Sr. Operational and Financial Analysis

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This individual contributor role implements and maintains overall global IT data visualization dashboards, facilitates data integration, data quality and reports creation and maintenance for the full scope of IT data across all disciplines. Promotes IT data standards and coding structures through in-depth knowledge of internal management information reporting requirements. Demonstrates deep technical proficiency in data reporting, maintenance and control procedures for data collection and reporting system applications. Conducts control activities to ensure data quality and adherence to IT data policy.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:

• Manages the full lifecycle of reporting development: assess, design, develop and maintain all relevant dashboards/reports for budget planning, forecasting, accrual management and operational reporting processes.
• Identifies primary use cases and improvements required to current dashboards and reports.
• Conducts data analysis, develops and executes requisite changes to implement approved requests, ensuring that new requirements comply with IT data policy and/or reporting needs. Crafts high level design of data solutions.
• Consults with relevant stakeholders to analyze dashboard usage and capabilities, identifies associated risks, resolves problems and recommends and/or executes resolutions.
• Tests changes prior to deployment into production environment as appropriate.
• Develops and maintains relationships with FP&A team in order to enable smoother transition of information between the two groups.
• Collaborates with management, technical staff and subject matter advisors to understand business issues, troubleshoot problems and develop and recommend cost-effective data solutions for data anomalies.
• Ensures data integrity by developing and executing necessary processes and controls around the flow of data.
• Performs data cleansing to ensure quality of data output.
• Utilizes technology to analyze data and/or metrics from applicable systems to review data processes, identify issues, determine actions to resolve or escalate problems that require data, system or process improvements.
• Conducts training and coaching of users on features and functions of dashboard and other related tools/reports.
• Leads data related research and root cause analysis activities, provides correction specifications, and escalates issues as appropriate.
• Works with technical and non-technical stakeholders on various analyses and research, and participates in and/or may lead special projects as appropriate.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; and participating in professional societies.
• Collaborates and works well with diverse teams and embraces the views of others to develop better solutions.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Reporting Relationship
Typically reports to Director
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Specialized expertise implementing and maintaining dashboards, developing and executing data mapping and transformation processes and requirements within and between applications and data sources across IT; rationalizing and analyzing large amounts of data across IT disciplines (Infrastructure, Security, App/Dev, RTB/CTB initiatives). Creates and implements testing methods and procedures as appropriate.
• Deep analytical, integrative and problem-solving skills with proven ability to manipulate and analyze high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varied sources.
• Advanced computing skills including, but not limited to: PowerBI, Tableau, alteryx as well as MS Office Suite, with a minimum of five years of experience blending and analyzing multiple data sets, building reporting pipelines and dashboards and utilizing analysis and reporting/visualization tools preferred.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, influencing and presentation skills to work effectively among all levels of internal/external stakeholders.
• Strong ability to execute multiple projects in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
• Skillful at learning new system applications/functions.
• Readily adapts to change.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business or Technology related disciplines - Finance, Accounting, Economics, etc.
• Typically,five to seven (5-7) years of work experience, preferably in operational analysis, financial management functions, data/statistical analysis, data architecture, data modeling and business intelligence.
• Advanced computing skills including, but not limited to: PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx as well as MS Office Suite, with a minimum of five years of experience blending and analyzing multiple data sets, building reporting pipelines and dashboards and utilizing analysis and reporting/visualization tools preferred.
• Looker or Thoughtspot experience a plus
• Experience interacting with FP&A function for budgeting, forecasting processes
• Planview experience is a plus.
• Applicable certifications preferred.

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