Location: philadelphia, PA

Essential Duties & Responsibilities :

• Work closely with management to prioritize the company's business and information needsAggregate data from multiple primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases to ensure data reconciliation .
• Explore current and past operational and financial data and performance to identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns .
• Use statistical techniques to interpret data and analyze resultsConduct root cause analysis and collaborate with vendors to diagnose data inconsistencies and develop strategies to improve data accuracy .
• Drive Data Governance and Data Quality initiatives to maximize data value and address required data corrections as appropriateDetermine best methods to reliably produce desired financial and operational metrics/KPIs from available dataAssemble and summarize data to structure sophisticated financial and operational reports and dashboards .
• Collaborate with finance and operations functions to review findings, further explore identified performance trends, and assist with supplemental data gathering and analysis needed to formulate recommendations for improvement .
• Drive continuous improvement in data structure and reporting to support a rapidly scaling businessPreferred Education & ExperienceThe ideal candidate should have knowledge of complex statistical analysis and familiarity with large complex data sets.

Desired experience includes:

• 2-4 years of data management, analysis, and reporting experienceBachelors in Accounting, Finance, Management, Mathematics/Statistics, Computer Science, or EngineeringExperience in SQL and/or SQL Server, including data modeling and ETL principles, is a MUST .
• Experience developing use cases or user stories and translating business needs into technical solutionsAbility to collect, organize, and analyze significant amounts of information quickly .
• Technical skills in data mining, segmentation, and statistical modelingExperience building reports and dashboards that include complex logic and calculated fields using standard BI toolsAttitude of continuous improvement with ability to incorporate knowledge of industry trends in Analytics & Information Management .
• Ability to work independently and take initiative to identify, analyze, and resolve issues with minimal direction or oversightCuriosity, drive, and critical thinking skills to dig deep and make connections between data trends and business outcomesStrong communication skills with the ability to present findings, communicate complex topics, and translate data into digestible formats for many different audiences .
• Ability to build a compelling business case and influence stakeholders at various levels .
• Experience is the following is also a Plus: Payroll & Time Keeping systems, Microsoft Office (particularly Excel & Access), NetSuite, one or more leading BI Solutions (PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik, Business Objects, etc), OLAP, Visual Basic Programming, Databases, ERP systems and related technologies