Data Initiatives Associate: Translate Needs into Solutions

AllianceBernstein L.P.; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Employee wellness program

Life and disability insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid holidays

Sick and vacation time off

Job summary

AB CarVal’s DIS team partners with investment professionals and operations to translate business problems into practical data-driven solutions in Minneapolis, MN. The Associate works across Data Analytics, Data Engineering, and Software Engineering to drive delivery from intake through implementation, ensuring feasible, scalable outcomes.

Reporting to the Director, this role emphasizes self-directed execution, interaction with executives, and adoption of AI-enabled tools to enhance productivity.

Qualifications

• Translate business needs into requirements, process flows, business rules, and acceptance criteria.
• Perform exploratory analysis using the firm’s data and analytics tools.
• Build simple reports or prototypes to facilitate stakeholder discussions.
• Explain capabilities to stakeholders before work enters the delivery pipeline.
• Collaborate effectively with executives, portfolio managers, operations, engineers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand problems, objectives, and outcomes.
• Translate business needs into clear requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve efficiency, and align with the tech strategy.
• Support testing strategy and user acceptance testing.
• Perform exploratory analysis to answer business questions using firm data.
• Build simple reports/dashboards to facilitate discussions.

Skills

Business Analysis

Product Ownership

Project Management

Data Analytics

Communication

Agile collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Finance, Engineering, or related

Tools

Jira

Jira Product Discovery

Confluence

Loom

Snowflake

Sigma Computing

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Visio

Lucid

Miro

Job description

AB CarVal’s DIS team partners with investment professionals and operations to translate business problems into practical data-driven solutions in Minneapolis, MN. The Associate works across Data Analytics, Data Engineering, and Software Engineering to drive delivery from intake through implementation, ensuring feasible, scalable outcomes.

Reporting to the Director, this role emphasizes self-directed execution, interaction with executives, and adoption of AI-enabled tools to enhance productivity.