Job Description:

We Impact Lives Through Purpose-Driven Work in A People First Culture

Ascend Learning is the connection between a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers with outcomes-based, data driven solutions across the lifecycle of learning.

Our values-driven culture unifies our teams and inspires a mindset of action, innovation, and collaboration, with a relentless focus on customers.

We're always looking for talented, passionate professionals to join us in our mission to help change lives. If this sounds like an environment where you'd thrive, read on to learn more.

Ascend Learning leads the way in innovation and solution creation to improve outcomes and deliver results for students, educators, and healthcare workers in the ever-changing field of healthcare. We offer advanced resources that drive nursing success, empower front-line certified allied health workers, help physicians pass boards and stay current, and provide education management tools for medical education programs.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Ascend Learning is hiring for a business intelligence analyst within their healthcare operations center of excellence. The Business Intelligence Analyst role assists organizational decision making by providing and explaining data in an easily consumable format and translates internal and external customers’ business requirements into technical requirements and meaningful solutions.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This position will work from our Leawood, KS office location/hybrid. Remote will also be considered.

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME

• Provide data in an easily consumable format to all levels of the organization to assist in decisions that drive revenue and foster data exploration.


• Work with internal and external customers to understand business requirements and translate those business requirements into technical requirements for quick, actionable insights.


• Write queries using SSMS/Snowflake and build reports and dashboards leveraging Tableau Desktop and Server.


• Communicate with customers, both internal and external, in a professional and timely manner.


• Help business users understand and make conclusions from data for decision making purposes.


• Research issues/anomalies with data, systems, and processes.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Education & Years of Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field.


• 1-2 years’ experience researching, analyzing, and leveraging data from internal and external resources.


• 1-2 years’ experience in data analytics or business intelligence preferred.

Key Skills and Abilities/Qualifications

• 1-2 years’ experience with industry-leading software solutions and concepts (GP, CRM, APIs, ETL, Datamarts, Windows Server, Microsoft Office)


• 1-2 years’ experience with Business Intelligence tools like Tableau, SSRS, Power BI.


• 1-2 years’ experience with presenting data in charts, graphs, tables and creating dashboards.


• Excellent analytic skills, business acumen, oral and written communication skills.


• Eager to learn self-starter who can work in a fast-paced environment with emphasis on independence, quality, accuracy, and aesthetics.

BENEFITS

• Flexible and generous paid time off


• Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance


• 401(k) employer matching program


• Parental leave


• Wellness resources


• Charitable matching program


• Hybrid work


• On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)


• Community outreach groups


• Tuition reimbursement

Fostering A Sense of Belonging

We seek out and celebrate all people and perspectives and cultivate an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued and be their authentic selves. Our culture is firmly rooted in the belief that by embracing our differences and drawing on diverse perspectives, we are a stronger, more innovative, and more successful organization where employees experience a sense of belonging.

About Ascend Learning

As a tech-enabled services company, Ascend Learning is a national leader in developing and delivering data-driven online educational content, software, assessments, analytics, and simulations serving institutions, students and employers across healthcare, fitness and wellness, public and workplace safety, skilled trades, insurance, financial services, cybersecurity, and higher education. We're committed to accelerating the learning pathways that can move people into careers where they have the knowledge and skills to have an impact and help change lives in the communities they serve. Headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and hybrid and remote workers in cities across the U.S., Ascend Learning was recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group as one of America's 2023 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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