Data Analytics Specialist

Job Description Summary

Reporting to the Associate Director of Data Analytics and Insights on the Data Engineering and Operations team, the Data Analytics Specialist supports Bentley University’s enterprise data and analytics ecosystem by translating business needs into well-defined data requirements, building and maintaining trusted reporting and dashboard solutions, and partnering with data engineering and business teams to deliver scalable data products. The role combines business analysis, BI development, data modeling, testing, and hands-on engineering support across the analytics delivery lifecycle. The position may apply statistical, predictive, or machine learning techniques when they are appropriate to the business need, while maintaining a primary focus on reliable data, actionable analysis, and decision-ready reporting.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Business Analysis & Data Requirements

• Collaborate with business partners, cross-functional teams, and IT units to gather, clarify, and document detailed business, data, and reporting requirements. • Translate business needs into technical specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, data mappings, semantic model requirements, and analytics deliverables. • Lead or support stakeholder interviews, discovery sessions, process mapping, workflow analysis, and use-case development. • Conduct data discovery and profiling to understand source systems, data structures, data quality, lineage, and end-to-end…