Nelson Technology is currently seeking a talented Senior Business Intelligence and Data Analyst for their client in San Francisco, CA.  This is a six month Contract to hire opportunity.

Compensation: up to $57.00 per hour/W2

Job Detail:

•        The Contractor must be technical in his/her ability to pull the reports, but also be able to analyze the data

•        In addition to analyzing the data, the Contractor needs to be VERY technical (SQL is a must and web analytics)

•        The ideal Contractor should come from the Media, TV or Web Analytics industry

•        Will be reporting to the Manager of Business Intelligence & Product Management Senior Business Intelligence and Data Analyst We are looking for an exceptional senior analyst with a passion for data, analytics, and entertainment to join our Entertainment Business Intelligence team. The Entertainment Business Intelligence team is at the core of strategic and operational decisions for the world’s #1 broadcast network online

Responsibilities:

•        Perform data mining, analysis, experiments (A/B testing), and reporting to support product, research, sales, market intelligences, and management teams

•        Perform various statistical analyses using data drawn from diverse sources to identify genuine trends, to map relationships, and to make predictions

•        Ability to work with large amounts of data and draw meaningful conclusions and recommendations

•        Develop data programs to educate effective product development and optimizations

•        Design, develop, and administer reports, dashboards and reporting portals that will integrate multiple data sources within a single interface

Required Qualifications:

•        Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Math, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, or equivalent quantitative training

•        2-5 years working experience with strong analytical and problem-solving skills involving data mining and machine learning, data and predictive modeling, data integration methodologies, and data warehousing

•        Extensive experience querying large, complex data sets; proficient with relational database (Oracle, Netezza, Teradata, Hive/Hadoop) and spreadsheets (i.e. Excel) is essential

•        Proficient in advanced SQL and with analytics tools (R, SAS, S+, MATLAB)

•        Experience with web analytics (Google Analytics, Omniture, etc)

•        Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and to meet changing deadlines and priorities on multiple simultaneous projects

•        Must be detail-oriented and focused on data accuracy

•        Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to effectively communicate and present data and information

•        Build strong working relationships with coworkers, customers, and company management

•        Must successfully pass a background check Pluses:

•        Experience with programming languages (PHP, C, Perl, Python, etc) a strong plus

•        Experience with Microstrategy desktop and OLAP services a strong plus

•        Experience with internal and external APIs (Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc)

•        Passion for video, social networking, advertisement, and digital entertainment industry

About Nelson:

Founded in 1970 with locations throughout California and into Texas, Nelson ranks among the largest independent staffing companies in the United States. Regularly recognized as one of the “Top 10 Best Staffing Firms to Work For,” in 2012, Nelson was also honored as one of the Best Places to Work in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times and the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal. Comprised of three major business units focused on specific industries, Nelson has the capacity to place job candidates quickly in a number of fields in full-time, executive, consultative, and temporary positions. Nelson & Associates is the finance and accounting arm of the organization, situating professionals in jobs in the financial arena, while Nelson Technology is plugged into the tech community, filling openings rapidly from their vast social network. Nelson Staffing offers the broad spectrum of career areas, including winery operations, technology, game software testing, legal, engineering, office administration, hospitality, production, customer service, marketing, non-profit, human resources, business development and sales. To learn more about the company, visit http://www.nelsonhr.com.