Business Data Analyst III

First Citizens Bank is a financial institution focused on providing banking services. The Business Data Analyst III role involves gathering, organizing, and analyzing large data sets to ensure data quality, integrity, and compliance, supporting informed business decisions. The position also includes developing reporting solutions, supporting systems governance, and collaborating to improve business performance.

Responsibilities:

• Data Analysis - Gathers, organizes, and analyzes data to develop actionable insights, performance reports and moderately complex data models that support sales strategy and business decision making. Accesses structured and unstructured systems across the organization, utilizing coding efforts where needed. Provides effective and timely communications on findings
• Systems Support & Governance – Assist in ensuring the accuracy, integrity and reliability of data used for reporting and business analysis. Perform data validation and quality checks, resolve data issues, and collaborate with stakeholders to improve data integrity. Identifies process improvement opportunities, proposes system modifications, and supports data governance practices
• Reporting – Develop, maintain and analyzes dashboards and reporting solutions that provide actionable insights for sales leadership and business stakeholders. Enable sales teams to track performance, identify trends and uncover growth opportunities to support data driven decision-making. Partner with stakeholders to develop metrics, prepare presentations and provide insights that support strategic business initiatives
• Operational Support - Provides support for the department by collaborating with stakeholders and subject matter experts to identify efficiencies, streamline processes, and implement improvements that enhance productivity, reporting effectiveness and business performance

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience in Banking, financial or other directly related industry OR High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience in Banking, financial or other directly related industry
• Preferred Area of Study: Mathematics, statistics, computer science, information management
• Spreadsheet and database knowledge
• Able to analyze and visualize large sets of data
• Able to create and apply accurate algorithms to datasets to identify solutions
• Knowledge of programming languages including but not limited to SQL, Oracle, R, MATLAB, Python
• Proficiency in statistics and statistical packages/applications used to analyze data sets
• Technical proficiency in Tableau
• Ability to cross collaborate and effectively communicate and work with different levels within the bank including stakeholders
• Organizational skills and attention to detail
• Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision-Making skills
• Project Management Skills