Virginia Commonwealth University · 4 hours ago
Data Analyst
Floyd, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$65K/yr - $75K/yr
2+ years expVirginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine is a premier academic medical center located in the heart of Richmond. The Data Analyst role is focused on enhancing the school's business intelligence initiatives and overall data management capabilities, ensuring high data quality standards and facilitating communication between stakeholders and developers. This position will involve conducting detailed data analysis, developing customized reports, and supporting data governance practices.
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Responsibilities
Conduct detailed data analysis across business units to evaluate processes, identify trends, and uncover issues and opportunities. Apply statistical techniques and industry-standard tools (such as SQL, Excel) to interpret complex datasets and generate actionable insights. Perform ad-hoc analyses to support strategic decision-making and respond to real-time inquiries from business and technical teams
Develop customized reports by integrating data from multiple sources and writing advanced SQL queries. Ensure reports are timely, accurate, and tailored to specific business questions or operational needs
Support rigorous data profiling, validation, and cleansing processes, thereby upholding high standards of data quality and integrity. Monitor and report on data quality using automated tools and manual checks
Assist in forming and maintaining data management and governance processes. Promote adherence to data governance principles, including internal audits of dashboards and reports, metadata management, data lineage, and standardized business definitions
Act as a liaison in managing stakeholder communications, updates, and requests related to dashboards and data products. Translate business needs into technical requirements and collaborate on design and development of data tools and metrics
Serve as the tester for all data development. Develop user acceptance testing and quality assurance test scenarios and cases working with business partners to help ensure delivery meets business requirements
Create and maintain end-user training materials such as user guides, knowledgebase articles, help videos, and tutorials. Provide support and education to data consumers to enable self-service capabilities
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business information systems, data science, computer science, information technology or related field or equivalent education and experience
2 years of proven experience using data analysis tools such as SQL, Python, R
2 years of experience with BI platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar
2 years of experience working with database and data warehouse platforms such as SQL Server and Snowflake
At least 1 year of experience working within process management and improvement methodologies such as Agile, Lean, Six Sigma, etc
At least 1 year of experience in data governance, including but not limited to data profiling, data quality assessment, metadata management, and use of data quality and cataloging tools. Experience in systems and data analysis, requirements gathering and specification documentation
Experience in technical writing and systems training
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment of respect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from all backgrounds and experiences, or a commitment to do so as a staff member at VCU
Preferred
Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline
Experience supporting Higher Education or public sector programs is a plus
Experience with data engineering tools such as SSIS, Azure Data Factory, and other ETL/ELT platforms
Experience creating training materials and conducting user training sessions
Benefits
Comprehensive health benefits
Paid annual and holiday leave granted up front
Generous tuition benefits
Retirement planning and savings options
Tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs
Employee discounts
Well-being resources
Abundant opportunities for career development and advancement
And more
Company
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$7.48MKey Investors
Virginia Innovation Partnership CorporationUnited States-Japan Foundation
2025-01-15Grant· $0.1M
2024-03-12Grant· $0.08M
2024-02-01Grant· $0.07M
Leadership Team
Karol Kain Gray
Senior VP and CFO
Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez
Professor
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