Data Analytics Business Strategist

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Job Description:
We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic-minded individual to join our Crowe Consulting Data and Analytics team as a Business Strategist. In this role, you will be responsible for aligning client business strategies with the Crowe data and analytics solutions. In addition to managing the delivery of our current offerings, this position will also focus on understanding our client's strategic value drivers, and identifying metrics and analytics that provide valuable business insights to help them achieve their objectives. This role will help lead client data management (people, process, and technology), engage directly with client functional business and technical leadership, help lead and execute complex data projects, communicate across multiple stakeholder groups, and help lead change within a client organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with clients to determine what drives their business, understand their business strategy and objectives to identify how we can support their goals
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and document business requirements for data initiatives
• Analyze source systems and to understand if current data sets will support client goals and objectives, and make recommendations to close the gaps where misalignment exists
• Analyze data sets to understand what insights can be achieved to best inform business decisions and strategies
• Develop and maintain strong internal team relationships, proactively providing thought leadership
• Work closely with internal teams to design and deliver analytics that provide actionable insights to clients
• Track team assignments and deliverables to ensure project goals and expectations are met Develop and maintain strong client relationships, proactively providing thought leadership
• Communicate expectations to clients and team throughout
• Identify opportunities to introduce additional Crowe solution areas to clients, leveraging your understanding of their business needs and objectives.

Other responsibilities include helping to deliver client value across our core offerings:

• Data Strategy Roadmap
• Data Lake & Analytics Build-out
• AI Readiness Assessments
• Data Quality and Management
• Data Governance and Quality
• Crowe Clearview Analytics ongoing support

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business, Analytics, Statistics, or a related field.
• 8+ Years of Business Analysis experience
• 5+ years of Consulting experience
• 5+ years of experience in data analysis and business intelligence
• Familiarity in budgeting and forecasting.
• Knowledge of data security and privacy regulations.
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms is a plus.
• Experience in a specific industry is a plus.
• Willing to travel, likely around 30%.

Data Strategy Roadmaps
We uncover key business objectives, understand what drives the business forward. We analyze the current state of data and outline a strategy of many data-related initiatives to drive results. We assess the risk and potential business benefit of each project and create a phased approach for implementation on these critical initiatives. Data initiatives may include assessment of data quality, developing master data management and governance strategies, cloud migration, EDW or Data Lake build, dashboard development, training and development, hiring, and engaging third parties for data-related services.

EDW/Data Lake & Analytics Build-out
We work in client environments ranging in maturity levels to determine if the appropriate action is to build onto existing infrastructure as is, recommend a retrofit of existing infrastructure to bring it to a suitable state to support a scalable EDW or build an EDW from the ground up. We gain connectivity to all key data sources and review databases for structure and integrity. We identify relationships, the presence and quality of critical business data and map business-critical fields to a data warehouse. We work with key business leaders and decision-makers to understand key business drivers and recommend the development of metrics and key performance to be visualized in a dashboard to bring business insights to leaders that allow them to make data-driven decisions.

Data Quality and Master Data Management Services
We work with clients who want a baseline level of understanding of current state of their data. Key Areas of analysis Include: current state and maturity level of data, data governance, existing data roadmaps, IT organizational structure, business applications/data sources, data security, IT infrastructure, and capacity to meet future business needs for data.

Crowe Clearview Analytics Support Services
We work with clients who lack the in-house skillsets to build and support effective analytics practice themselves. Crowe Data and Analytics team members will use a three-tiered framework to drive clients forward to a position that they can take advantage of advanced predictive analytics and better leverage artificial intelligence solutions. This work is delivered within a service support model where all necessary skills and resources are provided under a monthly support contract with the client.

We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe's values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Crowe is not sponsoring for work authorization at this time.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Crowe, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $87, $179,500.00 per year.

Our Benefits:
Your exceptional people experience starts here. At Crowe, we know that great people are what makes a great firm. We care about our people and offer employees a comprehensive total rewards package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you

How You Can Grow:
We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations. Learn more about where talent can prosper

More about Crowe:
Crowe ) is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk and performance services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the country's best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.

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