Nelnet
is hiring
Data Analyst
About Our Company
Nelnet is a leading student loan servicer – but we’re even more than that.
We provide payment technology for over 1,300 higher education institutions and 11,500 K-12 schools. We deliver world-class fiber internet, TV, and phone services to residents of Nebraska and Colorado. We help borrowers achieve their educational goals with private student loan and refinance solutions. And we help businesses boost their performance with our cutting-edge technology and trusted expertise.
Each day, over 6,500 Nelnet associates in more than 30 communities across the country work to serve our customers and make their dreams possible. And we’re on the lookout for new people to help us go even further.
Job Description & Responsibilities
At this time, we are unable to move forward with candidates that reside in these states: Alabama, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington.
As a Data Analyst you will work together with a closely knit team to leverage our codebase and collective skillsets in SQL, Python, Power BI, and Excel to maintain existing reporting as well as build new solutions for a wide range of Nelnet internal and external customers. Our primary goal is to take care of our customer, we do this by translating large amounts of data into easy-to-digest reports and dashboards which are used to inform decisions across the company. We are a group of lifelong learners passionate about data, leveraging new pieces of code, cutting-edge software, or new approaches to solutions to enhance the quality of our work and elevate our customer experience.
At this time, we are unable to move forward with candidates that reside in these states: Alabama, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington.
We are seeking a talented data analyst who can:
- Utilize their skillset to mine and pull complex datasets.
- Have the business intelligence to interpret the data and analyze for trends, correlations, and other key characteristics.
- Provide strategic and defensible recommendations for improving our systems, processes, and strategies based upon findings supported by research and data analysis.
- Effectively compile, package, present and discuss analysis and insights with customers in an impactful narrative or visual form.
- Develop reports and dashboards to communicate performance and deliver insight to customers while monitoring data quality issues.
- Continuously seek out opportunities to add value through process automation and programmatic solutions to manual tasks.
- Be proactive to customer needs and support the Nelnet Management team as our primary customer.
Requirements
EDUCATION:
4-year College Degree Preferred Or Equivalent Experience Needed
EXPERIENCE:
1 year of data analytics with proven track record of experience matching the summary above. Preferable to see examples or published work.
COMPETENCIES – SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES:
- Technical skill-set
- Competency with extracting, manipulating, querying data in a variety of database systems - programming: Microsoft T-SQL, Snowflake SQL.
- Familiarity with data access and structuring tools (SQL Server Management Studio, Python, Snowflake (Snowflake SQL), Microsoft Power Query).
- Familiarity with reporting and dashboarding software (e.g. Microsoft Power BI, DAX.
- Expertise with Microsoft Excel, including formulas, charts and Pivot Tables.
- Familiarity with scripting languages: Python for data manipulation and process automation.
- Familiarity with data mapping, cleansing, and editing as well as Extract, Transform, and Load processes (ETL) using Python and SQL.
- Exceptional critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Ability to conceptualize and analyze complex business processes
- Excellent oral/written and interpersonal communication skills.
- Negotiation, facilitation and presentation skills.
- Ability to define and achieve business goals and deadlines while working both independently & collaboratively.
- Customer-focused philosophy.
- Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities and consistently meet deadlines.
- Ability to meet and manage customer expectations in a professional and timely manner.
- Student loan/finance industry experience preferred.
What we offer
Annual compensation range for this role: $50,000 - $70,000
Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA, generous earned time off, 401K/student loan repayment, life insurance & AD&D insurance, employee assistance program, employee stock purchase program, tuition reimbursement, performance-based incentive pay, short- and long-term disability, and a robust wellness program.
