Senior Data Analyst

Summary

Join Sprout Social's Finance team as a Senior Data Analyst and play a critical role in supporting key business decisions with honest and impartial advice. You will analyze business performance, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to data source maintenance. This role requires strong SQL and data visualization expertise, critical thinking, and proactive problem-solving skills. The ideal candidate thrives in collaborative environments and enjoys simplifying complex concepts. Sprout offers a comprehensive benefits program, including insurance, paid time off, parental leave, wellness initiatives, and professional development opportunities. The company values work-life balance and offers remote work flexibility where possible.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in data analytics, which may include formal education
• 3+ years of demonstrated experience developing and validating SQL queries to support analyses, reporting, and dashboards, with the ability to derive insights and craft strategies or narratives from large and complex data sets
• 2+ years of applied experience in data visualization software such as Tableau, Looker, PowerBI, or another data visualization tool, with the ability to create compelling narratives and presentations that convey complex data insights to a non-technical audience
• Experience collaborating closely with data engineering teams, ensuring seamless data integration, pipeline development, and maintaining data quality for analytical purposes
• Experience partnering directly with stakeholders to define requirements, validate results, and present findings/deliverables

Responsibilities

• Analyze business performance and develop metrics and dashboards that inform our business strategy, focusing on deep-diving to understand the underlying drivers of key trends and outcomes
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Marketing, Sales & Success, and Engineering, to gather requirements and deliver data-driven insights and recommendations
• Contribute to creating and maintaining data sources by conducting detailed data gathering and analysis and ensuring data quality and integrity
• Conduct open-ended exploratory data analysis to uncover actionable insights, validate hypotheses, and significantly guide the prioritization of business initiatives
• Provide peer review and mentorship of colleagues and their work to maintain a high standard of quality, accuracy, and knowledge across the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the SaaS industry or working with subscription revenue business models
• Knowledge of version control systems, such as GitHub, for managing and collaborating on data projects
• Experience with Python for programmatic data analysis
• Background in organizations that leverage DBT for data modeling

Benefits

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program and employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting
• Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States. However, we are not set up in all states, so please look at the drop-down box in our application to see whether your state is listed. Few roles require an office setting. If your position requires a physical presence in a Sprout office, it will be evident in the job listing and your offer letter
• Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit)
• Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution
• Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays