Business Analyst

Unisys; Irving (TX); Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Business Data Analyst for a remote 8-month contract. The role focuses on improving data quality and collaborating across teams to create business deliverables. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical skills and experience with data management.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience as a Business/Data Analyst.
• Expert level communication with technical and non-technical personnel.
• Advanced SQL skills required.

Responsibilities

• Drive data quality initiatives and improve client data accuracy.
• Collaborate with teams to create business deliverables.
• Manage dependencies across teams and drive critical data workshops.

Skills

Communication

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Google Suite

MS Visio

Lucid Chart

JIRA

Confluence

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Unisys is an Information Technology and Business Consulting firm providing project-based solutions, software solutions and professional staffing services. -

Those authorized to work in the United States are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.

Job Title : Business Data Analyst

Location : Remote

Duration : 8 Months Contract

Client has exciting career opportunities for a Business Analyst within the Data Strategy and Enablement group. This role will provide support for business processes (including but not limited to Enterprise, Account and Person data management) with focus on process creation, management and execution of large scale data clean up initiative.

What you'll do :

• Drive data quality initiatives on improving the accuracy of our client data that's leveraged in critical business throughout the enterprise while curating data insights that will ultimately improve the transparency and value of data across Gartner.
• Collaborate across business and technical teams, both on site and offshore, to create business deliverables such as Data flow diagrams, Business Requirements, Functional Requirements, User Stories and User Acceptance Tests
• Obtain understanding of relevant business area(s), technical options, limitations, costs and risks to communicate tradeoffs and recommend solutions or suggest alternatives to proposed solutions to shape requirements
• Independently drive critical data workshops with business and IT stakeholders to develop requirements and execution process while managing dependencies across teams
• Review data records / attributes on a periodic basis and to ensure data quality and curate data insights that will ultimately improve the transparency and value of data across Gartner
• Ensure quality through adherence to and supporting processes and procedures, including the maintenance of documentation on shared file systems
• Review delivery team output to ensure requirements are correctly interpreted; define and execute test cases
• Provide support to other business analysts, business process owners and project managers to help drive business initiatives
• What you'll need :
• 3 years of experience as a Business / Data Analyst; prior experience in working in Data Warehouse, Master Data Management, Analytics environment a plus
• Expert level communication with both technical and non-technical personnel, both oral and written
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking and problem-solving skills including ability to clearly and concisely gather, interpret, analyze and document Business Process, User and Data Functional requirements in a structured way
• Ability to breakdown complex business problems and workflows into meaningful components that are understandable by various levels
• Well versed with in utilizing tools such MS Excel, MS Word, Google Suite, MS Visio, Lucid Chart, JIRA, Confluence
• Advanced SQL Skills Required
• Basic understanding of data analysis tools and techniques is a plus
• Experience with business intelligence and data visualization systems is a plus (Tableau, Power BI)
• Data governance experience is a strong consideration
• Knowledge and experience with Scrum / Agile methodology