Data Visualization Analyst

OVERVIEW:

Develops and refines descriptive and diagnostics visuals utilizing established templates and standards to enable data informed decisions. Assists in dashboard/report user acceptance.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leverage one or more Business Intelligence (BI) platforms to structure and create advanced charts, graphs and other visuals.
• Navigate and publish BI dashboards/reports, provide access, and manage permissions
• Use knowledge of programming languages to work with data teams to query and structure data for use in dashboards/reports.
• Use intermediate knowledge of business and technical metadata to support creation of visualizations.
• Support business insights through the development of descriptive and diagnostic reporting by selecting appropriate visuals to identify trends and outliers.
• Use established templates, standards and themes to create uniform visuals for a given audience.
• Assist business partners and more experienced visualization team members in conducting user acceptance testing of data visualizations, documenting identified defects and refining dashboards/reports.
• Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite.  Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Identify process improvement and automation opportunities and assist in development using automation and business intelligence tools, including target state process mapping and capturing business value.
• Support a Center of Excellence (CoE) framework for BI platforms, including governance controls, performance optimization, best practices, and training.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

NATURE AND SCOPE:

MANAGERIAL/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

None

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3 years of related experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 7 years higher education and/ or work experience, including a minimum of 3 years related experience
• Tactical experience with a minimum of one data visualization tool
• Experience developing basic dashboards/reports and data visualizations
• Experience designing low-code/no-code applications and automated workflows
• Intermediate knowledge of data visualization approaches
• Experience using Structured Query Language (SQL) to analyze, extract, and transform data

IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED:

• Tactical experience with multiple data visualization tools (Power BI and Tableau preferred)
• Proven design experience across fields such as data, user experience, and/or graphics
• Knowledge of data management concepts and terminology
• Certification in data storytelling and/or data visualization tools
• Applied experience in business process modeling and improvement (Six Sigma certification preferred)

We support our team members with generous benefits. 

• Competitive compensation 
• Health, welfare, and retirement benefits 
• 401(k) match at 5% 
• Work-life balance and flexible work arrangements 
• Banking Officers start with 25 days PTO plus 12 paid holidays  
• 40 hours paid volunteer hours per year 
• Much more. For details, see: M&T Benefits Overview