Business Data Analyst (Hybrid Work Schedule)

Title: Business Data Analyst (Hybrid Work Schedule)

State Role Title: Business Data Analyst (Hybrid Work Schedule)

Hiring Range: $89,186-$95,000 (commensurate with experience)

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Virginia Retirement System

Agency Website: varetire.org

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties:

The Business Data Analyst will be involved in enhancing data governance, ensuring data quality, and collaborating with stakeholders across departments to analyze, design and deliver data driven solutions. The ideal candidate has expertise in business data analysis, excels at communicating technical information to non-technical audiences, and the ability to leverage tools like SQL, Power BI, and Tableau.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Work effectively with business process owners and data owners to ensure data related business objectives are understood and documented.
• Gather, evaluate and document requirements related to data for new systems or enhancements based on business user input, technical requirements and constraints.
• Support individual team members in the data office as well as various business units by creating customizable tabular or visual reports with available tools.

Data Analysis
• Develop innovative data strategies for meeting business requirements, including leveraging the capabilities of existing technology tools or acquiring/developing new technology tools.
• Design data-focused automated and manual solutions to solve business problems and achieve business objectives.
• Structure large data sets to find usable information.
• Collaborate with various business and technology teams to collect and analyze data.
• Create reports and visualizations for internal teams and stakeholders.
• Perform assessments, make sound recommendations, and present findings to ensure VRS is procuring or building the most effective value-added solutions.
• Create presentations and reports based on recommendations and findings.
• Prepare reports, flowcharts, diagrams, detailed documentation and other written materials.
• Present findings through various written and verbal communication channels with key users and agency executives.

Data Office Support
• Serve as subject matter expert on Data Analytics.
• Act as a liaison between the business teams and IT teams for data related initiatives.
• Participate and assist with the VRS Change Management Process to ensure all activities flow through change management (documentation, test plans, approvals, etc.).
• Manage risk and provide timely status reports and project updates to stakeholders.
• Provide cross-team support when needed to achieve technical goals, knowledge sharing, Agency Performance Outcomes (APOs) and operational measures (OMs).
• Participate in software/hardware security reviews and implements best practices for the Data Office.
• Establish KPIs in coordination with business units to measure the effectiveness of business decisions.
• Perform special projects as assigned.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university in computer science, information management, statistics or related field, required; an equivalent combination of education and experience may also be considered.
• Five years experience working in data analysis, data science, data warehousing in Pensions Benefit management, or related industry.
• Excellent communication skills including written, verbal and presentation.

Additional Considerations:

• Three or more years experience designing dashboards and reports using BI tools such as, Power BI and/or Tableau, or other similar software, preferred.
• Working with Microsoft Access, MS Office, Data warehouse, SQL database and SQL, and ETL development, preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and DAX (or similar system), required.
• Proficient in programming languages such as Python, Java, R, C (or similar).
• Software development and/or data analysis background desirable.

Special Instructions:

*VRS is unable to provide sponsorship, for this position*

Currently, this position has a hybrid work schedule, which means working in the office two days (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) and working remotely (Mondays, Thursdays, and Fri