What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Analyst, Advanced Analytics position at LPL Financial?
Job Overview :
We are currently looking for an Sr Analyst, Advanced Analytics who has the thought leadership to identify a robust inventory of potential analytic solutions to mitigate risk, technical skills to develop and realize those analytic solutions, leadership skills to mentor peers, and collaboration and consulting skills to build relationships with Business Units. We are looking for someone who can independently build code to access and Extract-Transform-Load data as well as create visualizations to tell a holistic story.
Responsibilities :
Develop & Deploy complex and continuous analytic solutions using the Analytic Development Lifecycle (ADLC). Typically, descriptive and diagnostic analytics.
Business Understanding – Work with Business Units to understand and interpret the request into a User Story and Acceptance Criteria.
Data Understanding – Identify appropriate data sources, perform data quality validations and highlight known limitations and assumptions.
Data Preparation – Access, mine, join and extract data from one or multiple data sources in LPL’s data ecosystem. Highlight known limitations and assumptions.
Data Output Analysis – Leverage data visualization tools to assist in telling a story.
Data Extract-Transfer-Load – Leverage the Data Build Tool (DBT) to extract, transform, and load data into the Snowflake data warehouse
Evaluation of Output – Based on risk, document data sources, filter / join selections, perform Test Case Scenarios, receive first level analytic manager approval, and obtain Business Unit approval.
What are we looking for?
We want strong collaborators who can deliver a world-class client experience . We are looking for people who thrive in a fast-paced environment , are client-focused , team oriented , and are able to execute in a way that encourages creativity and continuous improvement .
Requirements :
Bachelor’s degree in data science, Computer Science, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Actuarial Sciences, or other highly quantitative discipline, plus 4 years of experience, or;
Master’s Degree, plus 3 years of experience
Core Competencies :
Proficient in at least 1 data Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) language (DBT Core, DBT Cloud etc.), and
Proficient in at least 1 data analytic language (SQL, SAS, etc.), and
Proficient in at least 1 visualization tool (Tableau, PowerBI, etc.)
Intermediate in at least 1 scripting language (Python, SAS, Alteryx, etc.).
Operational Excellence – Knowledge or ability following the Analytic Development Lifecycle (ADLC)
Operational Excellence – Knowledge or ability to follow Agile “sprints” project management methodology
Continuous Improvement – Positive attitude with an appetite for learning, tenacious in overcoming obstacles as well as for seeking, embracing, and applying feedback
Strategic Agility – Knowledge or developing ability to identify problems, locate root cause, escalating with solutions in hand
Stakeholder Relationship Management – Knowledge or ability collaborating, consulting and building relationships with solution requestors (Business Units) and ultimately creating results for our advisors and their clients.
Problem Solving / Decision Making – Knowledge or ability to identify tactical and strategic solutions evidencing the ability to value progress over perfection and considering the big picture.
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