STR, a CoStar group company, is seeking a Nashville-based Data Analyst to support CoStar product analytics and insights efforts and ensure STR maintains its position as a leading provider of forward-looking hotel performance data worldwide.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience analyzing, visualizing, and conducting research to explain data and validate information.
- Must be adept in use of MS Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Experience using Power BI, Tableau or another tool for data analysis and visualization.
- Proficient in writing about and presenting trends and insights to relevant stakeholders, both internal and external.
- Familiarity and experience using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
- A degree or coursework in data science, statistics or economics.
Responsibilities
- Analyses large hotel performance data sets to unearth key trends by market, location type, hotel type, demand sources, etc.
- Converts complex data and findings into compelling and easily digestible tables, graphs and reports, while adhering to STR style and branding.
- Constantly evaluates the way STR data is presented and seeks new ways of doing so to make it more meaningful and useful for clients.
- Contributes analyses to blogs, articles and white papers, which are distributed to clients and stakeholders on a regular basis.
- Maintain high levels of data quality and accuracy by applying and maintaining process and robust review.
- Investigates anomalies and potential errors in data to understand the root cause and find resolution.
- Adhere to STR’s standards and guidelines for data confidentiality.
Other
- Undertakes primary and secondary research as needed to understand hotel industry dynamics, economic conditions and other factors that affect hotel performance.
- Keep up to date on hotel industry trends and news, with particular emphasis on the facts that affect hotel performance.
- Ensure CoStar brand and corporate values are evident to the customer at all times.
- Customer-focused with excellent relationship-building skills and the ability to present to clients.
- Strong understanding of the hotel industry, with experience working within the industry, particularly revenue management a plus
