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Business & Data Analyst, Auxiliary Services

Boston University

Business & Data Analyst, Auxiliary Services

Boston, MA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Auxiliary Services at Boston University is a dynamic, high-volume enterprise consisting of Undergraduate Student Housing, Graduate Student Housing, Dining Services & City Convenience Stores, Vending Services, Agganis Arena, Events & Conferences, the Fitness & Recreation Center, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (PERD), Parking & Transportation Services, Barnes & Noble Bookstore, and University Licensing. BU Auxiliary Services directly supports the University's academic mission and quality of campus life with an emphasis on delivering best-in-class services to our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests. BU Auxiliary Services is seeking a Business & Data Analyst to support technology operations and develop/maintain business solutions for the organization. The successful candidate must have functional knowledge in data instrumentation, data management, statistical modeling, and report writing. The Business & Data Analyst is responsible for managing data retrieval and analysis for all units within the Auxiliary Services enterprise.

    Duties include organizing data points, developing and maintaining dashboards, analyzing data to discover areas of opportunity within the businesses, and communicating findings with colleagues and senior leadership. The ability to use data visualization, specifically with Power BI, to make inferences about and recommendations for the businesses is essential.

    • Fully utilize Power BI as a data processing tool
    • Develop and create various data mining techniques to cull data from various sources
    • Manage, enter, and merge data in preparation for analyses
    • Propose data analysis solutions to support Auxiliary Services units
    • Interpret data for trends and patterns for diagnostic and predictive analytics
    • Develop documentation to explain the data analysis process
    • Validate data to ensure accuracy
    • Transfer data among various formats for data sharing and reporting
    • Prepare tables, graphs, charts, and other graphical representations for reports and presentations
    • Perform industry outreach and research on benchmarking, best practices, and key performance indicators
    • Effectively communicate the results of data analysis to colleagues and senior leadership

    Required Skills

    • Bachelors degree in statistics, computer science, math, business, or another technical-related field. Masters Degree in business analytics preferred.
    • Excellent knowledge of Power BI and Excel, including complex formulas and functions
    • Proven experience with data warehousing and data science
    • Demonstrated experience with JavaScript, C#, .Net, R, or Python
    • Background in writing TSQL, views, functions, triggers, and stored procedures
    • Strong oral, presentation, and writing skills
    • A sense of curiosity and critical thinking

    Please note all newly hired staff and faculty will need to be in compliance with Boston University’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirement within 30 days of date of hire. You must upload your vaccine documentation or request a medical or religious exemption ( instructions ). For further information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please visit the COVID-19 Resources site.

    We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

    Required Experience

  • Qualifications
    • Bachelors degree in statistics, computer science, math, business, or another technical-related field. Masters Degree in business analytics preferred.
    • Excellent knowledge of Power BI and Excel, including complex formulas and functions
    • Proven experience with data warehousing and data science
    • Demonstrated experience with JavaScript, C#, .Net, R, or Python
    • Background in writing TSQL, views, functions, triggers, and stored procedures
    • Strong oral, presentation, and writing skills
    • A sense of curiosity and critical thinking

    Please note all newly hired staff and faculty will need to be in compliance with Boston University’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirement within 30 days of date of hire. You must upload your vaccine documentation or request a medical or religious exemption ( instructions ). For further information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please visit the COVID-19 Resources site.

    We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

  • Industry
    Education