Data Analyst 3

Provide department leadership with reliable data from trusted source systems that will empower and influence key decision making. Access and integrate data for reporting to establish data standards, quality, and reliability. This role applies advance analytics, foundational data science techniques, and responsible for generating insights and enhanced data-driven storytelling – while maintaining data quality and data governance.

Responsibilities

This level of Data Analyst will work on data coming from multiple systems, will integrate both structured and unstructured data for the creation and interpretation of standardized dashboards and reporting. They must be knowledgeable and have full understanding of the data lifecycle and the data relationships between various systems that allow integration. This level will also perform ad hoc, deep dive analytical analysis, and interpretation.

Understand the Data

• Defining what the data is, where it originates, how it is captured, and how it is consumed
• Document data definitions, lineage, and relationships across multiple systems
• Identify opportunities to apply basic data science techniques (e.g., clustering, trend analysis, text analysis) to improve understanding of business data

• Validation of data quality including sources, reliability, completeness, validity, and uniqueness
• Use AI‑assisted profiling, statistical methods, and anomaly detection to uncover data issues

• Design and maintain data models that support analytics, dashboards, and entry‑level data science use cases.
• Prepare datasets for exploration, feature analysis, and predictive modeling through effective structuring and aggregation.
• Contribute to data warehouse and analytics platform design that supports analytics and machine‑assisted modeling.

• Build queries, datasets, and feature-ready tables using SQL and Databricks
• Support exploratory data analysis (EDA), basic predictive modeling, and statistical testing under guidance
• Perform quality assurance on analytical datasets, models,

• Translate business questions into dashboards, reports, and analytical summaries that are actionable and measurable
• Develop visualizations that explain both historical patterns and emerging trends or forecasts

BS/BA Degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, business information systems or a related field with minimum 5 years performing multiple system data validation, quality assessments, and configuration of reports and standardized dashboards

Demonstrated Skills & Abilities

• Strong knowledge and skill in SQL, Databricks, AWS, Azure and Tableau
• Writing of queries, and reports using SQL
• Strong understanding of data structures and applying complex analysis of different statistical methodologies and data modeling
• Demonstrated ability to present data with awareness of the audience receiving the data
• Use of data to create visualizations that tell the data’s story, skillfully utilizing visual, written, and verbal communication methods
• Works with minimal to moderate oversight and meets established deadlines
• Delivers defined projects with regular oversight
• Thrives in both a team environment and as an individual contributor

• Prefer data management, data quality, or data visualization certification

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Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.