Concord isn't your typical consulting firm; we are an execution company with a passion for making things happen. Our mission is to help clients enhance customer experiences, optimize operations, and revolutionize their product offerings through seamless integration, optimization, and activation of technology and data.
We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Data Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in data analysis techniques, a passion for uncovering insights from complex data sets, and the ability to communicate findings effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
What you will be doing
- Requirement gathering and Analysis: Collecting business requirements, documenting and reporting them to stakeholders
- Documenting projects: Maintaining documentation for projects, processes, and operation
- Data Collection and Analysis: Collect, process, and clean data from different sources. Analyze and interpret complex data sets to identify trends, patterns, and insights.
- Data Mapping: Understand the data objects, and create a source to target mapping reference document that engineers can use to build data pipelines
- Problem-Solving: Identify business needs and challenges. Use data-driven insights to solve problems and improve business operations.
- Collaboration: Work closely with various teams (like IT, sales, marketing, finance, etc.) to understand their processes and needs, and provide data-driven solutions.
- Facilitator: Facilitate daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo, and retrospective meetings.
- Impediment Removal: Assist the team in getting rid of obstacles that are hindering progress.
- Coaching: Coach the team in Agile/Scrum principles with the goal of increasing the team performance.
- Process Improvement: Promote continuous improvement and help the team to increase productivity.
- Stakeholder Communication: Act as a buffer between the team and distracting influences, and communicate project progress to stakeholders.
- Backlog Prioritization: Work with Product Owners and stakeholders to manage and prioritize the product backlog based on business value and dependencies.
- Change Management: Assist in managing project changes, ensuring proper communication and documentation of scope adjustments.
What we are looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Business, Economics, or a related field.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in a data analyst role or a similar position, ideally with a strong background in business analysis, system analysis, and project management.
- Experience supporting teams in Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum, is highly preferred. Scrum or project management certification (CSP, CMS, PMP, etc) is a plus.
- Strong proficiency in SQL for data querying and manipulation.
- Experience with business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Qlik).
- Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Draw.io, Visio, Lucid).
- Experience with project management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
- Knowledge of data modeling and data warehousing concepts.
- Ability to analyze complex data sets and extract meaningful insights. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Job specifications
- Employment type: Full-time permanent employment at Concord.
- Location: Hybrid work model in the Kansas City or Minneapolis area.
- Interview process: (1) introductory call, (2) interview with the internal team, and (3) interview with the hiring manager.
- Requirements: Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.
