Business Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

ASHLIN is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ASHLIN is also an Equal Opportunity of Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

ASHLIN Management is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and desires for Priority Referrals of Protected Veterans.

ASHLIN Management Group

is seeking a Business Analyst to join our team working with our data analytics and market research division based in Philadelphia, PA. This professional will work with the team to develop marketing strategies for clients based on proprietary marketing research and analysis methods, run statistical models using SPSS around business data collected in field and prepare scheduled and ad-hoc business critical reports and PowerPoint decks to present the information to senior management and clients.

Essential duties and responsibilities :
Design market research data collection instruments
Use sophisticated data analysis methods to develop marketing strategies to achieve client objectives
Work with clients to devise methods to implement recommended marketing strategies
Design and implement data models and schemas using SPSS
Work with Database Specialist to develop analytical SQL queries and reports for tracking, trending and interpreting business data
Perform ongoing data quality assessments, identify

discrepancies/inconsistencies,

and resolve them
Continually improve the end-to-end process of data collection, transformation, analysis, and reporting
Develop data management programs and forms for data entry and maintenance by end-users
Document data analysis and reporting architecture, designs, and write user guides
Other duties as defined by senior research team

Qualifications
To be successful in this position, the Business Analyst must have a minimum of 3 years experience in:
Market research, involved in both primary and secondary research using data to arrive at decision pertaining to marketing strategies

Data Collection Instrument design including surveys, focus groups, interviews as well as passive collection methods
Ability to interpret complex data sets (quantitative and qualitative) into insights that lead to effective marketing strategies and frameworks

Strong data analysis modelling, specifically the successful candidate must be able to:

Conduct cross-tabular and regression analysis using SPSS
Interpret results of SPSS output and draw insights in order to make recommendations to senior management what steps to take
Present data, interpretation and resulting strategy in language that indicates a command of the material while at the same time making sense to lay persons who may not have a marketing and/or data analysis background

Develop data reports using the following Microsoft tools and technologies:

MS-Excel (Formulas, VBA, Pivot Tables, Power Pivot, Import/Export from/to external data sources, and Charting and Graphing)
Expert level skills in the development of highly impactful PowerPoint slide decks
Development of scheduled and ad-hoc reports and analysis.

Working in a team environment with responsibility for delivery of timely and accurate business-critical reports and analysis:
Self-motivated and proactive, willing to drive a program of work to successful completion,
Strong oral/written communication, and presentation skills,
Ability to work with highly sensitive information and preserve the confidentiality of the information,
Detail oriented and capable of identifying and resolving data quality issues.

In addition the following are highly desirable:
A minimum of 3 years experience with statistical analysis and SPSS,
A background in market research, or related disciplines
Working knowledge of relational databases (e.g. SQL)

Position requirements include:
At least a Bachelors Degree in Marketing, Market Research, and/or Probability & Statistics,
Masters degree in any of the above disciplines is highly desirable, or MBA
High proficiency with SPSS (currency on SPSS is required, e.g. must have used SPSS regularly within last 1 one year)
Experience with health related analytic research and quality improvement methodology is highly desirable
Only open to candidates US Citizens and Permanent Residents authorized to work in the US

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