Staff Data Analyst

What you'll do...

Position: Staff Data Analyst

Job Location: 702 SW 8th Street, Bentonville, AR 72716

Duties: Identifies and influences stakeholders by recommending changes based on data; persuading cross-functional teams to implement changes based on data; and building relationships with executives and directors in all cross-functional areas. Consults with internal organizations on global strategic initiatives or multi-business initiatives in two or more functional business areas by developing high-level business process plans to achieve strategic goals; prioritizing and executing work streams within global strategies; supporting the integration and prioritization of timelines, tasks, analysis, and team assignments; and ensuring strategic initiatives achieve financial goals. Develops tools that that support decision making and business cases by summarizing needed information; determining what information must be reported; ensuring customer needs are met; and analyzing an initiative's impact to the business based on collected information. Develops and directs one or more work streams of a cross-functional project to achieve desired results by ensuring understanding of scope of work; organizing timelines and deliverables; facilitating meetings involving project teams to analyze, plan, and implement project initiatives; taking corrective action; and reporting results and deliverables to supervisors and stakeholders. Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards.

Minimum education and experience required: Master’s degree or the equivalent in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field plus 1 year of experience in data analytics or a related field; OR Bachelor's degree or the equivalent in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field plus 3 years of experience in data analytics or a related field; OR 5 years of experience in data analytics or a related field.

Skills required: Must have experience with: Performing structured/non-structured data analysis using SQL, Hive and Big Query; Developing self-service dashboards/reports in Power BI and Tableau to drive analytical solutions; Conducting exploratory data analysis and statistical analysis using Python; Strategizing data scalability and accuracy using ETL/Engineering methodologies; Designing data models and data warehouses in Azure SQL and other database platforms; Building and managing reports using Power Query; Automating reports/dashboard by creating scripts in PowerShell and other scripting language or Server Configuration; Providing data driven insights and deliver recommendations that address opportunities for product improvements; Performing data testing and validation and providing sign-off to PM; Partnering with the Product Managers and engineering teams to accurately track and analyze existing and new product initiatives; and Gathering requirements from product teams and create analytics roadmap. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills.

Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.