Data Analyst

Named one of Puget Sound Business Journals “Best Workplaces” and “Fastest Growing Companies” in Washington, as well as “Best Places to Work in Arkansas” by Arkansas Business. Affirma is expanding its presence and hiring many talented individuals. Affirma offers exciting projects, a relaxed culture, and a flexible work environment.

Affirma is a full service technology consultancy. We provide a breadth and depth of expertise while maintaining the personal touch of a boutique firm. Our teams specialize in helping organizations of all sizes solve their most challenging business pain points by creating custom in-house solutions. We offer services ranging from business intelligence, web design and creative consulting, infrastructure, and so much more. At Affirma we are extremely passionate and dedicated to our customer satisfaction. Our teams focus on ensuring we are delivering dependable and reliable solutions with every project we work on.

We are seeking a REMOTE mid level Data Analyst to join our growing Data & Analytics team. This individual will support Affirma’s mission to provide exception value to our clients through analytics and data storytelling, including working with stakeholders to visualize, analyze, interpret, and govern their data.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years’ experience working with and analyzing data in a professional capacity
• 2+ years’ experience with Domo
• 3+ years of hands-on experience using a data visualization platform like Tableau or Power BI for creation of data models, visualizations, reports, and dashboards
• 2+ years’ experience retrieving, aggregating, and manipulating data from complex relational databases using T-SQL and other equivalent querying languages
• Demonstrated ability to guide individual and group stakeholder discussions and requirements gathering interviews
• Ability to understand and communicate technical concepts and requirements to business users and supporting IT groups
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment with some level of ambiguity to implement customer and project requirements with minimal supervision
• Driven by analytics and naturally curious to ask “why” and “what if”
• Excellent written and verbal communication with stakeholders, team members, and in documentation
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and/or experience

Responsibilities

• Act as lead analyst on engagements, guiding from start to finish of the reporting lifecycle, including identifying and documenting business needs, recommending technologies and architectures, and building compelling and relatable data visualizations and reports
• Help clients gain insight and actionable outcomes from their data using a variety of tools and methods
• Balance shifting priorities, demands, and timelines while effectively communicating expectations to team members and stakeholders in a clear and timely fashion
• Provide technical and non-technical documentation of requirements, functional specifications, and presentations
• Provide thought leadership, best practices, and standards required to deliver effective, lasting, and easy-to-maintain solutions to clients
• Continuously grow depth and breadth of knowledge of leading data and analytics tools and principles

Preferred experience includes:

• Background in analytical field including computer science, statistics, mathematics, business, or information management
• 2+ years of experience with Google Suite
• Familiarity with statistical analysis, concepts, and languages, such as R and Python
• Understanding of the role of data governance and effective frameworks and strategies to establish and enforce it
• Experience conducting user trainings

Why Affirma?

• One of Washington’s Fastest Growing Private Companies & Top 100 Best Companies to Work For (According to Seattle Business Magazine and Puget Sound Business Journal)
• Casual environment, surrounded by incredibly intelligent and motivated co-workers, and a performance-driven culture
• Flexible Schedule
• Opportunity for growth
• Great location, great people, exciting projects, and tons of fun.

Affirma is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not make employment decisions or otherwise discriminates based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, military status, sexual orientation, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by law.

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