Data Business Analyst

Leidos Corporate Finance has an immediate career opportunity for a Data Business Analyst to join our Enterprise Systems Transformation (EST) team. This unique and exciting position provides the opportunity for significant visibility to the business functions by supporting strategic and challenging areas of Advanced Analytics, transforming the Enterprise to think about data analysis differently and identifying key metrics and visualizations that support our leader’s decision-making. Also includes exposure to Intelligent Automation/Robotics Process Automation (IA/RPA), Strategic Enterprise Systems Transformation Projects, and Costpoint improvement initiatives and support.

We are looking for someone with a Finance Background who is skilled in Power BI dashboard creation and SQL development to extract data from Leidos Oracle data warehouse, blend, model and transform, and to present new insights to users and leadership. Candidate without Finance background and Power BI + SQL development experience will not be considered.

This position can be supported from one any of Leidos’ locations, but preferably Reston - VA.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work and Lead Finance transformational projects related to Advanced Analytics and Dashboards.
• Manage analytics/dashboard approved projects from start to finish (gather requirements to production implementation), working and collaborating with other teams, handle the project planning, process changes, change management and training.
• Develop dashboards, automate manual data gathering and create alternative reporting solutions utilizing Leidos Reporting tool suite (Microsoft Power BI, Power Platform, Oracle Analytics) to satisfy business requirements and improve user experience and efficiency.
• Support enhancements, changes and questions regarding existing Power Bi apps and OAC reports – support user’s questions and issues
• Provide support to Strategic Enterprise Systems Transformation Projects includes working with the business and CIO to identify improvement areas that can benefit from automation as well as supporting transformation and integration projects that are approved.
• Support to Costpoint improvement initiatives includes working with the business to identify improvement areas, acquisition migrations, Costpoint System update testing, month-end/quarter-end closing support, Batch process verification, and Audit support.
• Partially Support RPA process, learning robotics options as they interact and supplement Advanced Analytics

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Finance (or related field) with 2+ years of prior experience in finance or accounting disciplines and analytics.
• MUST BE proficient with Microsoft Power BI, Power Platform and SQL development, transforming data from Oracle tables to a data model and visualizations.
• Must possess strong reporting and query writing experience with BI adhoc query writing tools.
• Must possess strong analytical skills and be detail oriented to expand knowledge and add value to the organization.
• Must possess the ability to work with all levels of management with excellent leadership, verbal, written communication skills.
• Must be able to think “out of the box” to solve problems, make processes more efficient. Remove manual effort.
• Must have experience with project life cycles (requirements, design, test timelines, etc.) and the ability to lead teams through those cycles.
• Must be able to work successfully in a team environment in diverse locations, both in person and on-line.
• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision and meet tight deadlines.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Products.
• US citizenship is required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Advanced Degree in Business Administration (MBA) or Data Analytics (MDA) in lieu of experience
• Experience with Deltek Costpoint Ledger system (or similar) and data architecture in Government Contracting setting.

Original Posting Date:

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.