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Senior Business Intelligence Engineer

Job in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listing for: Sidley Austin
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-18
Job specializations:
  • Business
    Business Intelligence, Data Analyst
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 98000 - 145000 USD Yearly USD 98000.00 145000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

The Senior Analytics Engineer leads the recurring reporting and data processes behind several of the firm’s most important administrative functions. This role reports to the Business Intelligence Senior Manager and combines hands‑on SQL analysis and report development, working with Finance, Accounting, and HR through the firm’s product management team. The person in this seat runs processes with hard monthly and annual deadlines, keeps the underlying data accurate, and produces reporting that firm leadership relies on.

Strong SQL analysis is the single most important qualification for this role: the ability to read and unravel complex existing SQL matters more than authoring new code. Experience in a law firm or professional services environment is a major plus, and hands‑on report development in Power BI, Tableau, or Cognos is highly valued. The ideal candidate is meticulous, discreet with sensitive data, and comfortable owning processes end to end.

Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Own recurring operational reporting and data processes across firm financial and HR data domains, from daily validation through month‑end and year‑end close

  • Read, analyze, and understand complex SQL (views, nested views, stored procedures) to explain how reported numbers are produced, diagnose discrepancies, and make targeted corrections where needed

  • Monitor daily data validation reporting, investigate discrepancies such as conflicting HR records from upstream system changes, and apply corrections, judging which issues must be fixed before month‑end close and which can wait; coordinate with the business analysts who track the same reports

  • Execute month‑end and year‑end close activities, including reconciliations and year‑end reporting deliverables

  • Prepare and distribute highly confidential deliverables for firm leadership with complete accuracy and discretion

  • Develop and maintain reports in the firm’s BI platforms (Power BI, Cognos) and support remaining legacy Crystal reports

  • Work with the firm’s product management team to translate organizational and system changes, such as HRIS changes, into data and report updates

  • Trace data issues back to their source systems and coordinate corrections with data engineering and system owners

  • Maintain clear documentation and step‑by‑step procedures for all recurring processes so they can be run by others

  • Contribute subject‑matter knowledge to report modernization efforts, bring consultants up to speed on legacy reports, and validate converted outputs against existing reports

  • Respond to ad hoc analysis and data requests from firm leadership and administrative departments with fast, accurate turnaround

  • Reduce recurring manual work over time through automation, improved queries, or process changes

Education and/or

Experience:

Required:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Accounting, Finance, or a related field

  • A minimum of 5 years of experience as a data analyst, reporting analyst, or in a similar role owning recurring operational data processes

  • Expert‑level SQL analysis: the ability to read and unravel complex multi‑table logic, nested views, and stored procedures, explain what they produce and why, write queries against them, and make targeted, safe modifications when needed

  • Demonstrated experience running recurring financial or operational close cycles (month‑end, year‑end) against hard deadlines

  • Exceptional attention to detail, with a track record in data validation, reconciliation, and correction

  • Proven ability to handle highly sensitive financial and personnel data with discretion and sound judgment

  • Report development experience with at least one enterprise BI platform such as Power BI, Tableau, or Cognos

  • Excellent communication skills, comfortable…

Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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