Senior Analyst - Data Management

The Sr. Data Analyst will be primarily responsible for supporting the leaders of Global Payments finance and operations teams with business process improvement, data analysis, and developing business intelligence (BI) tools. The Sr. Data Analyst will work to gather, analyze, and translate data that has been collected regarding Global Payments initiatives and production into a format to enable better business decisions.

• Write and maintain SQL queries to support multiple BI projects.
• Coordinate with leadership team to identify critical data to capture and report on.
• Consolidate and summarize data for business decision making and continuous improvements.
• Create graphical representations of data/analysis for easy consumption.
• Perform statistical analysis (correlation, regression, or time series analysis).
• Inspect and cleanse data for accuracy and quality.
• Handle some data ETL/ELT responsibilities as needed.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

• Strong understanding of reporting requirements and structural hierarchies for reporting in a collaborative environment. Query, analyze and transform complex data sets to optimize dashboard flexibility and performance.
• Rationalize and identify use cases for developing data visualization, including identifying different personas for each use case.
• Ability to work with large amounts of data: facts, figures, and number crunching. Must see through the data, analyze it to find conclusions, and be strong in logic and mathematics.
• Communication skills: present findings or translate data into an understandable document. Write and speak clearly, easily communicating complex ideas.
• Critical thinking: look at numbers, trends, and data and come to conclusions based on findings.
• Presentation skills: organize data and supporting information into visual representations that allow consumers to easily dissect and make decisions.
• Attention to detail: ensure precision, vigilantly analyze data to reach correct conclusions, preempt customer needs.
• Experience with building and deploying Micro Strategy, Tableau, Power
  
  BI, or Spotfire visualizations and dashboards.
• Understanding of data visualization concepts and connecting them to business metrics and KPIs.
• Experience in relational database concepts with solid knowledge of SQL Server or similar.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Economics, Business, Mathematics, Statistics, or related technical field, or equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years of applicable experience as a Data Analyst or similar role.
• Understanding of the Bankcard Industry or Commission-Based Sales is a plus.

• Motivated self-starter.
• Detail oriented.
• Cautious.
• Consistent.
• Tenacious.
• Ability to manage a project.
• Approachable and willing to offer helpful solutions.
• Search relentlessly for better solutions.

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