Prin Business Data Analyst

General Dynamics - Ordnance and Tactical Systems (PA); Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics - Ordnance and Tactical Systems (OTS) in Scranton, PA is seeking a Principal Business Data Analyst to extract insights from high-volume data and build robust business intelligence solutions.

The role focuses on designing dashboards with PowerBI/Tableau, performing advanced analytics, and collaborating with stakeholders to drive data-driven decisions. This is an on-site, full-time position with broad analytical responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree and 8-10 years' experience OR Equivalent Combination of Relevant Education/Experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Provides data-driven management and analysis for decision making.
• Develops dashboards, infographics, reports, and models to inform and support decision-making.
• Aggregates and analyzes data from multiple data sources for project requests.
• Ensures data accuracy and integrity across systems and updates data as needed.
• Writes queries or reports for analytical projects.
• Mines, processes, and analyzes internal and external data using KPIs and other metrics.
• Interprets data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Develops understanding of the business model by collaborating with users and stakeholders.
• Provides guidance, coaching, and mentoring to less experienced team members.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Power BI / Tableau

Statistical analysis

Data visualization

Education

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Tools

PowerBI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Prin Business Data Analyst

Job Locations

US-PA-Scranton

Position Type

Full Time

Position Classification

On-Site

Job Function

Data Science & Bus Intel

Company Overview

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (OTS) is a global leader in the design, engineering and production of munitions, energetics, weapons, armaments, and missile subsystems around the world. OTS empowers the U.S. military and its allies with an extensive range of overarching product segments applied across all levels of strategic and tactical operations, providing a cutting-edge advantage to our warfighters.

Our Ethos of Honesty, Trust, Transparency, and Alignment, are the guiding principles that form the foundation of everything we do. Integrity is paramount, innovation fuels our passion, customer satisfaction is at the core of our mission, and collaboration is key to our success - fostering a culture of teamwork and mutual respect among employees, partners, and stakeholders.

Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits that include career development and recognition programs.

If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

Job Summary

Extracts knowledge and insights from high volume, high dimensional data in order to investigate complex business problems through a range of data preparation, modeling, analysis and/or visualization techniques to create solutions| Retrieves, analyzes and summarizes business, operations or customer data in order to develop business intelligence, optimize effectiveness and/or predict business outcomes | Identifies, analyzes, and interprets trends or patterns and prepares ongoing reports and data visualizations in order to support business decisions | Typically uses dedicated business intelligence applications and/or cloud services (e.g.,PowerBI, Tableau), but may also leverage the reporting capabilities of existing ERP, CRM and/or database software vendors (e.g., Oracle BI &/or Salesforce)

Impact of the Role

General Profile

• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field
• Uses advanced techniques, theories, and processes to complete work
• Leads others to solve complex problems
• Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations
• May lead functional teams or projects
• Consistent exercise of discretion & judgment

Essential Functions

• Provides management and analysis of business data for use in data-driven decision making and organizational efficiency improvement initiatives.
• Uses statistical methods, modeling, analytical methodologies, and data analysis to develop and deploy tools including dashboards, infographics, reports, and models to inform and support decision-making.
• Aggregates and performs statistical analysis on business data based on requests from project teams or senior leadership.
• Integrates data from multiple data sources or functional areas, ensures data accuracy and integrity, and updates data as needed.
• Writes queries or reports to provide data for various analytical projects.
• Mines, processes, and analyzes internal and external data using KPIs, business results, industry sources, competitor intelligence, and customer information.
• Interprets data to identify business trends, conduct root cause analysis of business problems, or suggest areas for process improvement.
• Develops a good understanding of the business’s model, objectives, issues, and challenges by interacting and collaborating with users and stakeholders.
• Provides guidance, coaching, and/or mentoring to less experienced team members.

Required Qualifications

• Required education and experience: Associate's Degree and 8-10 years' experience OR Equivalent Combination of Relevant Education &/or Experience
• Critical professional related technical skills; computer skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred education and experience: Bachelor's Degree
• Discipline/Major: Business, Information Technology or related discipline preferred.
• Knowledge, skills & abilities: Oral and written communication skills. Computer skills. Mathematical skills. Analytical thinking skills. Statistical knowledge. Problem-solving skills. BI analytics/reporting tools. Business analytics. Business intelligence. Business strategy. Competitive intelligence. Dashboard design/configuration. Data mining. Data visualization. Forecasting. Information gathering. Predictive analytics and modelling. Statistical analysis. Trend analysis. Industry analysis. Statistical software. General data analysis software.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and/or computer for extended periods of time.
• Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential.

Travel Requirements

No or very little travel likely.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only. The statements do not represent an exhaustive list of required responsibilities and skills. Other duties may be added or this job description may be amended at any time. This job description does not alter an employee's at-will employment status or create an employment agreement or contract, implied or otherwise.