Data-Driven Business Analyst: BI, SQL & Insights

Ascend Learning; Leawood (KS); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 104,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and parental leave

Employee assistance program

Headspace and Airvet

Job summary

Ascend Learning is seeking a Business Analyst to transform complex data into actionable insights. You will work with leaders, stakeholders, and tech teams to translate objectives into clear requirements and data products.

This role emphasizes analytical thinking, technical skills, and a consultative mindset to enable informed decisions. The position is hybrid, located in Leawood, KS or Burlington, MA, with remote options within the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field or equivalent experience preferred.
• 3+ years of experience researching, analyzing, and leveraging data from internal and external resources.
• Experience with modern cloud data platforms and BI tools like Snowflake and Tableau.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary intake owner for incoming business asks, ensuring each request is a clearly stated problem.
• Translate business needs into clear, testable user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Document business context and metric definitions in plain language with source systems.
• Reverse-engineer SQL queries, Tableau and Power BI workbooks, and Excel models to extract business logic.
• Profile raw source data in Snowflake to validate structure, quality, and completeness.

Skills

SQL

Snowflake

Tableau

Power BI

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Tableau

Job description

Ascend Learning is seeking a Business Analyst to transform complex data into actionable insights. You will work with leaders, stakeholders, and tech teams to translate objectives into clear requirements and data products.

This role emphasizes analytical thinking, technical skills, and a consultative mindset to enable informed decisions. The position is hybrid, located in Leawood, KS or Burlington, MA, with remote options within the United States.