Business Performance Analyst II

About the job

Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy!

At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off.

Are you ready to transform business challenges into innovative analytic solutions? Join our team as a Business Performance Analyst II and be at the forefront of data-driven decision-making. You'll dive deep into data, uncovering trends and patterns that drive impactful insights. With your expertise in data analysis, visualization, and statistical reporting, you'll help shape the future of our business.

Job Summary

Business Performance Analyst II works on a team to transform business problems into analytic solutions by identifying trends and patterns in data into insights to help solve business problems in creative ways. This position provides clear and concise data analysis and statistical reporting, creates data visualization resources and identifies and implements solutions that leads to automated or self-service reporting for internal customers.

This position offers a blend of working from home in the Madison, WI or Cedar Rapids, IA office. The successful candidate must reside in either Iowa or Wisconsin.

What You Will Do

• Assists in developing scalable, innovative approaches to extracting, managing, and analyzing data.
• Performs data profiling and data analysis to assist in understanding the data.
• Optimizes data models through normalization, table analysis, and review of queries.
• Gathers and compiles data using various data collection techniques in response to data requests.
• Makes recommendations for improvement and communicates issues and actions taken to appropriate business unit managers.
• Guides data-based decisions and utilizes data and forecasting trends to assist with managing the needs of the business.
• Assists in maintaining measurement systems for analytics including the tracking of results.
• Reviews statistics from operations and determines if systems are producing what they were designed and purchased to produce; receives and evaluates requests for system changes.
• Collaborates with others on the team responsible for analytics.
• Works with the business to assess the validity of the data and achieve satisfactory levels of quality.
• Participates in developing the strategy for business system upgrades and implementations related to business operations.
• Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy’s Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Emphasis in math, statistics, analytics, operations research, computer science, or other applicable field Preferred

Required Experience

• 3 years of technical or professional experience.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends when needed. (less than 5% of the time but could vary)
• Experience in Programming Languages (e.g., SQL, VBA, ACL, Python) required.
• Experience in Visualization Tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) required.
• Experience with ad-hoc data analysis, data integration, statistical concepts and Regression.

Preferred Experience

• 2 years of direct experience in a related field (statistics, performance management, analytics, or research)

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• General knowledge of the utility business preferred.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management). Working knowledge of call center workforce management systems preferred.
• Ability to work effectively in a diverse team environment.

Key Skills

• Data Modeling
• Data Analysis
• Data Mining
• Requirements Management
• Continual Improvement Process
• Stakeholder Management
• Systems Performance Monitoring
• Systems Designs
• Software Testing
• Data Visualization

Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you're looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we're the right company for you.

Alliant Energy offers a comprehensive total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

Pay Range:

$85,000-$92,000

This position is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.

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Alliant Energy is committed to providing an inclusive work environment for all and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

All candidates selected for employment with Alliant Energy will be required to successfully complete a background check, and a drug screen where applicable.

Disclaimer:

The above information on this description has been crafted to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not crafted to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Alliant Energy and subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in the workplace. Applicants in need of a reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please email talent@alliantenergy.com.