Analyst- Analytics Engineering

Base Salary: $100,000 - $115,000

Location: Chicago / New York City / Dallas / Remote

Company Overview

Teragonia develops Analytics Engineering and AI solutions for private equity portfolio companies and founder-owned businesses, supported by a team of technologists, data scientists, and business experts with first-hand private equity experience as investors, operators, and M&A advisors. We create bespoke ‘data-to-dollars’ value creation playbooks using Decision Intelligence Systems (DIS) that deliver real-time, system-level insights to enhance EBITDA. We supplement the DIS with advisory services to help business leaders operationalize analytics-driven strategies and work closely with deal teams, operating partners, and management to embed analytics in strategic planning and tactical monitoring for timely course corrections.

Our core solutions are designed to support aggressive private equity investment lifecycles and span i) Infrastructure Enhancement, ii) Business Diagnostics, iii) Value Creation, and iv) Exit Prep. In each of the core solutions we leverage cutting edge tools and technology such as SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, Dataiku, dbt, and more to translate technical challenges into business value for our clients. We deliver value to clients across three teams: i) Value Creation & Analytics, ii) Data Science & AI, and iii) Engineering.

Teragonia offers a comprehensive career development platform through cross-learning within our multidisciplinary structure. We nurture a diverse, inclusive, collaborative, respectful, and collegial environment. Our competitive compensation package aligns with the technology industry leaders, encompassing 401k contribution matching, medical insurance, and additional benefits.

Job Summary

We are looking for a talented Analytics Engineer to join our team as an Analyst. As an Analyst, you will work closely with our team of analytics engineers to design and develop advanced analytics solutions for our private equity-backed portfolio company clients. You will assist in understanding their business needs and developing tailored analytics solutions.

Responsibilities

• Support a team of analytics engineers to design and develop advanced analytics solutions and be an active contributor to executing on engagement work

• Assist Engagement Managers and Associates in working closely with clients to understand their business needs and develop tailored analytics solutions

• Assist Engagement Managers and Associates in translating Client communicated business needs into an exploratory data analysis program and lead team efforts to execute

• Assist analytics engineering teams in designing, developing, maintaining, and optimizing complex enterprise data models to help solve operational and financial business problems

• Develop and maintain high-quality, visually appealing reports and dashboards to communicate complex analytics insights and recommendations to senior client executives, ensuring that findings are easy to understand and actionable by senior executives

• Make a concerted effort to begin to develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders

• Participate in and assist in project meetings and contribute to project deliverables

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines

• Assist in developing and implementing process improvements to increase team efficiency and productivity

• Collaborate with data engineers to design, develop, maintain, and optimize data pipelines critical to the integrity of the enterprise data models

• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in data analytics and apply this knowledge to improve our solutions

Overview

As an Analyst, you will be a key contributor to our service delivery, innovation, and practice development. You will have the opportunity, and the management support, to develop specialized knowledge of data analytics, data science, and AI applications in a chosen industry or domain. You will possess excellent communication and presentation skills and be eager to develop as a key contributor in the Value Creation and Analytics (VC&A) Consulting division and develop executive presence as your career with us progresses to Associate, Manager, Principal, Director, and Managing Director levels. We will provide appropriate mentorship and company selected resources for your leadership skill development.

Technical Skills

As an Analyst, you will be quick to understand the client’s business needs and execute on delivering data-driven solutions. You will play a direct role in driving engagement workflows, deliverables, and timelines, ensuring the quality of enterprise-grade data pipelines and business intelligence applications. These efforts aim to enhance pricing, customer segmentation, sales effectiveness, customer lifetime value, attrition management, workforce scheduling, and cost optimization. You will be actively contributing to and delivering the team’s insights around the ideation, design and development of various analytics, data science and generative AI products, working hand-in-hand with our software engineers, data scientists, and AI engineers. 

The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver who takes full ownership of delivering high-quality client work. This individual thrives on delving into technical details to ensure the engagement team successfully meets deliverables by employing analytical techniques to develop crucial business insights for our clients. You will have excellent attention to detail and project management skills, essential for working effectively within our diverse, multidisciplinary team. As part of a collaborative group that includes business analysts, software engineers, data engineers, analytics engineers, data scientists, and AI engineers, you must demonstrate strong teamwork abilities. Your role will require not only individual excellence but also seamless integration and cooperation with team members to achieve shared goals and deliver impactful results.

Transforming low-hygiene data sets to develop organized databases with high fidelity is a necessary part of the job. The ideal candidate is an expert in data wrangling skills and possesses excellent knowledge of the software tools used for service delivery, including data manipulation and data visualization software. You will develop deep expertise in the Teragonia technology stack, for which we will provide appropriate training resources to the extent such tools are new to you. 

Engagement and Client Management

You could be delivering multiple client engagements simultaneously, or a large and complex engagement, and the scope of the engagement could evolve based on changing client needs. The financial sponsor universe demands actionable insights in a relatively short timeframe. The ideal candidate will be excited about driving critical client deliverables and solving a variety of business problems in parallel, in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

The engagement planning and management are critical to maintaining high quality delivery and efficiency. You will actively support the Engagement Manager and Associate by delivering on the engagement plan and strategy and contribute your own ideas, asking questions, challenging the ideas and timelines presented to ensure that high quality client deliverables can be delivered in the timeframe our clients request them. You will also support the Engagement Manager and Associate with assessing the project management plan including resource allocation, tasks assignment, priorities, timelines, budget vs actual, fee updates, and more. 

You will have strong communication and presentation skills and be able to clearly articulate to the team, engagement leader(s) and the client, the business applications and impact of the data analytics assets delivered.

Other Key Responsibilities

• Innovation – Support cross functional innovation initiatives

• Specialization – Develop a sector or domain specialty

• Recruitment – Actively contribute to Teragonia’s recruitment efforts to attract top talent

• Marketing and business development – Assist executive leadership and officers with strategic marketing initiatives

• Thought leadership - Assist with conducting research for thought leadership initiatives

Requirements

Necessary Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, or a related field with stellar academic performance from leading universities

• 2 years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, software engineering or a related field at global consulting firms, top financial services firms () or high-growth startups

• Strong interest in learning how analytics insights drive business value

• Advanced programming skills in SQL and Python

• Experience in performing exploratory data analysis in a professional setting

• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or PowerBI

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud-based analytics platforms and big data technologies such as Snowflake, GCP, DBT, FiveTran, Dataiku, etc.

• High business acumen and advanced understanding of connectivity between operational data and financial data (ERP <> CRM <> PoS <> HRIS <> P&L / trial balance / journal entries, etc.)

• Experience with data modeling methodologies and concepts (e.g., Kimball Modeling, Data Vault, Data Mesh, etc.)

• Strong experience with data modeling

• Certification in data science or analytics (e.g., Certified Analytics Professional)

• Master's in Business Analytics, Computer Science, or similar advanced degree

Benefits

• Competitive Total Compensation - We constantly benchmark our pay scales against the market to maintain competitiveness.

• Restricted Stock Awards - We offer restricted stock awards to select positions to ensure our teams’ long-term commitment and hard work are rewarded by sharing our collective success.

• Visa Sponsorship - We offer visa sponsorship for eligible employees.

• 401k Plan with Employer Contributions - We help secure your future with matching of 401k contributions up to 3.5% of your annual base salary, rising to 6% on the calendar year after your first work anniversary.

• Professional Development Opportunities - We will sponsor company-selected training sessions, conferences, and certifications to foster your growth.

• Meal Reimbursement - Reimbursement for lunch at the office, and dinner too if you are working past 7 pm, up to a limit.

• Gym Membership - Reimbursement for fitness & wellness programs, such as gym memberships, up to a limit.

• Commuter Benefits - We offer the opportunity to leverage the available tax concessions for commuting expenses.

• Relocation Assistance - Available to those who move to the Chicago, Dallas, New York City or Houston metropolitan area as required by their job role.

• Paid Time Off (PTO) - You will be eligible for 15 to 20 days PTO, depending on level, accrued according to company policies.

• Annual Quiet Week - From Dec 24 to Jan 2, we anticipate a quiet week. During this period, all employees may work remotely, and we put in our best effort to keep workload as light as possible in light of balancing business needs.

• Firm Holidays - 12 firm-designated holidays annually, in addition to the eligible PTO.

• Comprehensive Healthcare, Vision, and Dental Insurance - We prioritize your health and wellness with insurance coverage through leading national providers.

• Gynecology, fertility, and family-building benefits through leading providers.

• Paid Parental Leave of 12 weeks after 6 months of service with the company.

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) / Health Savings Account (HSA) Plan - We provide the opportunity to manage your healthcare expenses efficiently through FSA/HSA plans.

• Mental Health Support - Enroll in our healthcare plan and gain access to mental health support through Talkspace.

• HealthAdvocate - Expert assistance to help you navigate the complexities of the healthcare system.

• Disability Insurance - We sponsor short term disability insurance through a leading national provider.

• Sick Days - We adhere to applicable state regulations, ensuring you have time to recover when you are not feeling well.

Flexible Work Policy

We empower you to choose the work environment that best balances your personal needs with the business needs. We recognize that a remote location may allow you to better focus and balance your personal needs. We also believe brainstorming, planning, and team-building exercises are most effective in person and would expect you to be in the office, except when specific remote working arrangements are agreed due to personal situations.

For candidates living in the Chicago, Dallas, or New York City metropolitan areas or within commutable distance, we expect your presence in the office based on business or team needs or team-building activities that are most productive in person. We do not impose specific days for in-office attendance.

We will consider specific remote working arrangements for candidates living outside the Chicago, Dallas, or New York City metropolitan areas. We ask that you travel to our headquarters for important events, such as critical brainstorming and planning sessions, training, or team-building events. If we open an office near you in the future, the same flexible work policy would apply as for our employees living in cities with current Teragonia offices.

For more junior applicants (less than 3 years of professional experience), we are looking for candidates living in, or willing to relocate to, within commutable distance of the Chicago, Dallas, or New York City metropolitan areas so that we can provide you with the support and mentorship as you grow in your career. If you are willing to relocate to the Chicago, Dallas, or New York City metropolitan areas, we will reimburse your reasonable relocation expenses.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement

Teragonia strives for diversity and inclusion in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications of the individual and do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy or other medical conditions/needs), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any legally protected characteristic not otherwise covered here. We encourage all to apply.