Senior Data Analyst, Assurance and Advisory Management, AMP

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POSITION PURPOSE
The Home Depot is always striving to deliver outstanding customer service, drive improvement and develop talent that will grow our business into the future. For individuals who are results oriented and interested in developing leadership skills within a dynamic team-focused environment, we offer our Assurance and Advisory Management Program (AMP). AMP is designed to drive continuous improvement in the Company while developing the career and leadership skills of associates in the program across all major functional areas (e.g., Merchandising, Supply Chain, Store Operations, Finance and IT). The Senior Analyst of Data Analytics will be responsible for executing data intensive project work, providing ah-hoc data request support, and developing and maintaining AMP analytics tools (e.g., automation through robotics, various ongoing analyses, dashboards, etc.). This individual should possess strong data mining skills and be familiar with the programming tools, statistical software and technology used by the AMP team (e.g., SQL, Tableau, Python).
MAJOR TASKS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
50% – Execute specified segments of a project

Understand project objectives, meet set deadlines, communicate results and present deliverables for the identified segment

Create sophisticated data collection plans; identify sources of data (operational, financial, industry, etc.); gather, analyze and manipulate data; review data for trends and exceptions and draw sound conclusions; use statistical data tools to graphically display and analyze results

25% – Support AMP staff with ad-hoc data support 

Interact with team members across AMP functional areas to understand their requirements and develop solutions to support their data analysis needs to drive efficiency and improved results

Assist with the development and delivery of data analytics training for the department

25% – Develop and maintain AMP analytics tools and ongoing monitors

Utilize robotics to automate testing and analytics (e.g., time & expense fraud monitoring)

Develop and maintain data mining, reporting capabilities and repetitive analytics to support the department

NATURE AND SCOPE

• This position reports to the Manager.
• This position has 0 direct reports.

ENVIRONMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS
Environment:
Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Travel:
Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Education Required:
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
Years of Relevant Work Experience: 2 years
Physical Requirements:
Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Preferred Qualifications:

• 2-4 years of work experience
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work well with others
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Experience with the following tools and technologies: SQL, Tableau, programming language ( Python or SAS), SAP

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies:

• Strong quantitative skills with the ability to perform data mining and analysis
• Query and database development skills
• Strong problem solving skills
• Strong project management, time management and organization skills