Business Data Analyst HYBRID

Location: Richmond VA

Duration: 12 Months

Job Description:

The client Data Office team is seeking senior Business Data Analyst with strong problem solving organizational and communication skills. This role will be expected to collaborate with the Data Office Business IT and other stakeholders and play an active role in the Data Quality Enhancement initiative. The individual is expected to be a selfstarter who is comfortable prioritizing and effectively managing their daily workload.

The role will be involved in enhancing data governance ensuring data quality and collaborating with stakeholders across departments to analyze design and deliver data driven solutions.

The ideal candidate has expertise in business data analysis excels at communicating technical information to nontechnical audiences and ability to leverage tools like SQL Power BI and Tableau.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work effectively with business process owners and data owners to ensure data related business objectives are understood and documented.
• Gather evaluate and document requirements related to data for new systems or enhancements based on business user input technical requirements and constraints.
• Manage multiple projects timelines and priorities.
• Support individual team members in the data office as well as various business units by designing customizable tabular or visual reports with available tools.

Data Analysis

• Develop innovative data strategies for meeting business requirements including leveraging the capabilities of existing technology tools or acquiring/developing new technology tools.
• Design datafocused automated and manual solutions to solve business problems and achieve business objectives.
• Structure large data sets to find usable information.
• Collaborate with various business and technology teams to collect and analyze data.
• Create reports and visualizations for internal teams and stakeholders.
• Perform assessments make sound recommendations and present findings to ensure VRS is procuring or building the most effective valueadded solutions.
• Create presentations and reports based on recommendations and findings.
• Prepare reports flowcharts diagrams detailed documentation and other written materials.
• Present findings through various written and verbal communication channels with key users and agency executives.

Data Office Support

• Serve as subject matter expert on Data Analytics.
• Act as a liaison between the business teams and IT teams for data related initiatives.
• Participate and assist with the client Change Management Process to ensure all activities flowthrough change management (documentation test plans approvals etc.).
• Manage risk and provide timely status reports and project updates to stakeholders.
• Provide crossteam support when needed to achieve technical goals knowledge sharing
• Agency Performance Outcomes (APOs) and operational measures (OMs).
• Participate in software/hardware security reviews and implements best practices for the Data Office.
• Establish KPIs in coordination with business units to measure the effectiveness of business decisions.
• Perform special projects as assigned.
• Otherduties may be assigned.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelors degree from a fouryear college or university preferred and 5 years experience with technology or data organizations required. An equivalent combination of education and experience may also be considered.

Skills:

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

Five years experience working in data analysis business analysis data science data warehousing in Pensions Benefit management or related industry

Required

5

Years

Experience working in an Agile development environment

Required

5

Years

Ability to work independently and as part of a team that includes business and technical stakeholders

Required

5

Years

Excellent problemsolving and analytical skills

Required

5

Years

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Required

5

Years

Three or more years experience designing dashboards and reports using BI tools such as Power BI and/or Tableau

Highly desired

3

Years

Strong SQL skills for querying and analyzing data

Highly desired

3

Years

Knowledge in Excel DAX Python

Desired

3

Years

Software development background

Desired

3

Years

Experience in Pension Benefit Management Programs

Desired

2

Years

Relevant certifications in SQL Data Analysis Power BI including Microsoft certified Data Analyst or other similar certification.

Not Required

1

Years