Data Analyst

Our client is one of America's most popular companies with a premium CONTRACT TO HIRE opportunity for a DATA ANALYST. This candidate collects and studies data to reveal ways to improve a business, organization, or databases. This process includes inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modelling data with the goal of discovering useful information, suggesting conclusions, and support decision making.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

- Works with user groups to define system and reporting requirements, communicate requirements to IT, analyze source system data, and validate system outputs, processes and reporting data
- Develops queries against various data sources to analyze and report data
- Coordinates existing data and analysis from multiple sources into a single document suitable for presentation to outside bodies
- Includes data and technology management (data acquisition, mining, analysis, data integrity management, metrics management and reporting)
- Applies knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and non-standard situations
- Works independently with minimal guidance
- Develops and delivers long-term goals for data modelling and standards in conjunction with data users, department managers, clients, and other stakeholders
- Identifies problematic areas and conduct research to determine the best course of action to correct the data
- Analyzes and recommend solutions for issues with current and planned systems as they relate to the integration and management of the data domain
- Identifies, analyzes, and interprets trends or patterns in complex data sets
- In collaboration with others, develops and maintains databases and data systems necessary for projects and department functions
- Acquires and abstracts primary or secondary data from existing internal and external data sources
- In collaboration with others, develops and implements data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality
- Identifies data trends and data abnormalities

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science or relevant discipline preferred
- 5+ years' work experience as a data molder or data architect
- 4+ years' work experience as data modeler using ERWIN
- Hand-on experience with large-scale data modelling, data mining and business requirements gathering/analysis
- Experience in data warehousing data population techniques
- Direct experience in implementing enterprise data management processes, procedures, and decision support
- Strong understanding of relational data structures, theories, principles, and practices
- Data acquisition, mining, analysis, data integrity management, metrics management and reporting experience.
- Strong analytical skill
- Technical expertise regarding conceptual, logical, and physical data models and databases design development
- Understanding of SQL, XML, and XSD (schemas)
- Experience in building customized code in SQL, PL/SQL (or equivalent) or other Data-mining/ETL tools
- Experience in data mining techniques and procedures and knowing when their use is appropriate
- Ability to present complex information in an understandable and compelling manner
- Experience with SAS and BI tools like Business Objects preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills a MUST