Guardian Credit Union ยท 2 months ago
Business Intelligence Analyst III
Prattville, Alabama, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expGuardian Credit Union is seeking a Business Intelligence Analyst III to own end-to-end analytics delivery for key business domains. This role involves designing Power BI models, delivering dashboards, and leading data governance initiatives to improve data consistency and quality across the enterprise.
FinanceFinancial ServicesMobile Payments
Responsibilities
Own analytics solutions from discovery to adoption: translate goals into metric definitions and acceptance criteria; design reusable Power BI semantic models (star schema, relationships, data types, aggregations, RLS as needed)
Build executive-ready dashboards and narratives; conduct deeper analyses (segmentations, cohorts/variance, time-series) and communicate drivers, risks, and recommended actions
Establish and maintain metric definitions (calculation rules, lineage, owners) to reduce ambiguity and improve self-service
Apply accessibility and usability best practices (plain language, interpretable visuals, keyboard/screen reader friendly layouts)
Set the standard for documentation: author/approve Scope of Work, technical specs, Change Implementation Plans, Change Management Requests, test plans/UAT scripts, and release notes
Ensure artifacts are versioned and auditable
Run the BI delivery workflow (intake, sizing, design, peer review, UAT, release, post-release support) and change management controls
Define and monitor data-quality checks and reconciliation routines; investigate anomalies and lead remediation with partners
Maintain a deprecation/sunset plan for stale assets
Ensure data catalog, knowledgebase, and glossary stay in sync with releases
Lead and facilitate the data governance program: steward data/metric standards, naming conventions, access and retention practices; chair or co-lead working sessions; resolve definition conflicts across domains
Curate the knowledgebase (patterns, playbooks, troubleshooting runbooks) and steward the business glossary (approve terms, maintain lineage, assign owners, track change history)
Drive adoption of standards through artifacts, templates, and office hours
Run and participate in the BI CoE: set and evangelize standards, lead show-and-tells, publish reference models, mentor analysts, and measure CoE adoption/impact
Partner with data engineers, system administrators, security/compliance, and business stakeholders to align requirements, validate feasibility, and plan releases
Performance-tune complex SQL/DAX; review peer changes; coach on best practices
Maintain accurate tasks, estimates, and status in the project tracker; meet SLAs for incident response and ad-hoc requests
Uphold privacy, security, and least-privilege access controls; ensure documentation hygiene for auditability
Qualification
Required
5+ years in BI/analytics delivering stakeholder-facing solutions, with demonstrated ownership and mentorship
Bachelor's degree in Analytics, Information Systems, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field required
Advanced SQL and dimensional data modeling
Strong DAX/Power BI (model optimization, calculation groups a plus); Power Query (M) for robust transformations
Comfort with cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake) and version control processes (e.g., Git, Azure DevOps)
Excellent communication and storytelling; able to translate ambiguity into measurable definitions and decisions
Working knowledge of data governance frameworks and access controls; familiarity with regulatory expectations (e.g., GLBA) a plus
Preferred
Master's degree preferred
Python/R for analysis and validation; PL-300/DP-500 or similar certifications
Company
Guardian Credit Union
Guardian Credit Union is a financial institution that deals with digital payments, card controls, commercial and personal loans.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Scott Rosen
Chief Technology Officer
Daniel Post
Chief Financial Officer
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