An Analyst, or Data Analyst, collects and interprets data to help a company take actionable steps to improve their performance and meet goals. Their duties include gathering company information and statistics, building charts and graphs to present results to executives and finding ways to improve a company’s efficiencies using gathered data.
A Analyst Job should be able to fulfill various duties and responsibilities. The following are some duties and responsibilities a Analyst Job should be able to execute:
- Gathering and analyzing data
- Interpreting gathered data
- Submitting reports to the relevant department heads and management
- Finding patterns and trends in the analyzed data
- Helping the management and other teams draw business goals and needs
- Establishing new data gathering and analysis techniques within the organization
- Formulating procedural manuals for all departments
A competitive Analyst Job will have certain skills and qualifications, including:
- At least four years’ experience as an Analyst in an established organization
- 5+ years’ experience in data mining
- Leadership skills with proven experience managing a small team
- Proficiency in mathematics with the skill to translate complex mathematical information into understandable reports
- Strong oral and written communication skills
