Business Intelligence Analyst

Company: Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: May 4, 2020

Job Description:

Position Summary

The Business Intelligence Analyst collects and disseminates consistent, accurate, transparent, timely and actionable statistics and data on all aspects, including data that contribute to the department's evaluation plan, business requirements, and requirement from program stakeholders.

The core responsibility for the Business Intelligence Analyst is to independently and reliably create computer programs, databases, and data analyses and visualizations in support of the key needs of internal decision makers.

Primary duties include:

* Collection, validation, and reporting of corporate data; development and maintenance of data infrastructures to support reporting; and regular data extraction, manipulation, analysis, visualization and interpretation of results using complex programming and statistical tools.

* S/he manages and/or assists with survey administration, including preparation, administration, data analysis and visualization, and reporting of findings.

* S/he will assist the Director with data management and analysis, project coordination, documentation, and special projects as requested.

* S/he will support the evaluation of department performance.

* S/he will also conduct follow up analyses resulting from metric and key performance indicator analyses that involve novel solutions and further investigation, policy analysis and use of qualitative and quantitative research methods.

* This individual will team and/or help the Business Intelligence Senior analyst, student analysts and temporary staff, as needed, in support of project demands.

* S/he will understand and maintain expertise in institutional research and business intelligence and will consult with school leadership on these areas of expertise.

Educational Requirements

Master or other advanced degree in a business analytics, information science, higher education management, organizational management, computer science, operational statistics, economics, marketing analytics or other analogous analytical or research-based field is required.

OR

Bachelor's degree and 2 years in business application consulting or development. Degree will be in a data-oriented field associated with strong research methods, statistics, and data visualization experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Qualifications and Experience

A Master's degree is preferred.

The candidate will demonstrate experience and confidence in independently extracting, manipulating, analyzing, interpreting, and documenting large, complex data sets, with a minimum of three years working with programming and statistical software (SAS, SQL, R, Python accepted). SAS certification is a plus.

* Minimum of 2 years use of business intelligence reporting environment (Tableau preferred, SAS VA, OBIEE, Business Objects, other), writing reports and measuring key performance indicators. Two years of experience with querying data systems.

* Knowledge with survey administration tools (Qualtrics, Blue, other).

* Knowledge of quality systems (i.e. six sigma) or other equivalent process control methodologies, and business process design & assessment is desirable.

* Preference will be given to candidates with data and reporting experience in a complex educational environment, particularly with elaborate enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems such as PeopleSoft or Banner or other relational database structures.

* The successful candidate will have experience in higher ed institutional research, assessment, or accreditation functions.

* Attention to detail and commitment to data quality, the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team, and the ability to manage multiple tasks in an intense, fast-paced environment are essential.

* Understand functional and process-oriented requirements to meet needs of end users; and then interpret and translate customer needs, evaluate code and its functionality through problem solving, and recommend or modify to improve performance and consumption.

Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC (DISYS) will consider for employment all qualified applicants in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, and an arrest or conviction will not automatically disqualify a qualified applicant from consideration from employment.

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