The Finance Capabilities Data Analytics & Automation (DAA) team manages key data
assets that enables exceptional experiences and impactful decisions for the Target
finance organization and its large vendor community.
The team leverages key data in Finance (Accounts Payables-AP & Asset lifecycle
management-ALM primarily), Supply Chain (Receiving & Transportation) and Merch
(Vendors & Purchasing); designs and implements changes to the underlying data
assets to generate powerful insights for domestic & import payables, receiving,
deductions, freight, fixed assets & properties to support key financial metrics. This
capability allows for creative thinking, leadership opportunities and innovation to
propagate data-based decision making.
Position Overview
As a Sr Data Analyst (AP & ALM DAA) your responsibilities* will be:
- Closely collaborate with Finance Operations & Accounting, Assets Life cycle management business teams to identify opportunities of leveraging data, bridge gaps, and advance business capabilities
- Partner with multiple finance & upstream product, Data Sciences & Engineering,
- Target Tech to determine the best approach to gather, model, manipulate, analyze, and present data
- Work with the team to build and maintain large & complex datasets, automated pipelines & visualizations.
- Analyze large datasets and apply mix of mathematical & statistical techniques for deriving insights to enable key business strategies, initiatives, and decisions
- Produce clean, efficient code backed with solid documentation - based on
- specifications & best practices.
- Taking complete ownership and accountability of the work assigned and liaisonbetween various stakeholders and team members
- Contribute towards data, technical, agile, and business contextual learnings forthe team, partners, and broader organization.
- Skills & Experiences:
- Analytical skills to breakdown complex problems, identify root causes, anddevelop sustainable solutions
- Influencing cross-functional teams and partnering effectively with stakeholders
- at various organizational levels
- Developing hypotheses and producing actionable insights using advanced
- statistical & mathematical techniques and tools.
- Proficiency in finding, manipulating, and presenting data in meaningful ways
- tailored to varied customer preferences.
- Ability to communicate results of complex analytic findings to both technic/non-technical audiences and business leaders.
- Proven contribution in architecting large data solutions and Implementations.
- Implementing design architectures and building next generation analytics
- Strong desire to continuously upskill and stay current with emerging industry
- trends & technologies through formal training, peer training groups, and self directed education
- Understanding of Target’s retail, analytical, and IT architecture and platforms
- Self-driven and results oriented. Willing to stretch to meet tight timelines.
Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s/MS/M.Tech/MCA - Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or
- other related fields
- Overall 7+ years, with minimum 5 years of data ecosystem experience.
- Deep Big data experience in Hadoop ecosystem and its components with advanced proficiency in programming in Hadoop/Hive, Python, SQL, Excel.
- Experience in developing robust and scalable data pipelines that integrates various data sources, and other platforms and supports diverse data processing needs.
- Proven hands-on experience with Domo, Tableau & other Visualization tools (incl homegrown platforms)
- Git source code management
- Experience in developing, monitoring, and maintaining Bots (incl homegrown platforms) using technologies such as Python, JavaScript.
- Strong problem solving, and ability to navigate through ambiguity
- Experience working in an agile environment (stories, backlog refinement, sprints,etc.).
- Excellent attention to detail and timelines. Strong sense of ownership
- Strong team player with ability to collaborate effectively across geographies/time zones.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Desired:
- Strong addon - business contextual experience in retail and finance, including operations, KPIs, metrics and controls.
- Conceptual knowledge of mathematical and statistical techniques for use in data analysis and modeling
- Familiarity with programmatic use of GenAI/LLMs and related ecosystem
Top Skills
What We Do
Target is an American retailing company providing access to a wide selection of products such as furniture, electronics, toys, and more.
Target is one of the world’s most recognized brands and one of America’s leading retailers. We make Target our guests’ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop.
