Data Analyst III

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington. 

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

The Data Analyst III works in the Financial Management Information Systems (FMIS) department in the Finance organization, and with external stakeholders to develop internal applications, that allow our employees to analyze finance data.

The Data Analyst III will develop useful financial analytic reports and dashboards that provide relevant and actionable insights to the intended audience. Financial analytic reports and dashboards will enable the following:

• Visualize key financial metrics and indicators, such as budget, expenses, variance, etc.
• Compare actual performance to targets, budgets, forecasts, or historical data.
• Identify trends, patterns, anomalies, and opportunities in the financial data.
• Enable drill-down and exploration of the underlying data sources.
• Provide clear and concise explanations of the data and the insights derived from it.

The Data Analyst III will also collaborate with our FMIS PeopleSoft support team, DBA team, FMIS business analysts, data security and governance advisors, and the Finance division in general to augment the financial data mart with relevant, consistent, and effective metadata, tagging, and endorsement program to enable citizen data scientists.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to assess report requirements and develop specifications for reports and dashboards to be developed by the FMIS team.
• Apply analytical skills to translate user and business needs into actionable, creative, and insightful dashboards with great attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ensure work related documentation complies with FMIS guidelines and best practices.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to evaluate existing reporting and provide more in-depth, and precise analytics to better serve analysis of finance data.
• Apply critical thinking and analytical skills to propose improvements to existing processes and dashboards, where needed.
• Collaborate with FMIS, Finance, and IT on development and documentation of standard datasets used for reporting and analysis.
• Contribute to development of database design, ETL processes, metadata development, endorsement, tagging and describing of all data necessary for finance reporting and analytics.
• Ensure access control for object level, row level, and column level security rules are applied consistently.
• Develop and document standard practices for implementing or modifying derived datasets to be used by all dataset developers.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience working in data analytics and experience in presentation development

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in statistics or computer science or a scientific, technical, or finance-related field.
• Experience working in finance data management.
• Experience in good data management practices for Finance, Human Resources, and Payroll data.
• Working knowledge of PeopleSoft FMS and/or nVision.
• Experience working as Power BI site administrator.
• 3+ years’ experience with Business intelligence tools and techniques (Data Security, Data Integration, Reporting, Data Mining, Data Visualizations, Dashboarding, ETL, drilldowns).
• 2+ years’ experience developing reports using an enterprise reporting tool such as Business Objects, Power BI, Tableau, SQL Server Reporting Services, Oracle Reports.
• 2-year experience with programming in SQL, SAS, Python, R or Perl on a PC/Unix platform.
• Experience working with an issue tracking tool such as JIRA.
• Working knowledge of relational database management system.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively as a member of several project teams.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and appropriately prioritize work assignments.
• Knowledge of good clinical data management practices in Finance, Human Resources, and Payroll.
• Thoroughly understand and agree to work within and apply HIPAA compliance.
• BI tool certification, preferably Power BI.

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.

This role will have the opportunity to work remotely and partially at our campus. 

The annual base salary range for this position is from $88,670 to $132,974, and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (12-22 days per year), paid sick leave (12-25 days per year), paid holidays (13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 6 months). 

Our Commitment to Diversity

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Employer. We are committed to cultivating a workplace in which diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability (physical or mental), marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, political ideology, or membership in any other legally protected class. We are an Affirmative Action employer. We encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds to apply and desire priority referrals of protected veterans. If due to a disability you need assistance/and or a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to Human Resources at [email protected] or by calling 206-667-4700.