Lead Business Intelligence Analyst

About This Role

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for designing, developing and supporting dashboard, analytic and reporting solutions for a wide variety of business intelligence data sets in support of assigned business partners. Directly accountable for designing and building complex queries into enterprise data stores to retrieve information in a manner that allows current and future BI tools to express the data in meaningful ways and answer the analytic questions being asked by their customers.

• Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

How You’ll Do It

• Develops creative and innovative ways to answer critical business questions by augmenting existing data assets or driving the development of new ones. Leverages technical expertise and data story-telling abilities to transform the business requirements into impactful and efficient analytic solutions leveraging the full power of all enterprise Business Intelligence tools available. 

• Functions as a BI technical consultant, partnering with business users to gather, document and develop data and information requirements to answer the business questions being asked.  Researches and identifies the correct enterprise data stores to use as the source of truth for the information, working in close partnership with the technology and business teams. 

• Ensures all assigned projects adhere to the enterprise design standards for visual design, data governance and performance, including cross validation of source data, development of routine data quality checks, and performance testing under different enterprise load conditions.

• Guides the User Acceptance testing, project documentation and deployment processes for all assigned BI projects, including regular reoccurring project updates on completion status to project sponsors.

• Provide all facets of support for all deployed Business Intelligence projects, identifies root cause of issues and actively participates in guiding resolution.

Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics

• Bachelors in Information Technology, Mathematics, statistics, Analytics, Business Administration and Management.

• 6+ years of experience in Data analytics and Query Design in a quantitatively driven industry or related.

• In Lieu of Education, 8+ years of experience with Data Analytics and Query Design in a quantitatively driven industry or related.

Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

• Does this job require remaining in a stationary position, including but not limited to, primarily sitting and standing?

  Primarily remain in a stationary position.

• Does this job require the ability to move about inside or outside the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job? No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.

• Does this job require the ability to transport physical objects? If so, provide the weight of the heaviest object the job needs to transport without the aid of machinery or equipment or the weight equivalency with the aid of machinery or equipment. No.

• Primarily, where is this job performed? Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.

• Does this job require the ability to operate equipment or machinery? Select all that apply. Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.

• Does this job require the ability to communicate verbally or in written form? Select all that apply. Ability to communicate verbally.; Ability to communicate in written form.

• Does the job require travel? No.

• Does this role require testing or assessments to measure the ability to perform the job? No

Bonus Points If You Have

• 2+ years of hands on experience developing optimized, complex SQL queries across large volumes of data in both relational and multi-dimensional data sources such as Teradata, Hadoop, Amazon Redshift, or Hyperion Essbase or related.
• 2+ years of hands on experience utilizing industry leading Business Intelligence Tools such as Tableau, Power BI or Qlikview to develop robust, interactive and visually impactful dashboards or related
   

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

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Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Oct-28-2024. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation:

The base pay for this position generally ranges between to . Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

• Paid Parental Leave

• Paid Time Off

• 401(k) Plan

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account

• STD, Life, LTD and AD&D

• Recognition Program

• Education Assistance

• Commuter Benefits

• Family Support Programs

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more at mydiscoverbenefits.com.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

Discover is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights & Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision)

Discover complies with federal, state, and local laws applicable to qualified individuals with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search for a position, to complete an application, and/or to participate in an interview, please email HireAccommodation@discover.com. Any information you provide regarding your accommodation needs will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine and provide necessary accommodation.