Senior Data Analyst

Job Description:

About the Role:

As a Data Analyst within the OPIS Retail Fuels Division, you will use your analytical thinking to transform and analyze data. You will derive insights through deep and complex data analysis. You will create solutions that help automate improvements in and maintain our data quality. You will also work with other industries that utilize OPIS data, such as connected cars and mobile app/web clients who display OPIS real-time retail fuel prices and station information directly to consumers. You will report to the Executive Director of OPIS - Product Management, Data Transformation & Business Development. 

About the Team:

OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides price transparency across the global fuel supply chain, including the Spot, Wholesale Rack and Retail markets. OPIS enables customers to buy and sell energy commodities with confidence with multi-platform access to accurate data, real-time news, powerful software and educational events. Our commitment to reliability is reinforced by personalized customer service and constant innovation. OPIS listens to what the energy community needs and responds with flexible and easy-to-use products. Navigating world fuel markets is complex – OPIS makes it simpler.

OPIS Retail team members work with fuel retailers and convenience store operators to provide data and analytics that help them improve their business operations and run more profitably and efficiently. And, in a world where the reliance on fossil fuels is slowly diminishing as we look for cleaner and more sustainable energy options, OPIS is diversifying and future-proofing our business by expanding into clean energy, alternative fuels, and data and analytics for electric vehicles, while still providing world class data and products for the energy that moves us today. The high-growth OPIS Retail Data Team is based in the United States, with remote workers globally. 

You Will:

• Help maintain the data quality for retail fuels pricing, station, margin, tax, market share and volume data across North America and Australia, eventually expanding globally 
• Implement additional quality control checks and audits on a variety of datasets to ensure the accuracy and integrity of our data
• Focus on the large, complex challenges that impact our data quality
• Troubleshoot data issues, implement and develop new logic for automated data quality fixes, and interface with product development teams to deploy code that improves the accuracy and integrity of our fuel pricing and station data
• Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA) and conduct quality and accuracy tests when onboarding new and potential data sources
• Be a product expert on our internal data quality tools
• Work with our product development teams to scope out and deliver enhancements to the tools that allow us to better manage our data in more automated and efficient ways 
• Perform audits on existing data quality processes to ensure performance and relevancy long term
• Define and scope out custom files requested by our clients and interface with support and internal product development teams to deliver data that fits our client needs
• Assist our sales and customer support teams with client data requests including historical data files and information related to data methodology and quality
• Create proof of concepts for new product development efforts using all of our data sets  

You Have:

• At least 2 years’  data analytics experience
• A bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics or Mathematics (preferred) -OR- equivalent work experience
• Intermediate statistical analysis skills
• Familiarity with R and/or Python for data analysis
• Knowledge of SQL programming language
• Knowledge in data visualization/analytics tools (i.e. Power BI, Tableau)
• Fluency in all Google Workspace applications (Mail, Drive, Docs, and Sheets) 
• Advanced Excel expertise (pivot tables, macros, charts)
• Experience with Snowflake (preferred)
• Flexibility to work the following work schedule: 8:30 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST 

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Insurance Plans
• Lifestyle programs & Wellness Resources
• Education Benefits
• Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program

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About Our Organization:

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at talentresourceteam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - OPIS

Job Category:

Data Analytics/Warehousing & Business Intelligence

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $75,000 - $95,000

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..