Analyst, Statistical Programming I

Title: Analyst, Statistical Programming I
Location: Columbia, SC (Partially onsite)
Duration: 6 + Months (Contract to hire)

• Schedule: M-F; 8 hours per day; 40 hours per week
• Credit Check must be processed during pre-screens.

Job Description:

Duties:

• Develops comprehensive reports and analyzes data in order to identify patterns and trends. Assists in creating materials that aid in illustrating analytical/data findings. Identifies opportunities for improvement that can be addressed with educational initiatives.
• 40% Uses multiple software platforms to produce reports in accordance with work requests, internal initiatives, and requests from customers. Codes, maintains, and executes simple to complex database programs for the extraction and presentation of data for standard and ad hoc reporting. Develops supporting material and guidelines on report design and resulting data.
• 30% Evaluates data integrity to assure compliance with customer requirements and makes recommendations for corrective and preventative actions. Provides input on database design.
• 20% Illustrations, other graphics, and narrative reports to identify and explain patterns and trends. Identifies opportunities for improvement that can be addressed with educational initiatives.
• 10% Assists with performing quality checks on new and existing relational database changes. Creates support documentation outlining procedures.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree Statistics/Biostatistics, mathematics, computer science, or other job-related field.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Good organizational, customer service, and analytical skills. * Ability to use complex mathematical calculations.
• Demonstrated knowledge of mathematical or statistical concepts.
• Relevant computer programming skills.

Required Software and Tools:

• Microsoft Office

Preferred Work Experience:

• 1-year statistical programming or related information technology or research and analysis experience.
• 01-year relational database experience. (may be concurrent)

Preferred Skills and Abilities:

• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Computer systems support knowledge.

Preferred Software and Tools:

• SAS, Business Objects, Python and/or DB2 or other relational database.