NEFCO · 13 hours ago
Business Intelligence & Data Quality Manager
East Hartford, CT
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expNEFCO is looking for a strategic Business Intelligence leader who enjoys hands-on work in fixing data issues. The role involves owning the enterprise BI vision and leading critical data cleanup initiatives while also mentoring a team of BI professionals.
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Responsibilities
Assist BI Leadership define and drive the company-wide BI strategy and prioritized roadmap in close partnership with Finance, Pricing, Sales, Marketing, Product, and Executive leadership
Assist in the selection, implementation, and continuous optimization of the BI stack (Power BI, Looker, Tableau, ThoughtSpot, Sigma, etc.) and cloud data platforms (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, etc.)
Oversee data modeling, semantic layers, ETL/ELT pipelines (dbt), governance frameworks, and self-service analytics enablement
Regularly present insights, roadmap progress, and data health metrics to C-suite and Board members
Build, lead, and mentor a team of 4–8 BI analysts, analytics engineers, and data enrichment specialists
Recruit top talent, conduct 1:1s, set clear goals, and create individualized career development plans
Cultivate a collaborative, high-trust, low-ego culture that prioritizes accuracy, ownership, and business impact
Personally own and execute the most complex, high-impact data cleanup and reconciliation initiatives
Perform large-scale data cleansing across CRM, ERP, billing, marketing platforms, and log data
Proactively identify and permanently resolve duplicates, missing values, legacy code mismatches, cross-system ID conflicts, orphaned records, and categorization drift
Assist with design, implement, and enforce enterprise data quality rules, automated validation pipelines, and monitoring (using tools such as Great Expectations, Monte Carlo, dbt tests, Collibra DQ, etc.)
Create and maintain the central data dictionary, business glossary, lineage documentation, and dataset quality tiers (“Trusted,” “In Remediation,” “Deprecated”)
Help establish and champion data governance policies, ownership models, and quality standards
Collaborate with business units to address root causes of poor data and deliver training on best practices
Partner with stakeholders across the organization to gather requirements, define KPIs, and translate business needs into actionable dashboards and reports
Oversee the development and maintenance of high-quality, performant, user-friendly dashboards while enforcing visualization and design standards
Drive self-service analytics adoption through certified datasets, data literacy programs, and guided analytics experiences
Bridge traditional BI with advanced analytics by collaborating with data science teams to productionize and embed predictive models
Monitor adoption and performance of BI assets; optimize queries, retire low-value reports, and continuously improve refresh times and cost efficiency
Act as the primary advocate for data-driven decision making, delivering compelling presentations and updates to leadership
Qualification
Required
4+ years in business intelligence, analytics engineering, or data management
Deep hands-on expertise in at least one major BI tool
Advanced SQL mastery (complex CTEs, window functions, dynamic un-pivoting, reconciliation queries)
Strong Python for data manipulation (pandas, fuzzy matching, regex, record linkage)
Proven track record shipping large-scale data remediation projects end-to-end
Excellent stakeholder management and storytelling skills — you can explain a duplicate-key disaster to a CFO and get budget to fix it
Proven ability to find creative solutions to complex problems
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Computer Science, Statistics, or equivalent practical experience
Preferred
Experience building and leading BI/analytics teams
Experience implementing data governance and quality frameworks from scratch
Exposure to pricing analytics, subscription metrics, or fintech/SaaS data
Familiarity with tools such as Microsoft PowerBI, Fabric, Purview, and Azure Synapse
Relevant certifications (CDMP, DAMA, Looker LookML, dbt Analytics Engineering)
Company
NEFCO
NEFCO is a wholesale company that offers threaded rod, hangers, and fastener tools.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Bertram Capital Management
2026-01-14Acquired
2022-08-10Private Equity
Leadership Team
D
David Putt
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
D
David Gelles
President
Recent News
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