Data Science Associate (Open to hiring Data Science Consultant)

Responsible for extracting integrating analyzing and interpreting data from internal and external data sources to develop intelligence packaging that draws conclusions and supports recommendations that will help to achieve business goals. Collaborate with team  and key business stakeholders to ensure critical business objectives are met by following the analytics lifecycle within assigned domains. Work cross-functionally with business stakeholders to identify risk and provide solutions that drive data-enabled decisions.

Qualifications :

Required: 

• For consideration you must meet one of the following educational/technical requirements:
• Bachelors degree in quantitative discipline such as statistics mathematics finance accounting computer science engineering or economics.
• Less than 1-year hands-on experience with specific experience in data or statistical analysis including data collection joins analysis statistics and/or data presentation. Specific exposure with hands-on data analysis of databases and files using SQL dialects and statistical programming languages.
• Strong formulas and data visualizations knowledge.
• Exposure to business intelligence or analysis platforms.
• Naturally curious and ability to drive business decisions and solutions.
• Effective communication skills both verbal and written with the ability to present complex information.
• Proactive self-starter and can manage priorities through effective time management skills.

Preferred:

• Masters degree.
• Experience working with unstructured data sets.
• Experience developing project roadmaps and timelines.

Additional Information :

Job Responsibilities 

a. Participate in or conduct discovery sessions and stakeholder interactions to gain business understanding and identify business problem. Understand the project objectives and gather requirements to build a preliminary plan.

b. Research and gather appropriate data from various sources. Source extract assemble collate and consolidate data needs for the business.

c. Profile and prepare data for analysis.

d. Build and execute models to analyze business outcomes using tables graphs and charts as well as algorithms forecasts and trends.

e. Interpret results identify key findings to quantify business value.

f. Develop a narrative to summarize and convey findings to stakeholders. Make recommendations based on findings.

g. Create update and maintain a production schedule for reporting and ensure reports and presentations are completed on schedule.

h. Manage multiple projects simultaneously and support corporate process improvement initiatives meeting aggressive timeframes.

i. Collaborate with peers to identify reporting objectives and develop reports and analyses that meet their need and drive Wellmarks value proposition for stakeholders.

j. Wrangle data from a wide variety of data sets and assemble into normalized and enriched data assets that enables new insights solutions and visualizations. Perform and document data profiling quality assessment source consolidation aggregation and other data manipulation efforts to understand data formats source systems file sizes etc.

k. Create update and maintain documentation and procedures for sourcing analyzing and preparing internal reporting and presentations. Ensure the highest quality and integrity of data sources.

l. Other duties as assigned.

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