Tax-Dallas-Analyst-Data Analytics

Goldman Sachs - Dallas, TX

Full-time - Entry Level

Dallas, TX

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

About the position

The Analyst position within the Tax division focuses on data analytics and governance, specifically aimed at enhancing the firm's tax data management processes. The role involves collaborating with tax compliance and reporting teams to design and implement data models that streamline operations and ensure high data quality. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in facilitating the adoption of the firm's Data Governance Framework, contributing to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the Tax division.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing and translating business requirements into long-term solution data models.
• Evaluating existing data systems to create a Global Tax data model for the Tax division.
• Implementing the data governance framework to ensure high data quality and trustworthy data pipelines for tax calculations and reporting.
• Working closely with business partners and technology leaders to identify areas for data quality improvement.
• Building automation and workflows to address data control gaps.
• Implementing data strategies and converting logical models into physical data models.
• Facilitating resolution of data quality issues across business and technology stakeholders, including external vendors.
• Collaborating with data and analytics experts to enhance functionality in data systems.
• Working with Tax engineers on development, testing, and production.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, or related disciplines.
• 0-3 years of experience in data analytics or related fields.
• Hands-on experience with one or more mainstream programming languages (Python, Java, C, Scala, C++, etc.).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and SQL.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with various stakeholders.
• Strong sense of ownership and driven to manage tasks to completion.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a visualization tool such as Tableau.
• Experience dealing with structured or unstructured data.
• Experience working with databases (Oracle, Sybase IQ, Snowflake, Hadoop, etc.).
• Experience with Alteryx.