Business Intelligence Analysts

What does a professional in this career do?

Produce financial and market intelligence by querying data repositories and generating periodic reports. Devise methods for identifying data patterns and trends in available information sources.

In this job you will...

  • Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders.
  • Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.
  • Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users.
  • Provide technical support for existing reports, dashboards, or other tools.
  • Identify and analyze industry or geographic trends with business strategy implications.
  • Document specifications for business intelligence or information technology reports, dashboards, or other outputs.
  • Create business intelligence tools or systems, including design of related databases, spreadsheets, or outputs.
  • Collect business intelligence data from available industry reports, public information, field reports, or purchased sources.
  • Disseminate information regarding tools, reports, or metadata enhancements.
  • Conduct or coordinate tests to ensure that intelligence is consistent with defined needs.
  • Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action.
  • Analyze competitive market strategies through analysis of related product, market, or share trends.
  • Identify or monitor current and potential customers, using business intelligence tools.
  • Communicate with customers, competitors, suppliers, professional organizations, or others to stay abreast of industry or business trends.
  • Maintain library of model documents, templates, or other reusable knowledge assets.
  • Create or review technical design documentation to ensure the accurate development of reporting solutions.
  • Analyze technology trends to identify markets for future product development or to improve sales of existing products.

Skills You Will Gain

Business Intelligence Tools and Technologies
Business Performance Management
Dashboard Design and Development
Data Analysis
Data Visualization

Representative Journeys