Senior Data Analyst at Cognizant in Redwood City, California

Job Description:

Senior Data Analyst

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Job Description

Our innovative teams of sales ops support specialists work together on scalable solutions for our internal customer, supporting their needs. This means team members need to be proactive, motivated, organized, responsible and able to work well in a fast paced environment.

 

In this role, you will support the setup and support user assignments to various programs. As part of the team, you will be responsible for resolving complex issues that sales teams, managers and programs are facing on both a daily and quarterly basis. This role will require the ability to smoothly execute and implement solutions while also effectively communicating with stakeholders and sales as a whole.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct non-routine end-to-end analyses, including data gathering from large and complex data sets, processing with ongoing deliverables to improve the quality


• Interpret, evaluate and interrelate research data and develop integrated business analyses and projections for incorporation into strategic decision-making


• Build code to perform impact analysis on system wide issues to support business decisions


• Conduct insightful, ad hoc analyses to investigate ongoing or one-time operational issues


• Create and maintain dashboard for cross-functional partners to drive key business decisions


• Understanding the client's problem and identifying the right research questions from data perspective


• Corralling the data needed for analysis by cleaning, linking, and structuring different datasets


• Bringing the results together in a narrative and communicating it effectively


• Be responsible for formulating study hypotheses and determining appropriate analytical methods and procedures, with minimal oversight, documentation, or defined process


• Work with management to improve statistical integrity, accuracy, and adequacy of the team’s deliverables


• Provide mentorship and guidance to other team members in regards to data analytics


• Build effective working relationships with upper management and cross-functional teams


• Work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and meet critical deadlines


• Multi-task and prioritize requests to meet the most important and urgent business need

Minimum Qualifications:          

• Experience: Minimum 6 years of Data / Business Analyst experience


• Education: Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field


• Strong proficiency in SQL writing experience with deep knowledge of developing complex queries


• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.


• Manages and improves existing reporting systems


• Knowledge of different data modelling techniques


• Process oriented with great documentation and presentation skills


• Effective communicator with peers, management, and cross-functional stakeholders


• Confident user of Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Reporting: Intermediate experience in Tableau or similar data visualization tools.


• Knowledge on working APIs


• Programming: Intermediate to Advanced experience in Python, R, Base SAS, Javascript, Java

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position whom are legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship now or at any time in the future.

Minimum Qualifications:          

• Experience: Minimum 6 years of Data / Business Analyst experience


• Education: Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field


• Strong proficiency in SQL writing experience with deep knowledge of developing complex queries


• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.


• Manages and improves existing reporting systems


• Knowledge of different data modelling techniques


• Process oriented with great documentation and presentation skills


• Effective communicator with peers, management, and cross-functional stakeholders


• Confident user of Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Reporting: Intermediate experience in Tableau or similar data visualization tools.


• Knowledge on working APIs


• Programming: Intermediate to Advanced experience in Python, R, Base SAS, Javascript, Java

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position whom are legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship now or at any time in the future.

Technical Skills

SNo	Primary Skill	Proficiency Level *	Rqrd./Dsrd.
1	Excel Macros	PL1	Required

Domain Skills

SNo	Primary Skill	Proficiency Level *	Rqrd./Dsrd.
1	Customer Support	NA	Required
2	Services and Support	NA	Required

* Proficiency Legends

Proficiency Level	Generic Reference
PL1	The associate has basic awareness and comprehension of the skill and is in the process of acquiring this skill through various channels.
PL2	The associate possesses working knowledge of the skill, and can actively and independently apply this skill in engagements and projects.
PL3	The associate has comprehensive, in-depth and specialized knowledge of the skill. She / he has extensively demonstrated successful application of the skill in engagements or projects.
PL4	The associate can function as a subject matter expert for this skill. The associate is capable of analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing solutions using the skill.

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