Senior Data Analyst
Remote – US only (Core hours in Eastern Timezone)
Position Purpose:
The Change Excellence (CHEX) data analytics team is part of the Corporate Controller Team (CCT) and is comprised of integrated competency centers that help drive value realization. CHEX helps finance leaders transform the finance function by moving away from traditional, highly manual transactional processes in a backward-looking function to a predictive and proactive mindset powered by intelligent insights and automation. CHEX serves as the digital hub for the CCT and works cross-functionally with business partners in Finance and throughout Home Depot to support the company’s strategic objectives.
The Senior Data Analyst will work directly with the Manager of CHEX as an essential part of the team in developing analytic solutions and data visualizations to support a variety of business functions leveraging tools such as Google cloud tools, Jupyterlab and Tableau.
The role will be responsible for the conceptualization, development, and implementation of digital applications. They will continually assess the performance of systems to identify and correct problems, which impact operational efficiency and work quality.
Major Tasks, Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities:
- Manage application design, development, enhancements, break-fixes, standard application changes, and maintenance activities
- Handle real-time issues that occur and troubleshoot to resolve and identify root causes
- Create and test functional prototypes to reach the best possible customer experience
- Develop and test software integrations between different SaaS solutions
- Work with team members to create useful reports and dashboards that provide insight, improve/automate processes, or otherwise add value to the team.
- Design, develop, test, and maintains complex Tableau reports for scalability, manageability, performance, and accuracy.
- Work through iterative review cycles to deliver results that meet or exceed user expectations
- Ensure accurate & timely completion of projects by effectively utilizing resources
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2 - 5 years of experience in analytics, or finance
- Able to solve complex problems and take a new perspective on existing solutions
- Proactively solves problems & seeks ways to improve processes
- Previous experience working with customers to capture and define requirements
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Knowledge of APIs and experience with software integration
- Ability to diagnose application issues and to decide what can be done with low-code instead of traditional coding
- Ability to query and display large data sets while maximizing the performance of workbook.
- Ability to interpret technical or dashboard structure and translate complex business requirements to technical specifications.
- Working knowledge of Tableau Server and architecture
- Understanding of advanced calculations and statistical functions.
- A solid understanding of SQL, relational database management system, data modeling, and normalization
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies:
- Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
- Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful
- Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder
- Builds Networks: Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization
- Customer Focus: Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
- Instills Trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
- Decision Quality: Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward
- Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audience