Data Scientist: Reconciliation & Operational Insights

Acxiom LLC; Conway (AR); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Acxiom in Conway, Arkansas, is seeking a Data Scientist to support reconciliation, settlement, and transaction analysis for a strategic client account across multiple products and partners.

The candidate will leverage statistical techniques, data visualization, and BI tools to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for process improvement. Strong communication and financial operations knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field or equivalent experience.
• This position is not eligible for sponsorship.
• Experience analyzing large transactional, financial, or reconciliation datasets.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience applying statistical methods to business problems.
• Advanced Excel skills (PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, formulas).
• Strong SQL skills to join and analyze data from multiple sources.
• Experience developing dashboards, visualizations, and BI reporting.
• Ability to identify trends, anomalies, and root causes in complex data.
• Experience cleansing, validating, and transforming data for analysis.

Responsibilities

• Analyze transaction, settlement, and reconciliation data to identify discrepancies and trends.
• Collaborate with clients, vendors, and internal stakeholders to define objectives and reporting needs.
• Perform root cause analysis for financial discrepancies and variances.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, scorecards, and visualizations.
• Apply statistical methods to support operational decision-making.
• Identify process inefficiencies and improvement opportunities.
• Investigate exception trends and reduce customer friction and losses.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc business reviews with analytics.
• Translate data findings into actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
• Prepare and transform data from multiple sources for analysis and reporting.
• Use SQL, Excel, and BI tools to retrieve and analyze large datasets.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Accounting, and Operations for improvements.
• Lead discussions with vendors on reconciliation findings and corrective actions.
• Present analytics and financial impacts to clients and leadership.
• Identify opportunities for automation of reconciliation and reporting.
• Monitor operational metrics and provide proactive recommendations.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Data Visualization

Statistical Analysis

Communication

Power BI

Tableau

Python

R

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science/Statistics/Math/Finance/Accounting

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Python

R

Job description

Acxiom in Conway, Arkansas, is seeking a Data Scientist to support reconciliation, settlement, and transaction analysis for a strategic client account across multiple products and partners.

The candidate will leverage statistical techniques, data visualization, and BI tools to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for process improvement. Strong communication and financial operations knowledge are essential.