What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance, Emerging Talent Intern position at Metropolitan Transportation Authority?
Description
Overview of Department:
The NYCT Department of Subways, with over 6,400 subway cars and 472 stations, employs 29,000 individuals who work together 24/7, 365 days a year, to move millions of customers safely to their destinations. These employees operate trains, maintain railcars, assist customers in stations, make critical right-of-way and electronic repairs, and provide technical and analytic support to deliver timely and reliable customer services. The Operations Support Division provides analytical and management support to the operating divisions. Within this division, the Performance Analysis Unit (PAU) is looking for an eager and creative data analyst to join our team. PAU is the data arm of the Subways operation and owns and interprets data and analytics for senior leadership.
Responsibilities:
- Developing quick, creative data solutions in a fast-paced, rigorous environment.
- Presenting complex information to various audiences, including senior executives, operating managers, board members and the public.
- Developing and reporting department-wide targets to meet Subways annual performance goals.
- Investigating trends in asset failures alongside divisions to inform maintenance planning.
- Analyzing station and trip runtimes to identify corridors with potential for operational improvements.
- Creating dashboards and tools to collect, report and analyze Subways data.
Projects:
- Building real-time performance dashboards to improve communication and goal tracking between the Rail Control Center and senior leadership.
- Analyzing large operational, financial and performance data sets to solve operating issues.
- Serving as the liaison between Subways and various operating and business divisions.
Required Qualifications:
- Proficiency in SQL.
- Experience using R or Python for data analytics purposes is a plus.
- Strong data communication skills, including technical writing and data visualization for various audiences with different levels of communication.
- Experience with exploratory data analysis and making unfamiliar, complex data meaningful.
Required Education:
- Matriculated in an undergraduate program in good standing with at least a 2.5 GPA or graduate program in good standing with at least 2.8 GPA
- Major(s) Preferred: Current or graduating students with bachelor's or master's degree in data science, Business Analytics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Transportation, Urban Planning, Economics or related field.
Salary : $19 - $22
