Senior Data Analyst-Data Analytics and Insight (Contractor)

Knights of Columbus; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Knights of Columbus is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to join its diversified analytics team in the United States. You will build and maintain analytics solutions, mentor junior analysts, and deliver data-driven insights to business units while aligning with brand strategy.

The role emphasizes collaboration with IT, data warehousing, and business stakeholders, with responsibilities for dashboards, data sources enrichment, and communicating insights through visualizations to drive enterprise

Qualifications

• BS or BA required; Advanced degree in Business, Data, Statistics, or related field preferred.
• 5–7 years of experience in data modeling, analysis, and understanding of business/data requirements.
• Experience with statistical or mathematical modeling and driving data-driven insights.
• Strong verbal and written communication with both business and technical partners.

Responsibilities

• Enhance existing analytics and develop new predictive analytics, visualizations, and workflows to address complex business issues.
• Identify and enrich data sources within the organization and from external providers.
• Communicate insights via dashboards, reports, and visuals for internal and external use.
• Collaborate with department managers, IT, Data Warehouse, vendors, and contractors to meet data needs.
• Stay current with analytics trends and introduce them for competitive advantage.
• Promote data analytics culture through training and events like data days.
• Engage stakeholders and communicate project status clearly.

Skills

Data analysis

Snowflake

Alteryx

Tableau

Power BI

ArcGIS

MS Fabric

Power BI admin

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

BS/BA in relevant field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Snowflake

Alteryx

ArcGIS

Job description

Feel Good About Doing Good The Knights of Columbus is a tax-exempt Catholic fraternal benefit society that provides financial security to members and their families through our life insurance, long-term care insurance, disability income insurance, investment and annuity products. Charity is at the core of our missions: our profits are donated to help those in need and to support our faith - $1.73B over the past ten years. While we have many employees who are not Catholic, we follow the Church’s teachings in our investment strategies and our employee benefits. As part of our religious mission, we support the pro-life cause by contributing to the March for Life and pregnancy resource centers, we oppose assisted suicide and euthanasia, we are evangelists for the Catholic faith, and we help Christians who are facing religious persecution in the Middle East. We all work together to support our two million members as they volunteer to help others in their parishes and communities around the world.

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Overview

This role will be part of a diversified analytical team, whose aim is to expand new and upcoming data science and predictive methodologies, to provide strategic market insights that enable effective, data driven decision-making for business units, while staying closely aligned to brand strategy and priorities. The Senior Data Analyst is responsible for identifying, building, and maintaining data analytics solutions to meet the needs of business users. This role will produce analytics products by working with the business and the other data analysts to delivering outcomes of moderate to advanced complexity. This role will serve as a mentor and advisor to mid-level and junior data analysts.

Core Responsibilities

• Enhancing existing; as well as developing new predictive analytics work product, visualizations, and workflows to analyze complex business issues, offering actionable insights and solutions for driving operational enhancements and enterprise growth through strategic data-driven decisions.
• Identifying and enhancing valuable data sources (within the organization and externally) through the enrichment of existing in-house data with third party data sources.
• Communicating insights through the development and implementation of data visualizations, dashboards, and reports for internal and external use.
• Collaborating with Department managers, IT, IT Security, Data Warehouse, vendors, and contractors with regards to enterprise and departmental data needs.
• Remaining current on new analytical trends, practices, technologies, and solutions, where appropriate to ensure their timely introduction for competitive advantage.
• Grow a culture of data analytics by providing training, awareness, and other events such as "data days" for employees in the business whose duties encompass data and analytics.
• Meeting with stakeholders and making communication easy and transparent regarding project issues and decisions.

Skills Qualifications

• Analyze, interpret, and present data using industry relevant software i.e. Snowflake, Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI, ArcGIS or other industry software.
• MS Fabric and Power BI administration experience
• Effective oral and written skills.
• Being comfortable talking about technical matters with businesspeople and business matters with technical people.
• Demonstrated success at getting buy-in for ideas with a demonstrated affinity for metrics.
• Excellent team-building, motivating, and conflict-resolving qualities.
• Ability to manage key customer relationships, including senior managers.
• Ability to analyze information to find trends or diagnose problem areas.
• Be decisive – ownership of the data gathered and the ability to make informed, critical decisions quickly.

Education

• BS or BA required. Advanced degree in Business, Data, Statistics, or a field related to essential duties of the position preferred.
• 5-7 years of experience in data modeling, analysis, and understanding of relevant business and data requirements.
• Record of business process improvement using data and statistical analysis
• Effective verbal and written communication skills to work with both business and technical partners
• Demonstrated ability to conduct statistical or mathematical modeling
• Demonstrated success in providing projects and teams to achieve milestones and deliverable’s ability

Physical Demands

Must be able to remain in a stationary position for a majority of the workday.

Compensation

Authorization to work in the United States is required.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.