Business Data Analyst

Department: Ctr for Comparative Medicine
Salary/Grade: EXS/8

Job Summary:

Provides expertise in data management, quality assurance, analysis and reporting. Establishes data accuracy and validity derived from a variety of systems. Performs data analysis using statistical techniques. Researches and analyzes information using multiple databases and creates reports of data and results. Assists in the preparation and delivery of decision support reports to both internal and external customers.

Provides project management and data analytics support to the laboratory animal care program from CCM applications. In partnership with ORIT ensures AOPS and other CCM applications meets staff and researcher needs through process analysis and business systems analysis, documentation and proposal of system enhancement recommendations, followed by development, testing and implementation. A point of contact for CCM staff in both Chicago & Evanston facilities concerning Principal Investigators (PIs) issues with animal procurement, receiving & census. Supports CCM's business office financial operations, provides analysis and is involved in some complex problems & or decisions.

Note: Not all aspects of the job are covered by this job description.

Specific Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning

• Partners with clients to define requirements based on business objectives.

Administration

• Develop standardized templates, policies, and procedures for internal and external reporting.
• Designs and prepares documentation for qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
• Discuss findings with senior management.

Development

• Develop queries and quality metrics.
• Interprets results using a variety of techniques, ranging from simple data aggregation to more complex statistical analysis.
• Manages complex databases.

Performance

• Completes data cleaning and organizes data files for analysis.
• Reviews data and identifies quality issues.
• Presents findings in an appropriate manner.

Supervises

• Provides work direction and/or supervises staff such as team members, subordinates, contractors, vendors, students, etc.

Miscellaneous

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications: (Education, experience, and any other certifications or clearances)

• Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree; OR appropriate combination of education and experience.
• 2 years data analysis/report writing or similar experience required.
• Huron/Click AOPS
• Tableau
• PL/SQL
• critical thinking
• business intelligence application design
• data mining
• decision making
• judgment
• problem solving
• use-case analysis
• collaboration and teamwork
• organizational skills
• planning
• workflow development & documentation

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)

• Communication
• Organization
• Customer Focused
• Problem solving

Preferred Qualifications: (Education and experience)

• Three (3) years working knowledge of animal facility operations including animal husbandry, veterinary, procurement, receiving & census.
• Experience with business processes, systems analysis and data reporting applications.

Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)

• Accounting
• Multi-tasking

Target hiring range for this position will be between $77,000-$87,522 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data

Benefits:
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