About the job Senior Data Analyst (Remote)
At Firstup, we believe when the world connects through sports; the world becomes better. Firstup is a sports and communication platform dedicated to taking the work out of play in youth sports. We also believe our jobs should excite us, our teammates should support us and our bosses should inspire us. We empower our people to bring big ideas and tiny egos, landing us on Outside Magazines list of Best Places to Work" and Built Ins 100 Best Remote-First Places to Work.
Firstup believes in the power of data to produce great business results, and were looking for a senior data analyst who can help us do just that. Firstup has a wealth of data today -- spanning mobile and web experiences, sales conversion, payments, advertising, marketing, and more.
We need an experienced data analyst who can help us organize and maintain that data, as well as translate it into action through analyses, modeling, and data visualizations. We expect this individual to be a true partner to our senior business leaders. Thus, critical thinking and strong communication skills will be essential for success.
This role will directly report to the Director of Data & Analytics, and will support all lines of business at the company.
What You'll Do:
As the Senior Data Analyst, you will go beyond descriptive analytics - you'll drive descriptive analytics and data activation through actionable insights. You will create reports and visualizations for a broad set of business use cases as well as create deeper analyses that answer business questions. Lastly, you will partner with the business to consult on the creation of KPIs to help decision making and find new ways to utilize data to drive business outcomes.
What Will Set You Up for Success:
- A Bachelors Degree in a quantitative field or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of work experience in a data engineering, business intelligence, or analytics role
- Expert SQL knowledge: experience with advanced querying and data transformation
- Experience with dbt or similar tool for data transformation
- Experience wrangling imperfect data sets
- Experience working with Tableau, Looker, or other business intelligence platforms
- Experience working with BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake, or other warehousing solutions (we are a GCP shop)
- General knowledge around the data capabilities provided by the Google Cloud Platform
- Prior experience analyzing product, marketing, and customer data with some experience doing statistical analysis and a basic understanding of statistical modeling concepts
- The ability to distill raw data and quantitative analysis into business information and insight
- Proactive approach to providing insight that results from intellectual curiosity and an understanding of our customers, products, and strategic objectives
Bonus points:
- Prior experience in SaaS or consumer technology company
- Experience creating data visualizations and dashboards
- The ability to telepathically connect with alpacas