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Business Intelligence Analysis

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A Day in the Life

Business Intelligence (BI) Analysts leverage data to identify trends that can help companies make more informed decisions. Through the use of data analytics, data visualization, and data modeling techniques and technologies, BI Analysts can identify trends that help departments, managers, and executives make business decisions to modernize and improve processes in the organization.

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Work Responsibilities

  • Apply a broad range of analytical approaches to identify trends and new opportunities
  • Develop visualizations and other methods for conveying key insights and reports
  • Simplify and automate reporting, audits, and other data-driven activities
  • Support the business with time-critical data analyses

Growth Path

  1. Jr. BI Analyst
  2. BI Analyst
  3. BI Manager
  4. Director of BI Analysis

Skills You'll Need

  • Data collection
  • Data management
  • Data analysis and exploration
  • Reporting and data visualization
  • Ability to leverage data visualization tools like Tableau, PowerBI, and Excel
  • Knowledge of programming languages, like Python and R
  • Strong business acumen and storytelling
  • Demonstrated ability to simplify complex data sets and extract non-obvious insights with frameworks and analyses
  • Have a strong ability to project manage and to remain detail-oriented while working with numerous stakeholders
  • Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities
  • Proficient SQL knowledge with comfort writing and editing complex queries and optimizing for readability and speed

Industries You'll Work In

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Teams You'll Work With

Business Intelligence can work with various teams across an organization, but often communicates regularly data, analytics, and engineering teams.

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Demand for Talent

  • IBM predicts that demand for data-driven decision-makers will increase by 110,000 this year
  • Demand for BI Analysts will only grow as companies increase reliance on data-driven insights
  • Companies investing in data transformational projects with no end in sight means tremendous future demand

Compensation

$40K-$80K
Jr. BI Analyst
$80K-$115K
BI Analyst
$105K-$130K
BI Manager
$160K-$180K+
Director of BI Analysis
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Work/Life Balance Score

Work/life balance is when someone equally prioritizes their career and their personal life. This balance can vary greatly from one career to the next.

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Job Stability Score

Job stability is about more than your experience and career. As industries decline, so do the jobs in them.

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Prestige Score

Job stability is about more than your experience and career. As industries decline, so do the jobs in them.

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