Data Analyst presso Heritage Auctions

Description

Start your career with one of the nation’s fastest-growing auction houses, that focuses on treasured collectibles from Sports, Entertainment to Luxury Handbags and Fine Art.  

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with offices in New York, Chicago, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong, and other cities. For almost 50 years, Heritage Auctions has been the largest auction house founded in the U.S. and serves more than 50 different auction categories, including Coins, Sports, Comics, Historical, Jewelry, Fine & Decorative Art, Wine, and many more.   

SUMMARY: Heritage Auctions is seeking a Data Analyst to help business leaders leverage existing capabilities in business operations and reporting. This role will execute departmental processes for gathering or cleaning data and answer ad-hoc requests for queries. The ideal candidate will have previous exposure to both technical challenges and process execution. Responsible for operating and maintaining high-quality business system solutions to support information-gathering efforts in reporting and business development. Will develop expertise to answer requests for support from business leaders.

LOCATION: South of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, NW corner of W. Airport Freeway (Hwy. 183) and Valley View Lane 

BENEFITS:  

• Medical, Dental, Vision coverage  
• Paid time off  
• 401k savings plans 
• Onsite gym with access to a personal trainer 

COMPENSATION: Commensurate based on experience. 
 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Executes department processes to provide reporting, data, or recommendations for internal clients
• Monitors the execution of pre-developed scripts or procedures and QAs the output for successful execution or for follow-up
• Configure or fine-tunes procedures to fix process gaps and adapt. May need to review process outcomes in conjunction with clients to find a resolution
• Maintains current solutions' adaptation to existing applications and delivers small-scale enhancements to improve performance
• Creates formal knowledge transfer materials for other team members, as needed
• Escalate process gaps or findings for resolution with other experts on the team. May recommend changes to departmental processes to better meet objectives such as speed, accuracy, value
• Contributes to organization success by responding to ad-hoc requests for root cause analysis of service incidents, business observation deep dives, or other required uses of a data expert
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Other duties may be assigned

Requirements

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:? 

• Preferred: a customer or member of the collectible community, who may better understand industry standards and expectations of internal and external clients
• Bachelor's degree in quantitative field (Computer Science, Statistics, Math, or other) preferred
• Experience developing or operating reporting solutions using SQL data warehouses that are reliable and perform at high levels
• Preference for experience with other analytical tools such as Power BI, else other tools like Excel Power Query, Python, R, notebooks 
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications, primarily Teams, Outlook, Excel, Word
• Seeking 3-5 years of experience of writing queries or developing solutions with SQL or relational databases

Heritage Auctions welcomes and encourages applications from women, minorities, veterans, mature workers, and persons with disabilities. EOE