The Home Depot is hiring: ONLINE SR DECISION ANALYST in Atlanta

Position Purpose

Decision Analytics associates produce insights that answer key enterprise questions around budget, priorities, courses of action, and important decisions. They develop frameworks for analysis by identifying the right metrics for consistent, effective insights that drive business outcomes. Decision Analytics associates are skilled in advanced analytics and analytical tools and languages such as GCP BigQuery, Python, R, SQL, Jupyter Notebook, Adobe Analytics, and Tableau. While they may have the ability to support model development and AI/ML work, they are primarily focused on internal business insights (i.e., business intelligence). Decision Analytics associates possess the domain expertise to understand the businesses they support with their analysis.

Senior Decision Analyst (context within description)

Senior Decision Analysts assist in the development of advanced analytics to support the company\'s strategic objectives. The role works cross-functionally with business partners from Merchandising, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Online and IT to design and implement decision analytics, tools, and new visibility/reporting capabilities. This role has responsibility for creating analytics, translating business questions to actionable insights, supporting ongoing analytical needs, designing new analytical tools, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high quality analytical solutions. The Senior Decision Analyst monitors transformation of data and works with appropriate technology teams to resolve issues relating to incorrect mapping, business rules, and data deviations. This role is expected to leverage effective communication skills to translate complex analyses into understandable insights for business clients, internal teams and key decision makers.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Analytics – Analyze large volumes of data and create dashboards, reports, and ad-hoc analyses using tools such as GCP BigQuery, SQL, SAS, R, Python, Jupyter Notebook, Adobe Analytics, and Tableau.
• Management of Data – Collaborate with other decision analysts to explore new data sources; cleanse, validate and test data.
• Project Management & Support – Support end users, troubleshoot issues, and resolve problems.
• Solution Development – Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver high-quality analytics solutions.
• Technical Exploration & Development – Develop additional technical competencies and subject matter expertise within the core functional group, including system/process enhancements.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports

• This position reports to the Manager
• This position has 0 direct reports

Travel Requirements

• No travel required.

Physical Requirements

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position with occasional movement. Lifting light articles may be required on rare occasions.

Working Conditions

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Analytics, Computer Science, etc.) or relevant work experience
• 6+ years of experience in data mining, statistical analysis, auditing, and/or forecasting
• Demonstrated expertise in data analysis and data visualization
• Demonstrated ability to translate analysis into effective presentations
• Demonstrated ability to identify insights that solve business problems
• Experience with SQL, SAS, Tableau, R, Python, Teradata, Oracle and similar tools
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience managing insights roadmaps for online merchandising, marketing, and ELT organizations
• Produce deep, statistical analyses for predictive insights
• Ability to partner with requesting organizations to build KPI frameworks
• Ability to code in Python, R, SQL, Jupyter Notebook, VertexAI and AutoML
• Ability to visualize data using Tableau
• Experience managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Strong critical thinking and communication skills; ability to present complex results clearly
• Superior interpersonal skills and collaboration in a team environment
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies, tools, and techniques

Minimum Education

• Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent in a related field

Preferred Education

• Master\'s degree or equivalent in a related field

Minimum Years Of Work Experience

• 5

Preferred Years Of Work Experience

• 6

Minimum Leadership Experience

• No previous leadership experience

Preferred Leadership Experience

• No previous leadership experience

Certifications

• None

Competencies

• Action Oriented
• Collaborates
• Drives Engagement
• Communicates Effectively
• Customer Focus
• Drives Results
• Manages Conflict