RTS - Regional Transit Service ยท 1 day ago
Business Data Analyst
RTS - Regional Transit Service is seeking a Business Data Analyst responsible for collecting, compiling, analyzing, interpreting, and maintaining data to enhance transit performance. The role involves analyzing historical service performance data and generating comprehensive reports to support informed decision-making across various departments.
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Responsibilities
Utilize business intelligence and data analytics best practices to provide timely, relevant, and actionable insights that support monitoring transit performance and guide decision-making across Operations departments
Gather, summarize, and prepare data for geospatial and statistical analysis
Proficiency in Data modeling
End user education and training of data tools and modeling
Develop and enhance reporting, analysis, and visualization of performance data, metrics, and measures to enable staff to effectively align with and monitor progress toward overall business strategies, goals, and objectives
Develop fact sheets, graphs, and written reports on research results
Perform advanced data analysis and manipulation of extensive amounts of data using statistical software
Query data from a variety of systems to produce data sets for analysis
Assist in the preparation of presentations and the communication of results to groups of people
Use and apply different statistical tools including, but not limited to, trend analysis, root cause analysis, regression analysis, experimental design, statistical modeling, hypothesis testing, control charting, etc
Develop and document the data flow, quality control and validation methods used for data inputs
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in applied mathematics, Statistics, Data Science or a related field
Minimum of 3 years of full-time progressively responsible experience in business analysis or a related discipline
Strong knowledge of mathematical and statistical tools and accepted procedures and practices
Proficiency in SQL for querying and analyzing data
Strong Excel skills, including advanced functions, pivot tables, and data manipulation
Strong Analytical skills
Ability to provide solutions/recommendations applicable to transit operations
Ability to perform a wide variety of duties requiring considerable judgment to work independently, devising new methods, adapting, or changing standard procedures to meet new conditions
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
Ability to establish effective working relationships and to work across all levels of the organization
Strong time management skills: ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously and set priorities
Ability to think critically and strategically
Tact and diplomacy; dependability
Detail-oriented
Exceptional computer and math skills
Preferred
Experience with programming languages (Python, R) or scripting for data analysis
Benefits
This position is eligible to participate in a hybrid work model.
Company
RTS - Regional Transit Service
Regional Transit Service (RTS) is a regional transit authority established by New York State with more than 1,000 employees who proudly serve customers and business partners in Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne and Wyoming counties.