Job Summary
The Business Analytics Analyst II reports to University Analytics and is embedded within a campus department to provide data consultation analysis and new report development to meet departmental needs. Special emphasis on full data analysis and report creation as well as providing executive summaries visualizations of the analysis and understanding of the meanings within the data. The position will be embedded within the College of Liberal Arts ( COLA ) supporting the Dean and college leadership in making data-informed decisions across a wide range of academic and operational areas. The ideal candidate will be a data-savvy collaborative professional who is passionate about higher education and motivated to make a meaningful impact through creative insightful and actionable data work.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Consults with department users on their reporting needs advising on data availability and reporting formats to meet their objectives. Provides end-user consultation and training on the use of BI tools reports and dashboards. Helps stakeholders effectively understand and use data insights offering guidance on data definitions and standards to ensure consistency across reporting and analytics. Additionally provides executive summaries and data visualizations to clearly communicate the meaning of analysis to department leadership. Develops predictive and statistical data models using tools like Python or R leveraging the data lakehouse platform for scalable data processing. Analyzes validates and cleans large datasets designs multi-dimensional data models for advanced analytics and uses SQL and BI tools to create insightful reports and interactive dashboards. Collaborates with cross-functional teams offering expertise and guidance to fellow analysts data stewards and department users in areas like analytics products data management best practices model development and tool usage. Serve as the voice of data within COLA working closely with the Dean College Business Officer HR staff and academic leadership. Participate in leadership and staff meetings to help shape conversations around resource allocation budgeting enrollment planning and student success and faculty success policy and planning strategies. Be able to translate complex data into clear meaningful narratives and visualizations for senior decision-makers. Play an active role in university-wide analytics governance groups such as the Data Stewards Council. Educate and support others in the college on effective self-service data use. In coordination with the central analytics team the individual will help develop new dashboards reports and ensure alignment with governance rules and standards for data product development. Acting as a bridge between the central unit and the college this person will promote transparency share information and foster professional collaboration across both units. Performs other duties assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Data Science Information Systems or related discipline. Five (5) years in SQL programming. In-depth working knowledge and experience of data mining in SQL or No- SQL data environments. Experience developing in at least one (1) object-oriented programming language. Experience in a data analysis data driven research and/or predictive analysis.
Preferred Qualifications
Masters degree or higher in Data Science Computer Science Statistics or a related field. Ten or more years of experience in programming statistics or data science within higher education. Proficiency in SQL and Python programming with experience analyzing and developing data models on a data lakehouse platform. Proven experience in building predictive or statistical models. Experience with Natural Language Processing ( NLP ) and text data analytics.
Work Schedule
Monday Friday; 8:00am 5:00pm
Required Experience:
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