Title: Data Analyst
Area: Information Technology
Reports to: Tom Landsness
Status: Full-Time, Salaried
Salary: $72,000 – $94,000
Impact
Junior Achievement aims to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. Junior Achievement is the worlds largest organization that gives students relevant, hands-on learning experiences that teach them to manage their money; plan for their economic future; own businesses; develop readiness for careers, college, or technical training; and make smart academic and financial choices.
In February 2022, Junior Achievement USA announced that JA Worldwide, representing all Junior Achievement organizations globally, was nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. JA was nominated due to the organizations global reach, success in delivering economic empowerment to youth at scale, and its ability to find unity in diversity. Unemployment and poverty have led to political instability, violence, and war for centuries. By economically empowering youth on all continents, JA serves as a conduit for peace. JA USA is remote-friendly!
Primary Responsibilities:
Support and maintain the build-out of our next-generation data hub, analytical system, and integrations.
Support and maintain data governance and standards under the supervision of senior leadership.
Perform research, analysis, and modeling of organization data leveraging artificial intelligence methods to identify opportunities to improve operations or answer business-related questions.
Partner with the business and business analysts to gather requirements and develop complex reports.
Work with the business to translate needs into technical requirements.
Analyze complex data and create intuitive dashboards that allow end users to visually identify trends and/or key metrics.
Evaluate inbound report requests and collaborate with business analysts to determine the best delivery approach while adhering to established internal processes.
Extract and analyze data to identify and recommend business process improvements, work efficiencies, and influence organizational business decisions.
Create documentation for new or existing processes/reporting functions.
Identify opportunities to automate reports and manual processes.
Anticipate reporting requirements and present additional metrics relevant to meeting predefined goals.
Perform data cleanup activities to ensure data quality and integrity.
Coordinate with business partners, external software development teams, and business analysts to ensure accurate organization data. Maintains data integrity across all applications and provides data to drive business decisions and satisfy informational requests.
Efficiently meet business sponsor and business analyst requirements by developing and implementing new reports and reporting solutions leveraging Power BI and future CRM products to enable end-users to generate accurate and comprehensive data displays from multiple sources.
Ensure data projects comply with best practices, governance, and data policies.
Create, enhance, and maintain reports, including bug fixes, focusing on scalability and repeatability. Customer and business analyst input and requirements will drive report enhancements and bug fixes.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications (required)
A minimum of 2 years of experience in building BI reports.
A minimum of 2 years of experience working with relational databases and DBMS such as SQL Server.
Demonstrated experience in Report writing software specifically with Power BI.
Demonstrated experience creating ETL (extract, transform, and load) packages to export data to a data lake or warehouse.
Experience with ETL tools specifically Data Factory
Demonstrated experience in enterprise data warehouse solutions, data analysis, database systems, and data visualization applications.
Strong knowledge of SQL
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Strong data collection, problem-solving, and analysis skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
Education
Candidates of all degree and academic certification levels are welcome. As research demonstrates that education requirements can be a deterrent for qualified candidates to apply and can perpetuate gender and racial disparities, we have decided not to require candidates to demonstrate a specific degree or level of academic certification. Instead, we encourage all candidates with the professional experiences, values, and skills outlined in this position specification to apply.
Qualifications (desired)
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
Experience running complex data and analytical projects and ETL needs.
Application Process
Compensation
The salary range for this position is $72,000 to $94,000 annually, with the exact salary depending on prior work experience and the assessment of ones fit for the role.
