Lead Data Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Assist clients in comprehending their data to determine the most suitable data for Benchmark products and data science requirements.

• Collaborate with clients to grasp data creation processes, document insights, and communicate them to internal stakeholders.

• Analyze extensive file-based datasets utilizing data transformation tools like Excel, Databrew, and SQL to accurately map data from source systems to target systems.

• Continuously enhance data processes to boost efficiency and quality.

• Verify the completeness of received and extracted data to ensure compliance with data science and system requirements.

• Develop and uphold documentation for data pipeline workflows, ETL processes, and data dictionaries.

• Offer insights and feedback on data structures, quality, and consistency.

• Identify data quality challenges, perform root cause analysis, and collaborate with relevant teams to address them.

• Analyze pipeline processes, pinpoint inefficiencies, recommend enhancements, and test solutions to optimize data ingestion and minimize implementation time.

• Support process documentation to prepare the team and organization for growth and scalability.

• Create and maintain documentation for standard operating procedures, workflows, and data governance policies.

• Prepare presentations and reports based on analytical results and deliver findings to various stakeholders in a clear and engaging manner.

• Assist in client configuration, implementation, and deployment of analytic systems as necessary to ensure client success.

• Periodic travel within the United States is required.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

• 3-4+ years of client-facing analyst experience, particularly involving direct client interaction that includes a data component.

• Excellent communication skills, with the capability to convey complex topics clearly and succinctly.

• Enjoys engaging with data, testing hypotheses, and conducting exploratory data analysis.

• Ability to interpret the significance of data to effectively map it from source systems to target systems.

• Experience and/or knowledge of ETL processes and relational databases, along with an understanding of ETL development.

• Strong data intuition, including an ability to identify patterns and comprehend central tendencies within both qualitative and quantitative data.

• High technical aptitude and capacity to quickly acquire new technical products and skills.

• Strong sense of process and awareness of how individual steps contribute to achieving desired outcomes.

• Capable of managing multiple concurrent tasks and projects while adhering to deadlines and collaborating effectively with others.

• Able to work independently with minimal supervision, especially in complex and non-routine situations.

• Proficient in effective communication across various levels, including customers, team members, and managers, in a fast-paced environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Unlimited Paid Time Off.

• Ability to work in a fully remote environment (must be based in the U.S. and willing to work in the Central Time Zone).

• Summer Half-Day Fridays.

• Freed Up Fridays during Spring, Fall, and Winter months to encourage productivity and dedicated focus time.

• Medical, dental, and vision plan offerings along with 401(k).

• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life Insurance.

• Additional Voluntary Benefits include extra Life Insurance, Spouse Life Insurance, and Accident Insurance.