Data Analyst II

Are you passionate about using cutting-edge technologies & capabilities across Microsoft’s Intelligent Data Platform? Do you strive to improve customer experience and business performance? Do you like to affect change at a billion-dollar global user scale company, and deliver improvements that result in material impact? If yes, we want you in Microsoft Advertising! Microsoft Advertising is a worldwide Sales, Marketing and Services organization on the cutting edge of the digital advertising industry. We are the engine that powers the buying and selling of digital advertising across all aspects of our digital portfolio including our high-growth search engine, Bing. 

As a Data Analyst II in the Analytics & Applications team, your work will focus on helping the Small and Medium Business organization achieve its long-term business and customer growth objectives through the creation of self-serve data analytics, insights, and reports. 

You will act as a strategic partner responsible for delivering data models, insights, and analytics that impact the ability to understand our SMB ecosystem and enable the business to react quickly and drive business growth. You will develop your career, forge effective cross-functional relationships, take on progressively broader responsibilities, and establish yourself as a trusted strategic advisor. You can expect to have sponsorship for your work, support for your professional development, and encouragement to bring your authentic self to work.  

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.  

Responsibilities

Responsibilities 

• You will conduct exploratory data analysis, create data models, and develop actionable insights to enable and support decision-making for business leaders across Operations, Marketing, Finance, and Engineering. 

• You will identify and leverage appropriate sources of data and contribute to the development of recommendations. 

• You’ll determine appropriate analytical techniques and critically evaluate assumptions. 

• You will share and simplify relevant findings and insights and ensure presented results are accessible and accurate. 

• You’ll support and/or consult with other teams and identify relevant data-driven recommendations. 

• You will recommend efficiency improvements for core work and evaluate the viability of automated data collection methods. 

• You will understand linkages between analytical models and contribute to the review process—and, if the model is deemed deficient—seek to determine why. 

• You’ll work within and across teams to ensure alignment in data sources and processes and engage stakeholders to act on opportunities. 

• You'll stay abreast of security and privacy requirements and ensure data have undergone appropriate reviews. 

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