Workforce Analytics Senior Analyst

Southern Company • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Workforce Analytics Senior Analyst joins the Workforce Planning & Analytics team as a technically skilled and strategically minded analytics professional. The role serves as both a power user of analytics platforms and an advisor to stakeholders, proactively examining data for integrity issues and meaningful insights. The analyst leads solution testing, resolves data issues, and delivers advanced analyses to support data-informed workforce decisions across the organization.

The position uses workforce data and supplemental sources to develop strategic analyses, validate and reconcile information across systems, and explain complex findings through clear storytelling and visualizations. The analyst also partners with business teams to align analytics work with organizational priorities and communicates insights to business leaders and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or above in a quantitative discipline such as MIS, Data Science, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of analytics experience, including identifying, interpreting, and visualizing complex data to generate clear, actionable insights.
• Advanced analytical skills and comfort navigating large, multifaceted datasets and dashboards in a rapidly evolving analytics environment.
• Meticulous approach to data validation, testing, and quality assurance.
• Strong storytelling skills, including the ability to craft cohesive, influential narratives connecting data to strategic objectives.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, including translating technical findings for non-technical audiences.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and PowerPoint for data analysis, quality assurance, and strategic reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive testing of workforce analytics dashboards and reporting tools for accuracy, usability, and performance.
• Proactively analyze workforce data to identify anomalies, data integrity issues, and emerging trends, surfacing insights before stakeholder inquiries.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and power user of analytics platforms, contributing to enhancements and advocating for end-user needs.
• Develop strategic analyses using workforce data and supplemental sources to enrich insights and close data gaps.
• Use Excel, Power BI, and Oracle to query, validate, and reconcile data across multiple systems.
• Identify and troubleshoot data discrepancies, inconsistencies, and defects, collaborating with technical teams to resolve root causes.
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights through storytelling and visualization.
• Create PowerPoint presentations to communicate insights and narratives to business leaders and stakeholders.
• Partner with business teams to ensure analytics efforts align with organizational priorities.

What This Job Offers

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