Senior Data Analyst

Position: Senior Data Analyst 

Job Location: 811 Excellence Dr., Bentonville, AR 72716 

Duties: Develop business cases for projects with a projected return on investment or cost savings. Translate business requirements into projects, activities, and tasks and aligns to overall business strategy and develops domain specific artifact. Serve as an interpreter and conduit to connect business needs with tangible solutions and results. Identify and recommend relevant business insights pertaining to their area of work. Support the understanding of the priority order of requirements and service level agreements. Help identify the most suitable source for data that is fit for purpose. Perform initial data quality checks on extracted data. Visualization guidelines and best practices for complex data types; Multiple data visualization tools (for example, Python, R libraries, GGplot, Matplotlib, Ploty, Tableau, PowerBI etc.); Advanced visualization techniques/ tools; Multiple story plots and structures (OABCDE); Communication & influencing technique; Emotional intelligence. Generate appropriate graphical representations of data and model outcomes. Understand customer requirements to design appropriate data representation for multiple data sets. Work with User Experience designers and User Interface engineers as required to build front end applications. Present to and influences the team and business audience using the appropriate data visualization frameworks and conveys clear messages through business and stakeholder understanding. Customize communication style based on stakeholder under guidance and leverages rational arguments. Profile, analyze, and assess data quality. Test and validate data quality requirements. Continuously measure and monitor data quality. Deliver against data quality service level agreements. Manage operational Data Quality Management procedures. Manage data quality issues and leads data cleansing activities to remove data quality defects, improve data quality, and eliminate unused data. Determine user accessibility and removes or restricts user access as needed. Interpret company and regulatory policies on data. Educate others on data governance processes, practices, policies, and guidelines. Exploratory Data Analysis: Requires knowledge of relevant Knowledge Discovery in Data (KDD) tools, applications, or scripting languages such as SQL, Oracle, Apache Mahout, MS Excel, Python; Statistical techniques (for example, mean, mode, median, variance, standard deviation, correlation, and sorting and grouping); Research analysis standards and activities; Documentation procedures such as drafting, editing, Bibliography format; Relevant Knowledge Discovery in Data (KDD) tools, applications, or scripting languages such as SQL, DB, SAS, Oracle, Apache Mahout, MS Excel, Python; KDD industry best practices and emerging trends. To collect and tabulate data and evaluate results to determine accuracy, validity, and applicability. Support the identification and application of statistical techniques based on requirements. Apply suitable technique under direction from leadership. Assist in the planning, design and implementation of exploratory data analysis research projects. 

Minimum education and experience required: Master’s degree or the equivalent in Business, Analytics, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; OR Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent in Business, Analytics, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field plus 2 years of experience in data analysis, data science, statistics, or related field. 

Skills required: Must have experience with: Building data quality assessment framework and measurement of critical data elements against DQ standards and acceptable thresholds; Developing data profiling solutions, running analysis jobs and view results, and creating and managing data quality controls using data quality tools; Data Quality concepts and practices for profiling, quantifying, and managing data quality; Business rules descriptions, defining detailed business rules logic by asking business partners the right questions; Data Extraction and Transformation; Dashboard generation; Collaboration with teams and developing solutions; User Access Permissions; Querying and analysis; Data Governance; Row-level security in reports; SQLStoreprocs Development and Optimization; SSRS Reporting Process; SSIS ETL with Visual Studio; and Power Query and Power Automate. Employer will accept any amount of experience with the required skills. 

Rate of pay: $110,302.00 - 155,000.00 /year.  Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.    

Benefits: At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, education assistance with 100% company paid college degrees, company discounts, military service pay, adoption expense reimbursement, and more.   

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.com.  

Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.