Senior Data Analyst

Overview

Alliant is a leading provider of innovative data-driven solutions that optimize marketing profitability. Alliant is looking for a Senior Data Analyst to support our Data Science team with responsibility for data manipulation, model scoring and report generation. Qualified candidates will have experience in large-scale databases, data processing, quality control, SAS programming, and MS Excel. The successful candidate will have well-developed and highly organized work habits.

Principle Responsibilities:

• Read in, examine, clean and transform data for model development and analysis using SAS
• Score data with existing models for analysis
• Independently create reports as needed using SAS
• Extract relevant information from complex transactional datasets independently
• Identify data issues and questions, and communicate directly with statisticians
• Utilize multi-channel marketing industry expertise to evaluate and diagnose campaign data
• Identify potential problems in statistical samples, and communicate with the Sales and Account Management teams
• Diagnose and solve problems with data, layouts and dictionaries
• Provide summaries of data assets for internal and external clients
• Participate in client meetings to explain data, ask for clarification, and request additional assets
• Understand Alliant’s statistical models as they relate to the company’s production scoring system; edit model code to enhance or modify scored output
• Provide quality assurance review of production scoring of statistical models
• Maintain and update model production schedule to assure adequate and precise timing of samples to statisticians
• Request, coordinate and communicate with Production team to assure on-time and accurate delivery of datasets

Qualifications and Skills:

• Master’s degree in a quantitative field preferred
• 5+ years’ experience with data cleaning and manipulation preferred
• Advanced SAS experience, including SAS macro preferred; advanced SQL experience will also be considered
• Must have 1+ year experience with large scale databases and Unix
• Must have strong Microsoft Excel experience
• Must be highly self-motivated with the ability to work on multiple projects independently in a fast-paced environment
• Must be flexible, detailed, team-oriented and committed to having a good time while doing a great job

About Alliant

Alliant is a leading data company trusted by thousands of marketers. We deliver highly predictive custom and on-demand audience solutions across TV, programmatic, social, direct mail and more. The Alliant DataHub — built on billions of consumer transactions, advanced data science and high-performance technology — is the foundation for profit-driven audience solutions. For more information, visit: alliantdata.com

The position is based in Alliant’s offices in northern Westchester County, New York. Alliant is an equal opportunity employer.

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