Senior Data Analyst

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Detroit, MI, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Fintech • Real Estate • Sales • Financial Services
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The Role
Leads end-to-end data analysis projects, integrating and evaluating structured and unstructured data to identify business opportunities and guide decisions. Creates datasets, statistical analyses, dashboards, reports, and business intelligence tools while validating data quality and lineage. Partners with executives and stakeholders, communicates recommendations, researches external data, establishes reporting standards, and mentors teammates.
Summary Generated by Built In
As the Senior Data Analyst, you specialize in collecting, organizing and analyzing data from various sources with the purpose of turning numbers into context and recommendations. You paint a picture of how the business is operating using a variety of data analysis techniques and statistics. You integrate, transform and improve volumes of data at the project or company level for streamlined processes, greater efficiencies and more informed decision-making. As a Senior Data Analyst, you must demonstrate leadership among peers and extremely deep knowledge of your industry and business.
About the r ole
  • Proactively identify and communicate business opportunities and recommendations using data manipulation, programming, statistics and data visualization
  • Use data to support and challenge business solutions with executive leadership or other stakeholders
  • Lead design and validation for all phases of research projects, including presentation of results, guiding iterative improvement
  • Maintain relationships and alignment among stakeholders to meet objectives
  • Define, gather, and validate project data requirements and evaluate data quality
  • Evaluate the quality of organizational data sources
  • Create and support business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, reports or methods
  • Document technical design standards for reporting solutions to ensure their accurate development
  • Identify, document, and use exploratory data analysis to investigate assumptions
  • Identify and analyze relevant, external data to monitor the competitive environment
  • Stay informed of industry or business trends that pertain to data
  • Mentor teammates on any of the above responsibilities

About y ou
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a scientific discipline, mathematics, applied statistics, information technology or a related field
  • 4 years of experience or equivalent competency identifying business problems, conducting data experiments, performing statistical analysis and synthesizing findings to guide business decisions
  • Experience leading end-to-end data analysis projects resulting in positive business changes
  • Expertise creating data visualizations using modern business intelligence (BI) tools, highlighting insights as relevant
  • Proficiency with industry-standard statistical analysis tools, such as SAS, R or Python
  • Experience training and mentoring peers
  • Experience creating data sets with advanced SQL or other querying languages and using them to develop business strategies
  • Experience researching data lineage
  • Advanced practical knowledge of standard statistical measures, probability theory and both qualitative and quantitative techniques
  • Experience working with data warehouses
  • Experience data mining or using other exploratory techniques
  • Experience working with structured and unstructured data
  • Experience writing software functions to support data analysis
  • Experience contributing to standards and processes that increase efficiency and impact
  • Conceptual knowledge of logical and physical data models
  • Domain knowledge of multiple business areas

Preferred Qualifications
  • Comprehensive knowledge of at least one business area and its data, including industry or other external sources
  • Experience in several business areas and familiarity with associated data
  • Conceptual knowledge of big data, machine learning, or data science

What y ou'll g et
Our team members fuel our strategy, inno vation and gro wth, so we ensure the health and well-being of not j ust you, but your family, too! We go above and beyond to give you the support you need on an individual level and offer all sorts of ways to help you live your best life. We are proud to offer eligib le team m embers perks and health benefits that will help you have peace of mind. Simply put: We've got your back. Check out our full list of Benefits and Perks.
About u s
Rock e t is a Detroit-based company made up of businesses that provide simple, fast and trusted digital solutions for complex transactions. The name comes from our flagship business, now known as Rocket Mortgage®, which was founded in 1985 . Today, we're a publicly traded company involved in many different i ndustrie s, including mortgages, fintech, real estate and more. We're insistently different in how we look at the world and are committed to an inclusive workplace where every voice is heard. Apply today to join a team that offers career growth, amazing benefits and the chance to work with leading industry professionals.
This job description is an outline of the p rimary resp onsibilities of this posit ion and may be modi fied at the discretion of the c ompany at any time. Decisions related to employment are not based on race, c olor, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. The c ompany provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodations in completing the application and/or participating in the application process should contact a member of the Human Resources team, at [email protected] .

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a scientific discipline, mathematics, applied statistics, information technology, or a related field
  • Four years of experience or equivalent competency identifying business problems, conducting data experiments, performing statistical analysis, and synthesizing findings
  • Experience leading end-to-end data analysis projects resulting in positive business changes
  • Expertise creating data visualizations using modern business intelligence tools
  • Proficiency with statistical analysis tools such as SAS, R, or Python
  • Experience training and mentoring peers
  • Experience creating datasets with advanced SQL or other querying languages and using them to develop business strategies
  • Experience researching data lineage
  • Advanced practical knowledge of statistical measures, probability theory, and qualitative and quantitative techniques
  • Experience working with data warehouses
  • Experience with data mining or exploratory techniques
  • Experience working with structured and unstructured data
  • Experience writing software functions to support data analysis
  • Experience contributing to standards and processes that increase efficiency and impact
  • Conceptual knowledge of logical and physical data models
  • Domain knowledge of multiple business areas
  • Comprehensive knowledge of at least one business area and its data, including industry or external sources
  • Experience in several business areas and familiarity with associated data
  • Conceptual knowledge of big data, machine learning, or data science

Rocket Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as premium and comprehensive, with multiple medical plans, mental-health support, telehealth options, and in-person services through the Rock Health Collective. Feedback suggests features like discounted or ship-to-home prescriptions and even a zero-premium employee-only PPO option add notable value.
  • Parental & Family Support — Family-forming and caregiving benefits are emphasized, including paid parental leave, childcare subsidies, and specialized fertility coverage such as IVF. Adoption and foster-care assistance further reinforce a family-friendly package.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is presented as generous, with PTO policies and personal-significance days frequently highlighted. Feedback suggests these provisions contribute meaningfully to the overall attractiveness of the benefits package.

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The Company
HQ: Detroit, Michigan
14,200 Employees
Year Founded: 1985

What We Do

We’re a Detroit-based company obsessed with helping our clients achieve the dream of homeownership and financial freedom. Our flagship business, now known as Rocket Mortgage, was founded by Dan Gilbert in 1985. Since then, we’ve revolutionized the mortgage industry – twice – and taken our place as the industry leader. Today, the Rocket brand is synonymous with providing simple, fast and trusted digital solutions for complex transactions. When you need a mortgage, a real estate agent or a personal loan, Rocket gets you there fast.

Why Work With Us

Powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity, our trailblazing teams create endless pathways toward a future of possibility. By pairing relentless innovation with real empathy, we’re building the future of homeownership – together.

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