Principal Data Analyst - Strategy and Analytics

Discover Financial
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 143,200 - 163,500 annuallyFunction: Data Analytics & Business IntelligenceExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Conceptual thinking","Communication","Interpersonal","Leadership"]

Own the transformation layer for large-scale analytics by designing and implementing data cubes, warehouses, and trusted metrics. Partner with strategy and analytics and other data customers to deliver self-service via improved data models, dashboard interfaces, and semantic layers supporting both AI and humans. Drive data governance, quality, and observability across the data lifecycle, modernize legacy reporting, and ensure rigor through testing, reviews, and performance tuning.

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Principal Data Analyst - Strategy and Analytics

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Job Summary

Own the transformation layer for large-scale analytics by designing and implementing data cubes, warehouses, and trusted metrics. Partner with strategy and analytics and other data customers to deliver self-service via improved data models, dashboard interfaces, and semantic layers supporting both AI and humans. Drive data governance, quality, and observability across the data lifecycle, modernize legacy reporting, and ensure rigor through testing, reviews, and performance tuning.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own transformation and design/implement analytics engineering components such as data cubes, warehouses, and data models.
  • •Define and manage analytics engineering and infrastructure roadmap to support users’ analytical needs.
  • •Drive semantic-layer development and data stewardship through rigorous review/refinement of AI-generated code and analyses.
  • •Enforce data governance standards and metadata frameworks to improve compliance, discoverability, and data quality.
  • •Support modernization and migration from legacy reporting platforms, including testing/reviews and performance tuning for data models and queries.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 143,200 - 163,500 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field plus 5+ years of data analytics experience, or a Master’s degree plus 3+ years (degree expected by the scheduled start date).
  • •3+ years using at least one scripting language.
  • •3+ years using a business intelligence visualization tool.
  • •3+ years querying, analyzing, and working with data languages and platforms.
  • •4+ years coding in Python, R, Spark, or SQL; plus 2+ years using and developing AWS services.
Experience:5+ yearsFinancial services industry
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Problem-solvingConceptual thinkingCommunicationInterpersonalLeadership
Tech Stack:SQLPythonRSparkAWSBusiness intelligenceDashboardsData cubesData warehousesSemantic layerAI

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Sponsorship available.

Company Brief

Discover Financial
Provides consumer banking products, credit cards, personal loans, and payment services through the Discover brand. It operates a major U.S. financial network and serves individuals and merchants with lending and digital payment solutions.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Riverwoods, United States
Founded: 1985
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