You might hire a data analyst to:
- Develop, implement, and maintain leading-edge analytics systems, taking complicated problems and building simple frameworks
- Identify trends and opportunities for growth through analysis of complex datasets
- Evaluate organizational methods and provide source-to-target mappings and information-model specification documents for datasets
- Create best-practice reports based on data mining, analysis, and visualization
- Evaluate internal systems for efficiency, problems, and inaccuracies, and develop and maintain protocols for handling, processing, and cleaning data
- Work directly with managers and users to gather requirements, provide status updates, and build relationships
| Required skills and qualifications | Preferred skills and qualifications |
| Three or more years of experience mining data as a data analyst | Experience with database and model design and segmentation techniques |
| Proven analytics skills, including mining, evaluation, and visualization | Strong programming experience with frameworks, including XML, JavaScript, and ETL |
| Technical writing experience in relevant areas, including queries, reports, and presentations | Practical experience in statistical analysis through the use of statistical packages, including Excel, SPSS, and SAS |
| Strong SQL or Excel skills, with aptitude for learning other analytics tools | Proven success in a collaborative, team-oriented environment |
