Sr. Data Analyst_W2_AZ

Location: Tempe, AZ, 85284 (on-site 5 days/week required)

Sr. Data Analyst (Global Data and Analytics) As a member of the Enterprise Data & Analytics Team, the Sr. Data Analyst is an everyday partner with multiple departments, including Global Marketing, Category Management, Shared Services & Finance, Global Technology, and Business Unit Leadership. This is a unique opportunity to work on a new, growing team within a large organization. The Sr. Data Analyst is responsible for delivering advanced analytics projects that drive business results. The ideal candidate should possess the ability to contribute to all aspects of project work, including interpreting business questions and desired outcomes, selecting the appropriate methodology, data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, model building, and creation of polished deliverables that are suitable for internal and external presentation. We are looking for an individual who is a proven problem solver with exceptional critical thinking ability. The candidate should have a high sense of curiosity and be comfortable with ambiguity when faced with a difficult challenge. Additionally, the candidate should possess the ability to collaborate with others and simply and effectively communicate complex concepts with a non-technical audience.

Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• Develop advanced analytics and predictive models from design through implementation in the areas of pricing and promotion, marketing, merchandising, and other areas of the business as needed
• Participate in the research of analytical methods to find or advance solutions to business problems
• Clearly and concisely explain complex analytical findings to non-analytical peers and business leaders
• Create analytic datasets in collaboration with data engineering teams that involve data querying, cleaning, transformation, and feature engineering. Define requirements and test cases for Data validation and monitoring
• Author programming code (e.g., SQL, Python, R, spark) to assemble and analyze data, following/establishing/enhancing organizational standards and coding practices including code management (i.e. Documentation, use of Git Hub). Lead and participate in peer code reviews for QA/QC/standards compliance.
• Train/Mentor other team members, provide developmental support where necessary
• Follow defined project management processes. Actively participate in project plan development and agile ceremonies (development of backlog, sprint planning, daily standups, retros/reviews) and documentation. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND OTHER QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
• Working knowledge of R, Python, or other analytical programming language
• Ability to query large data sets using SQL or Spark; experience with cloud-based environments preferred (Azure, AWS or GCP)
• Experience with software development practices, object-oriented principles and test automation
• Experience using Data visualization software such as Tableau or Power BI
• Working knowledge of statistical and machine learning techniques such as regression, time series forecasting, clustering, optimization, etc.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate the business benefits of analytics EDUCATION/TRAINING REQUIRED:
• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably with a quantitative focus (Statistics, Business Analytics, Data Science, Math, Economics, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience in a data science/advanced analytics role or demonstrated ability to perform job functions via academic project/internship experience.
  
  

Required Skills : *required to be on-site 5 days/week, non negotiable* Location: 1130 W. Warner Rd Tempe, AZ, 85284 (on-site 5 days/week required) Main Focus: - analyzing dashboards, reading/writing reports within Tableau or PowerBI - basic ETL understanding/experience - data mining, adhoc analytics - Cloud experience, ideally within Azure but AWS or GCP can work as well - databricks would be nice to have