Data Support Analyst - Expert Level

Third Party Data Services ConsultantSupport and facilitate Corporate Data Governance principles and initiatives. Understand data is an asset and how it enables different business processes for competitive advantage.Work closely and collaboratively with data consumers in the business and with third party data providers to source data for the business needs. Enable users to derive business value.Act as single point of contact with third party data vendors overseeing negotiations and managing spend. Identify opportunities to reduce costs.Organize, describe, and catalog third party data sources into data catalogs promoting discoverability in search tools.Work closely with procurement, legal, and coordinate other internal/external organizations to purchase, manage licensing and data access, and validate invoices are correct.Advise the business on which third party data products meet their needs. Understand who the third party data providers are, awareness of their products / data sets, and how those products are licensed is preferable.Understand data integrations and interfaces with other processes, systems and organizations.Evaluate data utilization and subscription costs.Desired Experience and Skills:Experience managing and analyzing structured and unstructured dataExperience managing stakeholder requirements and expectations, supporting needs, managing the intake process, and asking questions to scope and solve requestsStrong presentation, consulting, and negotiating skills is requiredAnalytical, problem-solving, problem identification skills is requiredOrganizational/time management skills is requiredExperience with SQL, Python, Excel, and Tableau is preferredUnderstanding Master Services Agreements, Order and AmendmentsProcessing Invoices, obtaining business approvals, digitally filing documents with appropriate metadata etc.