Data Analyst II - BI Dashboards & Insights (Contract)

Specialist Staffing Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 133,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

Specialist Staffing Group seeks a Data Analyst II for a Chicago-based contract role focused on turning data into actionable insights. You will perform analyses, build pipelines, and craft dashboards to inform business decisions across the organization.

Responsibilities include designing studies, creating visuals in Power BI/Tableau, and mentoring junior analysts while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure data quality and reproducibility.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of professional experience in data analysis, business intelligence or related analytics field.
• 2-5 years of experience leading analytics projects or mentoring team members.
• Advanced proficiency in Python for data manipulation, statistical analysis and automation.
• Expertise in Power BI and Tableau for data visualization and dashboard development.
• Strong SQL skills for querying, aggregating and transforming datasets.
• Solid foundation in statistics, statistical methods and hypothesis testing.
• Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Data Science, Statistics or equivalent professional experience.
• Authorization to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Designing and executing analytical studies to address key business questions and performance gaps.
• Building and maintaining data pipelines and ETL processes to ensure data quality and accessibility.
• Creating compelling data visualizations and dashboards using Power BI and Tableau to communicate insights to stakeholders.
• Conducting statistical analysis on structured and unstructured datasets to identify trends and opportunities.
• Collaborating with engineering and business teams to refine data requirements and validate analytical approaches.
• Documenting methodologies, assumptions and findings to support reproducibility and knowledge sharing.
• Mentoring junior analysts and contributing to team capability development where appropriate.

Skills

Analytics leadership

Python for data analysis

SQL querying

Statistics fundamentals

Mathematics background

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Data Science, Statistics

Tools

Python

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Specialist Staffing Group seeks a Data Analyst II for a Chicago-based contract role focused on turning data into actionable insights. You will perform analyses, build pipelines, and craft dashboards to inform business decisions across the organization.

Responsibilities include designing studies, creating visuals in Power BI/Tableau, and mentoring junior analysts while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure data quality and reproducibility.