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QlikSense/Business Objects Analytics Specialist
101 Paragon Drive Montvale, NJ 07645 US
Posted: 10/26/2017
2017-10-26
2023-04-19
Employment Type:
Direct Hire
Industry: Other Area(s)
Job Number: 238
Pay Rate: 130,000
Job Description
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
Description
The Analytics Specialist will define, analyze and deliver reporting/analytical solutions with a focus on statistical and data visualization packages – including QlikSense, SAS, Business Objects and related tools.
The role will primarily interface with the Business Community, Enterprise Architecture, PMO and Infrastructure groups to deliver these initiatives and will be a critical member of the Analytics Community in the company. The role responsibilities include business requirements analysis, solution design, scenario/algorithmic modeling, program development, unit testing, solutions monitoring, enhancements and coordination. This role functions within a matrix organization.
Job Function
Technical Development Management
Relationship Management
Preferred
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education
Experience
Description
The Analytics Specialist will define, analyze and deliver reporting/analytical solutions with a focus on statistical and data visualization packages – including QlikSense, SAS, Business Objects and related tools.
The role will primarily interface with the Business Community, Enterprise Architecture, PMO and Infrastructure groups to deliver these initiatives and will be a critical member of the Analytics Community in the company. The role responsibilities include business requirements analysis, solution design, scenario/algorithmic modeling, program development, unit testing, solutions monitoring, enhancements and coordination. This role functions within a matrix organization.
Job Function
Technical Development Management
- Create and deploy analytical models to drive both customer-facing and internal decisions. This may involve descriptive, predictive, diagnostic and/or prescriptive models
- Execute and evaluate appropriate analyses (cluster analysis, logistic/linear regression, collaborative filtering, etc.) given an array of tactical and strategic objectives
- Utilize statistical and data visualization packages to develop innovative approaches to complex business problems
- Define data needs and sources; import, curate, and wrangle/manage data for analytic and discovery projects
- Interface closely with technology partners to manage the analytical environment, acquire data sets, and develop production applications.
- Must have ability to work directly with business users to gather requirements, model/simulate scenarios and translate those requirements into technical specifications
- Aptitude for understanding data and how data from multiple sources interact for consumption
- Can simplify, translate and explain complex processes including the ability to actually explain the models created and their confidence level and accuracy
- Build analytics solutions using variety of big data technologies and analytics tools and create robust documentation of solutions and underlying design decisions and operating procedures
- Must be a resourceful problem solver who possesses creativity in resolving problems
- Possess a project oriented approach to development work
- Ability to work independently and drive work to completion
- Ability to manage a heavy workload, achieve results while meeting project deadlines with minimal supervision
Relationship Management
- Interact, collaborate and negotiate with project team, IT colleagues and business line contacts to integrate activities to meet business needs
- Provide input to management for decision making
- Follow standards and processes for change management and version control
- Ability to digest business problems and translate needs into a data-centric context.
- Self-starter attitude with willingness to learn and master new technologies and analytical techniques.
- Flexibility to work both independently and within a team
- Creativity in the face of constraint; “I can solve this” mentality
Preferred
- Expertise in building and evaluating difference analytical models
- Experience with retail or e-commerce data
- Experience with POS, unstructured, text, or social data
- Experience developing and deploying analytical models into production
- Experience with Hadoop
- Familiarity with data visualization software, such as QlikSense
- Fluency with a scripting language, such as Python or R
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education
- MBA or BA/BS degree in Economics, Computer Science, Applied Statistics, Business Analytics or related field
Experience
- 5+ years of business experience in analytics
- Experience working with a large data warehouse/lake a plus
- Strong analytical skills and process orientation with significant attention to detail
- Knowledge of relational, columnar and nosql databases, data warehousing, business intelligence, analytic platforms and CRM tools (Microsoft dynamics knowledge a plus)
- Solid grasp of micro-economics concepts and familiarity with sensitivity analysis
- SAS, Eviews or R required
- Strong technical skills: Microsoft Office; data visualization tools (QlikSense); data querying tools (Business Objects)
- Familiarity with business quantitative and statistical concepts (CAGR, Weighted Sum, Mean, Median, Standard Deviation, etc.)
- Excellent written, presentation and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact well with all levels of management
- Team player with ability to build productive relationships across many facets of the company
Meet Your Recruiter
Jason Destro
Over 20 years’ of recruiting experience with hands-on recruiting and placement of I.T. professionals (Full Time, Temp 2 Perm, & Contingent) in the NJ/NY/CT/PA marketplace for a wide variety of today's demanding IT skill sets. Focused on delivering exceptional service by understanding client’s objectives and goals.
