Data Analyst Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 53434)

Description

The Policy and Data Quality Unit supports the Assessment and Taxation branch with business systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, data analytics, and business process improvements, all of which have a significant impact on branch operations.

The Data Analyst position is responsible for discovering insights and identifying opportunities through the use of statistical, algorithmic, mining, and visualization techniques. The position also helps enforce ERP system policies, procedures, and standards.

What will you do?

• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets from TACS, POSSE, SLIM, Google Sheets, MS Excel, Open Data, and other sources. The intent is to improve Assessment and Taxation data gathering, processing and forecasting
• Stay up to date and research new techniques for showcasing data. Maintain proficiency in existing and updated visualization and business data tools (e.g. WEBI, Tableau, etc.). Must be able to determine from various means (e.g. business experts, prior reports, etc.) what looks reasonable for output
• Prepare guidelines and standards for consistency in report creation
• Review and determine all data sets in the branch. Make recommendations for data storage types (e.g. Oracle, Excel, Google, POSSE, SAP, etc.), data refresh, and data extraction methods
• Participate in the functional configuration, testing/troubleshooting, and maintenance of assigned ERP systems according to operational and business needs
• Support future-state planning and development of ERP systems
• Study existing business processes, materials, flowcharts, etc. as needed
• Review and analyze data, identify process (business or technical) improvements that can be implemented by the branch
• Perform other related duties as required