Senior Business Data Analyst

Socket.dev; California (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

VSP Vision is seeking a Business Data Analyst to collaborate with business teams, turning data into actionable insights for monitoring and decision‑making. You will apply analytics, build models, and develop dashboards to optimize performance.

You will clarify requirements with leaders, perform data exploration, and present findings to drive data‑driven decisions across the organization. Proficiency in SQL and data visualization tools, plus a focus on data quality and governance, is expected as

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, analytics, mathematics, economics, computer science, or related functional area; or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of demonstrated data analytics experience including querying and analyzing operational/financial data, generating insights and communicating those effectively
• Experience building complex data queries using SQL to join, filter, cleanse, and aggregate data
• Experience creating effective data visualizations/dashboards that monitor KPIs
• Familiarity with Cognos Analytics, Tableau, SAS, or similar
• Expert-level skills in Excel
• Experience analyzing business requirements and documenting needs and expectations

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business teams to determine needs and opportunities for data analytics
• Apply analytics and statistical techniques to generate insights through data exploration, modeling, analysis and mining
• Communicate findings using visualizations, dashboards, and presentations to optimize decisions
• Analyze complex business problems using data from multiple sources to provide actionable insights
• Develop forecasts, models, what-if scenarios and recommendations to support planning
• Create dashboards and reports to monitor performance and automate where possible
• Prepare intuitive presentations for leaders to advance organizational data literacy
• Coordinate with enterprise analytics to define data models and access requirements
• Contribute to data inventory, profiling, quality remediation and data governance

Skills

SQL

Data visualization

Excel

Communication

Statistics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in statistics, analytics, mathematics, economics, computer science, or related field

Tools

Cognos Analytics

Tableau

SAS

Job description

The Business Data Analyst collaborates with business teams to determine needs and opportunities for leveraging data in support of business monitoring and decision management. Applies a range of analytics and statistical techniques to generate relevant and accurate insights through data exploration, modeling, analysis, and mining. Communicates findings effectively using visualizations, dashboards, and presentations with the goal of optimizing business decisions and outcomes.

Engages with business leaders and staff to clarify needs and define business requirements for data analysis; where possible, anticipates and proposes opportunities for analysis and exploration in support of business optimization and decision-making

Analyzes complex business problems and issues using operational and financial data from multiple sources to provide insight to decision-makers

Performs data exploration, analysis, and statistical inference to identify and interpret trends and patterns in datasets and detect influences, opportunities, and risks

Develops forecasts, regression models, what-if scenarios and recommendations in consultation with leaders to support strategic/tactical planning and operational decision-making

Creates dashboards, visualizations, and reports to support business performance monitoring, automating where possible, to support stakeholders’ ability to be data-driven

Creates presentations that intuitively communicate insights for business leaders and colleagues in order to advance the collective intelligence of the organization

Works collaboratively with the enterprise analytics & information management team to articulate business needs for new/revised data models and views/access to the data

Contributes to data inventory and stewardship efforts, including contributions to metadata management, data profiling, data quality remediation and data cleansing

Maintains high standards and adheres to all enterprise policies and guidelines regarding data security and privacy, data management, data quality and data governance; regards data as an enterprise asset that is to be protected and used both strategically and appropriately

Job Specifications

Typically has the following skills or abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, analytics, mathematics, economics, computer science, or related functional area; or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of demonstrated data analytics experience including experience querying and analyzing operational and/or financial data, generating insights and communicating those effectively with colleagues and leaders
• Prior experience in successfully executing analytics projects in one or more of the following domains/business functions: Financial Management and Forecasting, Risk Assessment, Insurance Utilization & Pricing, Supply Chain Optimization, Retail Management, eCommerce Management, Consumer Behavior Analysis, Marketing Optimization or Healthcare Management
• Experience building complex data queries using SQL in order to join, filter, cleanse, and aggregate data; understanding of how GUI-driven applications apply SQL concepts to do the same
• Experience creating effective data visualizations/dashboards that intuitively highlight trends and patterns, with the ability to monitor business performance against KPIs
• Experience using data exploration and analysis platforms such as Cognos Analytics, Tableau, SAS, or similar
• Familiarity with data modeling concepts and relational database structures
• Strategic skills, business acumen and curiosity to support envisioning work, program planning and strategic partnerships
• Ability to analyze and document business requirements, inclusive of needs and expectations
• Flexible and able to quickly and effectively change priorities and direction
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, and analytical skills
• Remains current in the field, including learning new techniques, approaches, and software available
• Expert-level skills in Excel

For roles that are remote (i.e., Work From Home (WFM)) or hybrid (i.e., partial onsite at a VSP location and WFM), must demonstrate a high level of engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings to support effective communication and team alignment

For roles that are remote (i.e., Work From Home (WFH)) or hybrid (i.e., partial onsite at a VSP location and WFH), must demonstrate a high level of engagement in virtual environments, including maintaining camera presence during meetings to support effective communication and team alignment

Preferred Skills:

• The role is required to maintain analytics delivery capacity across marketing, digital experience, customer data, reporting, and business analysis
• Ideal candidates blend business analysis, marketing analytics, digital analytics, and data analytics experience
• AI experience is desirable as an accelerator of strong analytical fundamentals

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Compensation range for the role is listed below. Applicable salary ranges may differ across markets.Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. As a part of the compensation package, this role may include eligible bonuses and commissions. For more information regarding VSP Vision benefits, please click here.

Salary Ranges: $63,000.00 - $108,675.00

VSP Vision is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to age, gender, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

Unincorporated LA County Residents: Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act, and any other similar laws.

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