumen and curiosity to support envisioning work, program planning and strategic partnerships
Ability to analyze and document business requirements, inclusive of needs and expectations
Flexible and able to quickly and effectively change priorities and direction
Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation and analytical skills
Remains current in field, including learning new techniques, approaches and software available
Expert level skills in Excel

Responsibilities

Engages with business leaders and staff to clarify needs and define business requirements for data analysis; where possible anticipates and proposes opportunities for analysis and exploration in support of business optimization and decision-making
Analyzes complex business problems and issues using operational and financial data from multiple sources to provide insight to decision-makers
Performs data exploration, analysis and statistical inference to identify and interpret trends and patterns in datasets and detect influences, opportunities and risks
Develops forecasts, regression models, what-if scenarios and recommendations in consultation with leaders to support strategic/tactical planning and operational decision-making
Creates dashboards, visualizations and reports to support business performance monitoring, automating where possible, to support stakeholders’ ability to be data driven
Creates presentations that intuitively communicate insights for business leaders and colleagues in order to advance the collective intelligence of the organization
Works collaboratively with the enterprise analytics & information management team to articulate business needs for new/revised data models and views/access to the data
Contributes to data inventory and stewardship efforts, including contributions to metadata management, data profiling, data quality remediation and data cleansing
Maintains high standards and adheres to all enterprise policies and guidelines regarding data security and privacy, data management, data quality and data governance; regards data as an enterprise asset that is to be protected and used both strategically and appropriately