Data & Business Intelligence Analyst

Benchmark Education Company; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Benchmark Education Company seeks a Data and BI Analyst to deliver reporting and analysis that guides day-to-day decisions across sales, marketing, and operations. You will own Power BI reports and dashboards, build data models, and translate stakeholders' questions into clear, trusted reporting.

A solid SQL and data warehousing background helps ensure accuracy and usefulness of outputs. You will collaborate with the data team to validate data flow, tell stories with visuals, and respond to ad

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of professional data analysis, reporting, or BI experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in Power BI, including data modeling, DAX, and report/dashboard development.
• Strong proficiency in SQL with relational databases (SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Postgres).
• Ability to translate stakeholder questions into clear reporting and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with stakeholders to understand needs and translate them into reporting requirements.
• Design, build, and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards, including data models, DAX calculations, and row-level security.
• Own a portfolio of recurring reports including development, maintenance, troubleshooting, and updates.
• Write and optimize SQL queries against the data warehouse to support reporting and analysis.
• Develop understanding of the data warehouse structure to navigate and validate data.
• Collaborate with data team to ensure data feeding into reports is accurate and complete.
• Tell effective stories about business performance through data visualization.
• Respond to ad hoc reporting requests with timely delivery.
• Support stakeholders across the business.

Skills

Power BI

DAX

Data modeling

SQL

Data storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Job description

Position Purpose:

The Data and Business Intelligence Analyst delivers the reporting and data analysis that drive day-to-day decisions across sales, marketing, and operations at Benchmark Education. This role owns report and dashboard development in Power BI, works directly with business stakeholders to translate their questions into clear, trusted reporting, and builds a working understanding of our data environment to ensure what's delivered is accurate and useful.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work directly with stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into clear reporting and analysis requirements
• Design, build, and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards, including data models, DAX calculations, and row-level security where needed
• Own a portfolio of recurring reports including development, maintenance, troubleshooting, and updates as business needs change
• Write and optimize SQL queries against the data warehouse to support reporting, ad hoc analysis, and data validation
• Develop a working understanding of the structure and relationships within the data warehouse to navigate it independently and flag inconsistencies
• Partner with the data team members to communicate reporting requirements and validate that data feeding into reports and dashboards is accurate and complete
• Tell effective stories about business performance and trends through data visualization
• Respond to ad hoc reporting requests with accurate, timely turnaround
• Support stakeholders and other data/report consumers across the business

Job Requirements:

• 2-5 years of professional experience in data analysis, reporting, or business intelligence
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, or equivalent professional experience
• Demonstrated expertise in Power BI, including data modeling, DAX, and report/dashboard development
• Strong proficiency in SQL with relational databases (SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Postgres), including writing queries to analyze and validate data
• Proven ability to learn and navigate an existing data environment: reverse engineering data patterns and structures to infer relationships and spot inconsistencies
• Working knowledge of how data moves through a reporting pipeline, enough to collaborate effectively with data team
• Functional understanding of advanced analytics concepts (statistical or AI-based techniques) and when to apply them
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, especially explaining data and reporting to non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent organization and documentation skills, with strong attention to detail
• Comfortable owning multiple reports/dashboards independently and prioritizing competing requests

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience building or maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines
• Experience with advanced statistics, information science, or machine learning
• Working understanding of Master Data Management techniques and tools
• Experience with metadata standards and procedures in the publishing industry
• Experience with ERP tools and processes
• Experience with project management and implementation of best practices

ABOUT BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY

Benchmark Education Company (BEC) is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, with valid and reliable digital assessments that inform instruction. BEC is also a provider of exceptional professional development to educators.

BEC is recognized as a responsive publisher that offers equally rigorous and engaging digital, print, and hybrid learning materials grounded in the Science of Reading research. BEC monitors research outcomes carefully to create effective foundational resources that include strong decoding materials with systematic and explicit instruction and high-quality resources focused on language development and comprehension. BEC's content-rich and authentic texts offer instruction in close reading and analysis, multiple perspectives, and authentic literature while building world knowledge and reflecting the individuality of every student in each diverse classroom.

Family owned and operated for more than 25 years, BEC is committed to partnering with educators to provide the best for all students through resources of exceptional quality, world-class professional learning, and effective and dedicated customer support.

Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For further information, visit us at: https://www.benchmarkeducation.com