Reporting Data Analyst

job summary:Analyzes the operations of a department or functional unit with the purpose of developing a generalsystems or reporting solution to a business problem that may require automation. Specific dutiesinclude assessing the business data model, improving/streamlining business processes, and integratingtechnology, as needed, with the business functions. Specific activities may include participating in clientneeds assessments as well as evaluating platform feasibility and business and technical softwarerequirements. Position is responsible for gathering business requirements, conducting data analysis,impact assessments to understand business and application/reporting implications. May advise theclient on improvement opportunities that solve business process and technical issues of varyingcomplexities. This is technical and analytical work to develop, design, test, validate and/or analyzetechnical solutions for clients through an appropriate blending of technical knowledge and businessproblem solving activities.Accountabilities:- Interviews stakeholders in conducting requirement gathering, document requirements in thedeployment of business data modeling and reporting solutions- Liaises with users in assessment, development, and testing of business solutions.- Develops and analyzes solutions to business issues, including review and writing of all relevantdocumentation, including but not limited to functional and technical design requirements.- Assists in overseeing the development of technical design requirements with developers,programmers, and external suppliers during the development life cycle.- Writes and edits program and system documentation, user manuals, and training materialsrequired to help people use and operate a system or solution.- Leads data analysis and validation of enterprise data assets.- Collaborates and assists in the design and testing of front-end user interfaces and interactiveprocedures / tools.- Assesses how well a report or solution adheres to its design, standards, as well as its usabilityand ability to meet business needs.- Assists in ranking and prioritizing work intake requests- Provides quality client support by, researching possible solutions to problems, and fosteringopen communication between the client and the project team, tracking solution anddocumentation defects, performing solution maintenance, and providing consulting and trainingas the need arises.- Works with developers, analysts and data or process stewards to identify, diagnose, anddocument problems and errors in specific components of a system or solution.- Liaises with system and business data stewards and owners regarding enterprise data and datagovernance issues to continually improve data quality, standardization and usability.- Follows, reinforces and promotes team standards for continuous process improvement, qualitydata products, and enterprise data management and governance.- Follows, reinforces and promotes organizational diversity, equity and inclusion principles in allinternal and external interactions.- Continually develops knowledge of a client's business processes and objectives in order to helpthe client in a problem-solving role to assess user requirements, procedures, and problems tocreate or improve a system or solution.- Performs other duties assigned.Applied Knowledge & Skills:- Demonstrates excellent analytical skills.- Demonstrates excellent written and oral communication skills.- Demonstrates good presentation and facilitation skills.- Demonstrates good project management skills.- Organizes and follows complex and/or detailed technical procedures, processes and standards.- Demonstrates knowledge and experience with writing requirement documents, and test scripts.- Manages projects involving own work and under minimal direction.- Works independently on tasks, develops own work schedule and monitors progress againstdefined parameters.- Serves as a collaborative and productive project team member by completing assigned tasks.- Serve as a collaborative representative of the team with other peers, clients/projectstakeholders and data or system owners and stewards.- Provides quality customer service support to end users, including troubleshooting and helpingdevelop and update user guides.- Demonstrates and improves in-depth knowledge of organization and relationships (formal andinformal).- Understands basic operation of functional unit and develops awareness of its role in theenterprise.- Reads, writes and speaks English; fluent in host country language as appropriate.Problem Solving & Impact:- Integrates knowledge and skills from other specialties to address moderate to complex workassignments and problems.- Supports technology applications by exploring and adapting to changing technologies.- Independently applies technical and business judgment to work assignments to achieve desiredoutcomes.- Proactively verifies problem resolution. Independently resolves routine and non-routineproblems. Makes suggestions for technical and functional modifications to resolve current issuesor prevent future problems.- Establishes a positive relationship by exercising an appropriate action in a timely manner.- Demonstrates an understanding of the standard technology and systems in place. Contributes tothe support of the operation.- Obtains relevant information from client in order to sufficiently explain and documentrequirements to a technical expert. Independently resolves routine problems.Education:- Bachelor's Degree or its International Equivalent - Data Science/Analytics, BusinessAdministration/ Intelligence, Statistics, Economics/Mathematics, Computer Science,Information Technologies or Related Field.Experience:- Typically requires 5 - 8 years of work experience (business analysis, data analysis, relatedproject management, related graduate level coursework). Majority of experience should be onthe job and not academic.- Knowledge and experience of databases (Oracle, SQL Server, etc.).- Capability to interpret and perform intermediate Excel functions.- Experienced with gathering and documenting requirements, performing data analysis andtesting.- strong project management and presentation/facilitation skills. Experience with taskmanagement software and Agile development preferred.- Basic SQL is strongly preferred but not required.- Minimum 1 year of work experience supporting BA activities related to development of reportsor business intelligence tools is required (Power BI, Tableau UI/UX, Cognos, SAS, Minitab, etc.).Power BI experience is strongly preferred.- Prior education or work experience in business or data analytics,accounting/finance/economics is preferred.- Prior work experience with financial or enterprise data is preferred.- Prior work experience in a non-governmental organization (NGO) is preferred. location: DURHAM, North Carolinajob type: Contractsalary: $55.00 - 64.94 per hourwork hours: 8am to 4pmeducation: Bachelors responsibilities:Analyzes the operations of a department or functional unit with the purpose of developing a generalsystems or reporting solution to a business problem that may require automation. Specific dutiesinclude assessing the business data model, improving/streamlining business processes, and integratingtechnology, as needed, with the business functions. Specific activities may include participating in clientneeds assessments as well as evaluating platform feasibility and business and technical softwarerequirements. Position is responsible for gathering business requirements, conducting data analysis,impact assessments to understand business and application/reporting implications. May advise theclient on improvement opportunities that solve business process and technical issues of varyingcomplexities. This is technical and analytical work to develop, design, test, validate and/or analyzetechnical solutions for clients through an appropriate blending of technical knowledge and businessproblem solving activities.Accountabilities:- Interviews stakeholders in conducting requirement gathering, document requirements in thedeployment of business data modeling and reporting solutions- Liaises with users in assessment, development, and testing of business solutions.- Develops and analyzes solutions to business issues, includin