Principal Data Analyst

Company: Horizontal Talent
Location: Minnetonka
Posted on: August 5, 2022

Job Description:

Description:

• We are looking for a Principal Data Analyst to join our newly established team responsible for delivering Data and Analytics capability to Financial.
• The ideal candidate will need strong interpersonal skills, a self-driven data geek, who also excels in communicating and building relationships with others.
• You need to be comfortable presenting to senior leaders, and able to clearly and concisely convey complex / technical information in a manner that others can understand.Ideal Background:
  • 10+ years of experience system analysis, analyzing, summarizing, and presenting data; sound analytical and problem-solving skills
  • 8+ years experience in Data Analytics / Business intelligence roles or similar
  • 8+ years experience with BI analytical and reporting tools (SQL, Power BI, Python/R, Tableau, etc.).
  • Proven ability to work well and collaboratively, with multiple teams or departments for business growth or profitability goals
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to translate complex analytic results into meaningful insight, conveying complex or technical information in a manner that others can understand.
  • Experience n tracking, analyzing and data products modeling in banking, account administration, health benefit administration, payment, investment
  • Skills in building roadmaps, prioritizing backlogs, lead proof of concept, etc. to improve data quality processes, create efficiencies and deliver high-quality data products
  • Be a data Subject Matter Expert (SME) across their domain portfolio and drive adoption of best practice data quality, data governance and data management techniques across that portfolioTop Requirements:
    • 10+ years of experience analyzing, summarizing, and presenting data; sound analytical and problem-solving skills
    • 8+ years experience in Data Analytics / Business intelligence roles or similar
    • 8+ years experience with analytical and reporting tools (SQL, Power BI, Python/R, Tableau, etc.)Team and Team size:
      • I PM
      • 1 data engineer, 1 data scientist, 1 Solution architect.Primary Responsibilities:
        • Partner with Financial Business units to understand existing tools and processes to define and execute an effective strategy to analyze data
        • Track, analyze and model data products and domain in banking, account administration, health benefit administration, payment, investment
        • Work with the technical product owner to develop roadmaps, prioritize backlogs, lead proof of concept, etc. to improve data quality processes, create efficiencies and deliver high-quality data products
        • Be a data Subject Matter Expert (SME) across Financial portfolio and drive adoption of best practice data quality, data governance and data management techniques across that portfolio
        • Evaluate and quantify data issues, making recommendations for data improvements including required process and system changes, communicate value realized through data improvement efforts
        • Predict emerging customer needs and develops innovative solutions to meet them
        • Solve unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business
        • Lead large, complex projects to achieve key business objectives
        • Translate highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences
        • Influence senior leadership to adopt new ideas, products, and/or approachesRequired Qualifications:
          • 10+ years of experience analyzing, summarizing, and presenting data; sound analytical and problem-solving skills
          • 8+ years experience in Data Analytics / Business intelligence roles or similar
          • 8+ years experience with analytical and reporting tools (SQL, Power BI, Python/R, Tableau, etc.)
          • Experience in working with and analyzing financial data to develop business insight and strategy
          • Complex problem-solving skills
          • Proven ability to work well and collaboratively, with multiple teams or departments for business growth or profitability goals
          • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to translate complex analytic results into meaningful insight, conveying complex or technical information in a manner that others can understand.
          • Advanced proficient with MS Excel
          • Proficient with SQL, querying complex datasets using SQL or similar
          • Proficient with Microsoft Office SuitePreferred Qualifications:
            • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline (finance, accounting, mathematics, engineering)
            • Experience in healthcare data knowledge and understanding across multiple data asset types (member, consumer, provider, etc.,)
            • Healthcare and Financial data and data models experience
            • Proven commitment and desire to support client facing and customer driven culture
            • Experience working with MS Access
            • Experience with Azure Cloud Service.

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