Senior Data Insights & Forecasting Analyst

VSP Vision Care; United States; On-site; USD 63,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

VSP Vision Care is seeking a Business Data Analyst to partner with business teams to identify data needs and opportunities for decision support. You will apply analytics and statistical techniques to generate insights through exploration, modeling, and mining, informing strategic choices.

You will develop dashboards, visualizations, and reports, communicate findings to leaders, and collaborate with enterprise analytics to define data models while upholding data quality and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, analytics, mathematics, economics, computer science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of data analytics experience querying and analyzing operational and/or financial data.
• Experience in analytics projects across Financial Management, Risk, Insurance, Supply Chain, Retail, or Healthcare.
• Experience building complex data queries using SQL.
• Experience creating effective data visualizations/dashboards to monitor KPIs.
• Experience with Cognos Analytics, Tableau, SAS, or similar.
• Expert-level skills in Excel.
• Ability to analyze and document business requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Commitment to data governance and privacy policies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business teams to determine data needs and opportunities for analytics.
• Apply analytics and statistical techniques to generate insights for decision making.
• Develop forecasts, models, and what-if scenarios in consultation with leaders.
• Create dashboards, visualizations, and reports to support performance monitoring.
• Communicate findings effectively to leaders and stakeholders.
• Partner with enterprise analytics to define data models and views.
• Contribute to data inventory, metadata, and data quality remediation.
• Maintain data security and privacy standards.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Data analysis

Statistics

Presentation

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in statistics or related field

Tools

Cognos Analytics

Tableau

SAS

Job description

VSP Vision Care is seeking a Business Data Analyst to partner with business teams to identify data needs and opportunities for decision support. You will apply analytics and statistical techniques to generate insights through exploration, modeling, and mining, informing strategic choices.

You will develop dashboards, visualizations, and reports, communicate findings to leaders, and collaborate with enterprise analytics to define data models while upholding data quality and governance.