Senior Data Analyst

Marathon Petroleum Corporation•Findlay, OH

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Marathon Petroleum Company LP (MPC) is hiring for its Commercial organization, within the Central Commercial Management Data & Insights team. The team provides analytics and insights to support the Commercial organization by strengthening confidence in data and analytics and reducing barriers to timely, actionable insights. The role works closely with Quantitative Analytics teams, and the ideal candidate is interested in gaining experience in that area. This position is part of a job family with increasing responsibility, competency, and skill levels; the actual title and pay grade depend on the selected candidate’s experience and qualifications. The job is based in Findlay, Ohio.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; a degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or a related field is preferred.
Four years of experience required for the Senior Data Analyst (Grade 11) level.
Strong communication and time-management skills.
Passion for answering difficult questions with data and experience using quantitative approaches to solve analytical problems and produce positive business results.
Experience identifying data sources, querying data, performing exploratory data analysis or modeling, presenting historical insights or business justification, and influencing data-driven business changes.
Ability to think critically and solve problems with incomplete information or ambiguous requirements, using an adaptable analytical approach.

Nice To Haves

Experience with data transformation tools such as SQL, ADF, Synapse, Power Query, M, Databricks, or similar.
Exposure to self-service business intelligence tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
Exposure to quantitative, statistical, econometric, or machine-learning models used to predict outcomes and evaluate alternatives.
Experience manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensional data from varied sources and clearly communicating actionable quantitative analysis.
Six years of experience for the Lead Data Analyst (Grade 12) level.
Preference for a degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with business partners to deliver sustainable analytics solutions and process improvements.
Understand business processes and associated data sources, and model data for reuse across analyst groups.
Support analytics data solutions and work with system support teams to correct or enhance data.
Acquire, clean, and preprocess raw data from various sources; maintain knowledge of key systems and query those systems for data.
Analyze large datasets to identify meaningful insights and trends.
Develop and implement analytical models to forecast trends and outcomes.
Perform statistical analysis to identify data patterns and correlations.
Create clear, compelling dashboards and reports.
Communicate findings to stakeholders using charts, graphs, and presentations.
Protect data integrity and quality through audits and validation.
Work with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and deliver insights.
Improve business processes and data analytics practices continuously.
Establish and support data governance so data is fit for organizational use.
Partner on and lead initiatives to build sustainable data pipelines, automations, and advanced analytics solutions.