Junior Data Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

MUST HAVES:

1. THIS POSITION IS FOR ONLY CURRENT HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS.

2. CANDIDATE'S LINKEDIN NEEDS TO SHOW CURRENT LOCATION.
3. 1ST DAY ONSITE ONBOARDING.
4. 1ST ROUND VIDEO INTERVIEW, 2ND ROUND IN-PERSON INTERVIEW.

Job Title: Data Analyst

Job ID: 804759 mostly remote, with occasional onsite

Client: Commonwealth of PA 2 - PSERS

Location: Harrisburg, PA

Closing Date: 06/11/2026 at 4.00 pm

Within PSERS we are hiring a Data Analyst to partner with internal business partners to develop, deliver and maintain analytic applications and solutions. Typical analytics responsibilities include use case development and opportunity sizing, experimentation and feature analysis, visualization, and data transformations.

In this role you will:
Engage with internal partners to understand business strategy, questions, and goals. Adhere to engagement process structure for business requests, translating requirements into an analytical project approach, and leading projects through completion.
Acquire and compile structured and unstructured data and verify its quality, accuracy, and reasonableness.

Serve as primary risk and performance liaison for assigned business areas.
Perform analyses of historical data to surface trends and risk insights using advanced analytical methods. Validate analytical techniques employed by other analysts.
Prepare and deliver visualizations and internal presentations that translate analytic insights into tangible, actionable solutions for business partners to implement.
Develop, own, and manage recurring analytic or reporting processes.
Proactively expand knowledge of business and analytics and shares with team members.
Share and document best practices.
Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

What it takes:
Minimum of five years related work experience.
Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

The ideal candidate will have:
Stakeholder management, general awareness of risk and performance best practices, value-driven prioritization, Tableau (required), Power BI, SQL, Python.

Core Responsibilities

1. Engages with internal partners to understand business strategy, questions and goals Adhere to engagement process structure for business requests, translating requirements into an analytical project approach, and leading projects through completion. Serves as the analytics expert on cross-functional teams for large strategic initiatives.

2. Acquires and compiles structured and unstructured data and verifies its quality, accuracy and reasonableness.

3. Performs analyses of historical data to surface trends and insights using advanced analytical methods. Validates analytical techniques employed by other analysts.

4. Prepares and delivers expert level visualizations and internal presentations that translate analytic insights into tangible, actionable solutions for business partners to implement.

5. Develops, owns and manages recurring analytic or reporting processes.

7. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of Data Analyst work experience..
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Graduate degree preferred.
• Stakeholder management, general awareness of risk & performance best practices, value-driven prioritization, Tableau (required)
• Experience with Power BI, SQL, Python

Flexible work from home options available.