Senior Analyst - Payroll Data Analytics

United Airlines • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

The Sr. Analyst - Payroll Support & DA at United Airlines plays a crucial role in providing analytical support for payroll and operations teams, focusing on pay, time, and attendance issues. This position involves analyzing large data sets, creating interactive reports, and identifying areas for improvement to enhance pay accuracy and operational efficiency. The role requires collaboration with various levels of employees across multiple divisions to address issues and implement solutions effectively.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Quantitative field, or other relevant field required.
• 4+ years of experience in data analysis.
• Significant exposure to Foundry, Python, SQL, and relational databases.
• Experience with interactive visualization tools such as SpotFire or Tableau.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to all employee levels.
• Strong data mining, data analysis, and problem-solving skills.
• Sophisticated analytical skills to produce substantial recommendations and reports.
• Strong skills in MS Office tools, particularly Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Business or related Analytical or Quantitative discipline.
• 2+ years of working in an airline environment.
• 2+ years of experience in project management.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical support for payroll and operations teams regarding pay, time, and attendance issues.
• Pull and analyze large data sets using tools such as Foundry, DBeaver, SQL, Python, and VBA.
• Create interactive visualization reports using PowerBI and Spot Fire.
• Identify areas requiring improvement and offer solutions, ensuring successful implementation.
• Support payroll improvement projects and initiatives.
• Understand business needs related to payroll and design reports/tools to address those requirements.
• Identify root causes of issues impacting pay accuracy and operational efficiency.
• Recommend solutions including system enhancements and process improvements.
• Communicate findings and solutions effectively with various groups.
• Coordinate deliverables, action plans, and tasks with implementation owners.
• Use data mining and analysis tools to find opportunities related to pay accuracy and efficiency.
• Design and build sophisticated queries to pull and join large data sets from various tables.
• Develop and maintain insightful dashboards for management decision-making.
• Track progress against defined breakthroughs and report on performance metrics.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package including parental leave and 401k.
• Privileges like space available travel.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Air Transportation
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree