Junior Data Analyst

Job Description

Junior Data Analyst | Company

The Tone:
This is an early career role at Company. The company operates in a sector where rigorous operational and financial oversight is critical, given the specific focus on healthcare and financial reporting mentioned in the duties. This position is pivotal in supporting the Business Intelligence department and finance leadership by providing essential data preparation, cleaning, validation, and visualization. The insights generated from this work directly inform strategic decisions and continuous improvement across the organization, making reliable reporting fundamental to the company’s success.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Team: Business Intelligence department, reporting to the Vice President of Finance.
• Mission: Ensure the delivery of accurate and reliable KPI reports and Power BI dashboards by performing meticulous data preparation, cleaning, validation, and basic visualization.
• Tech Stack: Power BI

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support: Track and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for both Finance and Business Intelligence teams to assess operational and financial performance.
• Maintain: Proactively maintain and update existing Power BI dashboards based on established guidelines, enhancing visuals and layout for improved clarity and usability for end-users.
• Analyze: Execute routine data analysis, conduct trend reviews, and provide foundational support for basic forecasting initiatives, applying analytical techniques relevant to healthcare and financial reporting.
• Collaborate: Prepare meticulous draft reports and visualizations, ensuring they are ready for thorough review by senior analysts and finance leadership for ongoing and ad-hoc reporting needs.
• Ensure Data Quality: Conduct thorough data quality checks to guarantee the accuracy, consistency, and completeness of all reported data, strictly adhering to established data governance and compliance standards, particularly for sensitive healthcare data requirements.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Early Career professional prepared to provide essential analytical support within a Business Intelligence department. This role requires foundational understanding and interest in data analysis specific to healthcare and financial reporting domains, contributing to operational and financial performance tracking.
• Experience: Practical experience in data preparation, including extracting, cleaning, and validating datasets to ensure readiness for accurate reporting. Demonstrated ability in maintaining and updating existing Power BI dashboards, executing routine data analysis, and conducting trend reviews.
• Skills: Proficient in Power BI for dashboard maintenance, visualization enhancement, and data presentation. Strong capabilities in data quality checks, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and completeness of reported data. Adherence to established data governance and compliance standards, particularly with sensitive healthcare data. Foundational analytical techniques applicable to financial and healthcare data.
• Bonus: Commitment to ongoing professional development, continuously building and enhancing technical skills in Power BI, data analysis, and specialized healthcare data concepts, and proactively identifying opportunities to streamline reporting tasks.