Government and Public Sector - Senior Data Analyst

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From strategy to execution, the Government & Public Sector practice of Ernst & Young provides a full range of consulting and audit services to help our Federal, State, Local and Education clients implement new ideas to help achieve their mission outcomes. We deliver real change and measurable results through our diverse, high-performing teams, quality work at the highest professional standards, operational know-how from across our global organization, and creative and bold ideas that drive innovation. We enable our government clients to achieve their mission of protecting the nation and serving the people; increasing public safety; improving healthcare for our military, veterans, and citizens; delivering essential public services; and helping those in need. EY is ready to help our government build a better working world. 

 

The opportunity

EY delivers unparalleled service in big data, business intelligence, and digital analytics built on a blend of custom-developed methods related to customer analytics, data visualization, and optimization. We leverage best practices and a high degree of business acumen that has been compiled over years of experience to ensure the highest level of execution and satisfaction for our clients. At EY, our methods are not tied to any specific platforms but rather arrived at by analyzing business needs and making sure that the solutions delivered meet all client goals.

 

Our Senior Data Analyst will work in a collaborative environment working with various project teams to support client analytics and visualization. The senior will perform detailed data quality analysis, identifying data anomalies and issues requiring data correction while providing various areas of data governance to ensure accuracy.

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

• Works in collaborative environment with various project teams to support the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mission.
• Provides advice, assistance and written recommendations based on data analysis and results. Familiarity with tools such are SAP Business Objects, Power BI, Qlik, Tableau etc.
• Ability to respond to data calls and data requests through the creation of new reports and queries and communicate results effectively to a variety of stakeholders including senior management.
• Support current data governance and data strategy initiatives related to analytics and data architecture.
• Understand current state processes and recommend improvements to make programs and processes more efficient and effective.
• Ability to understand client needs and pain points to recommend requirements in data systems.
• Ability to analyze data from relational databases and understand data structures.
• Facilitate senior leadership-level meetings and working groups. Ensure meetings are structured and substantive by documenting discussion, identifying action items, and monitoring follow-on work.
• Support requirements gathering process; ability to translate business needs into actionable OIT requirements.
• Ability to explain and document complex methodologies in simple words.
• Liaison with the technical development team by articulating operational and mission needs.
• Communicate orally, in writing and graphically (MS Office Suite of Products to include Visio) with a wide variety of stakeholders across the enterprise.

 

To qualify for the role, you must have: