AgWest Farm Credit needs a Business Data Analyst to act as an intermediary between business stakeholders and the technical community, ensuring organizational information needs are met and data governance standards are maintained or enhanced for all strategic initiatives.
Requirements
- Understanding of databases, data integration and mining, and analysis tools.
- Knowledge of business technology, financial management concepts, and methods of analysis.
- Ability to read and comprehend and write SQL code.
- Knowledgeable in at least one reporting toolset, preferably PowerBI.
- R-Studio experience.
- Knowledge of Python coding.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft data products.
Responsibilities
- Work with internal stakeholders, including IT project teams and business clients, to develop high-level requirements that provide solutions to the most critical and complex user and business needs while ensuring the solutions align with intended business outcomes; utilize information to shape data solutions needed to address stated business outcomes and ensure data governance standards are maintained or enhanced on all assigned projects.
- Clearly articulate and documents business requirements including communications, training needs, and procedures.
- Develop recommendations, design solutions using appropriate tools and models, and directly participate in the building and testing of data solutions to achieve business outcomes while ensuring usability and data governance outcomes are met.
- Perform ad-hoc data querying and analysis to support validation, data quality, and data extracts.
- Deliver quality solutions, including effective communications to ensure adoption of new processes across the organization.
- Serve as a technical resource for supporting mission critical data.
- Perform all duties and maintain all standards in accordance with company policies, procedures, and internal controls.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, business, accounting, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Generally, requires experience as a business analyst, systems analyst or a similar role, ideally in financial institution operations.
- Intellectual curiosity and ability to structure and solve problems.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively manage assignments.
- Ability to plan, prioritize, organize and control assigned activities.
