Lead Data Analyst - Boston, United States - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Boston, United States

2 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

The Data & Analytics department at Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) delivers critical insights and analytics solutions across Bank business units.

The mission of the Data & Analytics department is to enable a data driven focus to accelerate time to insights and action across FRBB by providing targeted analytical expertise support, reliability, and consistency in data practices.

We are looking for a Lead Data Analyst to join our team of data specialists facilitating the mission of the department and FRBB.

The team currently supports various business lines and executive leadership in providing self-service analytics, responding to adhoc requests, providing capable and accurate analytics and statistical support, as well as serving a key role in data management and access.

The role will involve working with stakeholders to define business requirements and understanding data needs, developing data pipelines to automate the flow of information, developing visualizations to support decision making, and building statistical models to perform descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analyses.

An important responsibility in this role will be to effectively communicate compelling analytics to help business lines better understand and leverage their data, enabling decision making supported by data.

This role will work cross functionally and requires the ability to operate with substantial latitude for action; it will be a good fit for someone who is a self-motivated team player.

This role will be hybrid with a first district residence requirement, with regular on-site presence required.

Principal Accountabilities

Independently deliver and manage direction for endtoend solutions leveraging data to support business objectives of Data & Analytics stakeholders across FRBB
Meet with senior leadership across FRBB business lines to identify project work, define requirements, iterate on solutions, rightsize solutions by evaluating costs and benefits, and communicate results that are succinct and easytounderstand
Gather data and translate business requirements to provide appropriate analytical solution to solve business problems, ranging from basic reporting to advanced analyses such as predictive/prescriptive analytics, ML, NLP, and other advanced statistical techniques
Deliver dashboards, graphs, visualizations, and supporting reports that enable teams to measure success and support decisionmaking
Introduce external best practices and innovative solutions and identify areas for improvement beyond the initial request from stakeholders
Lead and participate in all project planning processes by developing work plans, timelines and managing direct and matrixed staff to ensure that project timeframes are met
Actively collaborate with other functional groups outside of the Data & Analytics team
Influence others and motivate positive change in data literacy and data management, within the Data & Analytics department and across FRBB
Provide oversight, guidance, and knowledgesharing with members of the Data & Analytics department; including, but not limited to, coding and statistical expertise, code and product review, and contributing as a senior leader on the team to establish and adhere to industry best practices
Lead Bankwide and/or System IT workstreams
Highly effective written and verbal communication skills
Manage 03 individual contributors
Performs other duties as assigned

Knowledge and Experience

Typically requires 7+ years experience and a Bachelor's degree in any of these fields: mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science/analytics, or similar quantitative fields (master's degree preferred)
6+ years of applied experience with industry standard development tools such as Python, R; experience with visualization techniques and tools such as Tableau, Power BI, RShiny, Python Dash; experience with project management and collaboration tools (e.g. JIRA, git, etc.).
Advanced SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases
1+ years of experience with cloud data services such as AWS, Azure (preferred)
Advanced experience data modeling and understanding data structures, benefits, and limitations
Advanced experience with statistical analysis and reporting
Experience leading and influencing a complex, crossfunction project team
Excellent problem solving skills and experience working independently with mínimal oversight.
Passionate about telling data stories through visualization and dashboards. Committed to making analysis succinct and digestible.
Experience with gathering requirements from various stakeholders and presenting the results to technical and nontechnical audiences.
The Federal Reserve System is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and to provide equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender