Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Summary
Remote BI Data Analyst on OpenX's Finance team building performance/revenue reporting tools, automating data processes, and running quantitative analyses on large datasets. Core stack: SQL (BigQuery) and Python, plus MS Office/Google Suite for stakeholder reporting.
Company at a Glance
OpenX is focused on unleashing the full economic potential of digital media companies. We do this by making digital advertising markets and technologies that are designed to deliver optimal value to publishers and advertisers on every ad served across all screens.
At OpenX, we have built a team that is uniquely experienced in designing and operating high-scale ad marketplaces, and we are constantly on the lookout for thoughtful, creative executors who are as fascinated as we are about finding new ways to apply a blend of market design, technical innovation, operational excellence, and empathetic partner service to the frontiers of digital advertising.
Position Summary
OpenX Technologies, Inc. is looking for a Data Analyst to join our dynamic and high-performing Business Intelligence team within the Finance organization. Our organization’s mission is to steer the financial growth of OpenX through the delivery of world-class financial intelligence, guidance and services. In this mission we value reliability, integrity and fearless stewardship of OpenX’s business. We strive to operate with objectivity, rigor and strategic insight.
The ideal candidate will be a highly engaged and intellectually curious data analyst with one to three years of experience in an analytic role. You will be responsible for developing in-depth business analyses, providing ad hoc analytic support to the entire business, and driving the scaling and automation of reporting processes. You will have the opportunity to design and execute quantitative analyses using large and complex data sets, and learn about the dynamic ad tech industry from within one of its leading companies.
Responsibilities
- Build performance and revenue reporting tools for internal customers
- Help build and automate data and reporting processes for the Finance organization
- Ad-hoc analysis and reporting, serving teams across the company
- Execute deep dive quantitative analyses that translates data into actionable insights
- Provide analytical and decision-making support for key company initiatives
- Present analysis and share findings with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Key Qualifications
- 1-3 years of analytical work experience, preferably within a business intelligence, corporate finance or strategic planning role. Experience working with large data sets is preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (such as Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Economics, Physics), Master’s degree in a quantitative field is preferred.
- Strong analytical abilities and the ability to form key, succinct insights and recommendations from analyses involving large amounts of complex data.
- Curiosity to identify and ability to solve difficult problems.
- Prior experience with relational database systems; strong SQL skills are required. Previous experience with Google BigQuery is a definite plus.
- Strong quantitative skills and proficiency with MS Office and Google suite of applications, and prior experience with scripting languages (such as Python) preferred.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to interface with and effectively present to multiple levels of management.
- Extremely proactive with a strong bias for action; naturally inquisitive; desire to continuously improve current business practices/processes.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and ability to multi-task.