Data Analyst II

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Leaf Group is looking for a Data Analyst II to help our Business Intelligence team at our Santa Monica, CA office.

Leaf Group is a diversified Internet company that builds platforms to enable communities of creators to reach passionate audiences in large and growing lifestyle categories.  We create amazing experiences that celebrate the best of art, design and technology.  We want people with an intense curiosity, a commitment to high quality service, who embrace the fun of the journey. Come help us disrupt and transform the digital media and art world!

We work in a fun, collaborative environment that is diverse, adventurous, and open-minded. We encourage all of our employees to learn and grow personally and professionally so they can assume greater responsibilities and advance their careers within the department or within one of our operating businesses. Check us out here: ****A typical day as a Data Analyst II might include:
Utilize metrics and data analysis to assist company in providing data to help company make key business decisions.
Work closely with business owners to understand business objectives, gather data requirements and define primary metrics.
Utilize specialized data and numbers data to optimize complex processes in our highly data-intensive systems, working with large-scale, complex datasets.
Collect and analyze transaction data from many sources to ensure breadth, depth and quality of reporting information.
Translate business analytics requirements into specifications and collaborate with data engineers to extract, transform and load data to the warehouse.
Create data visualizations using various business intelligence tools and Excel.
Collect and analyze transaction data from many sources to ensure breadth, depth and quality of reporting information.  
Design, implement and scale data strategy for data platform and analytics function.
Work with business units to establish KPI’s and methodology, then create appropriate reports and analysis.
Investigate data anomalies and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA).  
Write and validate complex SQL queries to build tables in AWS Redshift, MySQL and Oracle databases.
Develop, own and present comprehensive dashboards and analysis plans regarding data analysis projects to Senior Management that provide actionable insights.
Process and analyze company’s business data and statistics using various statistical approaches and data analysis software.
Generate statistical data analysis reports, using various statistical data analysis software in order to advise company regarding data trends, outcomes and projections.
Utilize strong Tableau data visualization to build interactive dashboards, communicate data insights forecast, identify areas for improvement and make recommendations to management to make actionable decisions.
Run ad hoc analyses using Tableau and Excel to provide answers to data questions and to support larger initiatives.
What You Have:
Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems or related, or its foreign educational equivalent, from an accredited university.
What We Have:
Winner of the 2017 Best Company for Diversity award Comparably
Winner of the 2017 Best Company Los Angeles award Comparably
Cool office environment and culture (if we do say so ourselves at our ice cream socials, Thirsty Thursdays, Free Lunch Fridays, and all of the other fun activities we gather for)
Discounted gym memberships
Paid-to-play vacation rewards
Discretionary unlimited vacation time
Employee discounts for Saatchi Art, Society6, and Deny Designs
401K
Medical, Dental, Vision
Flexible Spending Accounts
Agency Disclosure:
If the Leaf Group Talent Acquisition department, or any current company employee, receives an unsolicited resume from a third party recruiting agency and Leaf Group does not have a signed Agency Agreement active, Leaf Group will not be deemed liable to pay a placement fee. The unsolicited resume will be considered a gift and can be considered for our recruitment efforts.

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