Market Data Analyst

Market Data AnalystThis position is responsible for gathering, analyzing and interpreting market and internal transactional data, formulating reports, visualizations and presentations highlighting relevant insights to produce actionable conclusions for various departments and regions in the company. The Market Data Analyst will work with the Market Analytics Team Leader on projects and initiatives, providing support as needed. Strategic responsibilities include recording and maintenance of data backed benchmarks for their continual improvement and accuracy in support of strategic planning throughout various organizational levels and departments. The Market Data Analyst will conceive and execute projects based on business/analysis questions or problems and will effectively collaborate with various departments to deliver analysis backed research and resulting data projects which leverage consumer insights that drive business results.Key Responsibilities:Creation and maintenance of various data repositories and processes used for the analysis of market data, as well as assurance of data validation ensuring data quality.Builds queries and metrics to create reports, dashboards and scorecards for consumption by various departments.Research and implementation of new data sources, analysis and visualization tools and extending internal transactional data with third party sources of information as needed.Work with the Market Analytics Team Leader to explore data needs, conduct data analysis and share proposals/results through a combination of reports and presentations backed by data and coupled with actionable conclusions.Support sales, engineering and marketing departments in the joint development of business development plans and programs.Routinely reports project requirements, on-going statuses of projects and documented results to Market Analytics Team Leader.Develops a broad and deep understanding of both competitors and market forces in order to help refine our strategies.Maintains and improves understanding of market size, share and segmentation in end markets.Plans and schedules workload to meet assigned target dates; manages multiple projects at the same time.Facilitates consistent, organization-wide sharing of knowledge (through written reports, charts and graphs, speaking, and formal presentations) on the competition, market trends, and various findings.Key Skills:Bachelor’s degree in related field or 5+ years of professional experience in data analytics considered in lieu of educational requirement.Ability to effectively communicate technical and non-technical information using various audible and visual tools. Clear and deliberate communication are key for success in this position.Ability to effectively collaborate and participate in multiple projects simultaneously.Demonstrates data-oriented characteristics.Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify inconsistencies and trends in large data sets.Ability to collect, organize, analyze and distribute data as information with attention to detail and accuracy. Data validation skills are a key requirement of this position.Proficient in data analysis and applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing and regression.Ability to quickly comprehend new processes/projects, work independently and self-initiate projects/tasks. Proven self-prioritization/self-management and organizational skills.Must possess commercial product and business knowledge of our industry.Proficient in using Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, OneNote, PowerPoint & Word)Advanced knowledge of using MS Excel (Formulas, Pivot Tables and Charts)Comfortable with SQL Server, Alteryx, Java or similar.Experience working with large relational database management systems (RDBMS) including table design (i.e. primary key, indexes) and query design (i.e. inner join, outer join).