Business and Data Analyst

Required Education:
Bachelors degree in finance accounting Information Systems Business Analytics or a related study or equivalent experience

Required Skills Experience and Knowledge:
Minimum of 5 years of experience in business analysis and/or data analytics roles preferably within a finance or reporting environment
Strong proficiency in SQL (Oracle and Snowflake)
Proficiency with Excel Power BI Power Query and Power Apps
Ability to translate business needs into technical specifications
Experience in Cloud Data warehouses like Snowflake and Redshift
Well-developed system analysis skills
Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills with experience presenting findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience in Agile Scrum Waterfall or similar iterative development methodologies

Preferred Skills Experience and Knowledge:
Experience with Software as a Service cloud implementation particularly those in which legacy on premise applications have been migrated to cloud delivery options financial transformations and/or modernization projects
In addition understanding data architecture data quality and data governance practices a plus
Experience working with financial data state or public sector systems a plus
Familiarity with tools like Microsoft Access Toad or BI platforms a plus

The BEST (Business Enterprise Systems Transformation) Program Business & Data Analyst (Financial Reporting Modernization) will work with a team comprised of BEST Program staff agency business and technical SMEs and the new solution system integrator (SI) and product vendor to support the modernization of Clients financial reporting processes and systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both business analysis and data analytics with a specific focus on financial reporting data integration and transformation initiatives. This role will work cross-functionally with Finance IT Data Governance and other stakeholders to drive process improvements enable data-driven decision-making and ensure the delivery of scalable accurate financial reporting solutions.
The BEST Program Business & Data Analyst (Financial Reporting Modernization) will work with the BEST Senior Data Architect and Financials Data Leads to identify reporting dashboard and business analytics needs that will drive the configuration of standard reports and dashboards delivered through the new Financials solution. They will assist in leading requirements sessions with BEST staff agency staff and the system integrator and product vendor to review the reporting and analytics capabilities of the new solution and to identify available configuration options. The Business & Data Analyst will develop and maintain a list of selected configurations for each report and dashboard and work with reports/dashboard developers during configuration to assist in translating business requirements to the configured reports. The Business & Data Analyst will also participate in testing configured reports and dashboards and in organizing user testing of these items.

This role is critical to modernizing Clients financial reporting as legacy reports built on Oracle based Business Continuity Volume (BCV) must be migrated to a new Snowflake-based data lake.
The Business & Data Analyst will support data access for users in the following areas working to improve data quality and access in the new solution:
Financials:
Acquire to Retire (Capital Asset Management)
Cash Management
Cost Allocation
Debt Management
Grants Financial Management
Operating Budget Management
Order to Cash (Revenue/Accounts Receivable)
Procure to Pay (Accounts Payable)
Program Management
Record to Report (Financial Reporting)
Reporting/Analytics
Sub-fund Management
Vendor Management and Self Service

Operations:
Maintenance and Warranty Management
Incident Management
Capacity Management
Availability Management
Performance Management
Security Management
Nightly Batch Jobs Management
Software Change Management and Testing
Disaster Recovery Testing and Management

Specific Duties:
Create inventory and analyze existing SQL queries Stored Procedures and reports used by CTR business areas
Collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs) to understand report purpose usage frequency and business logic
Analyze data structures and relationships in Oracle understand data quality rules and map data elements to Snowflakes structure
Validate data integrity between Oracle and Snowflake identify discrepancies and ensure data accuracy post-migration
Investigate and resolve data-related issues inconsistencies and errors that may arise during or after the migration process
Document requirements for report redevelopment in Snowflake
Validate output of Snowflake queries to ensure consistency and accuracy
Support user acceptance testing and participate in training efforts