A Day in the Life of a Business Intelligence Analyst at SAP
According to Chalamar, a Business Intelligence Analyst at SAP, the job isn't glamorous, involving "a lot of dirty work" such as processing data and building SQL queries to provide business insights. The position is cross-functional, requiring daily meetings and bridging communication between business and development teams to connect data to various needs.
Data Analysis, SQL, Teamwork, Communication, Business Insights
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Chalamar Elkridge
Business Intelligence Analyst
SAP
University of San Diego, Sacramento City College
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Mathematics, Data Science, Statistics
Technology
Data and Analytics
Honors Student, Pell Grant Recipient, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Transfer Student, Student Athlete, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Involves processing a lot of data and building SQL queries to provide business insights.
2. Requires a lot of day-to-day meetings with different teams, acting as a cross-functional member.
3. Deals with both the business and development sides of the organization, bridging the gap between them using data.
Transcript
What does a day in the life of a business intelligence analyst look like?
The day in the life of a business intelligence analyst isn't all that glorious. There's a lot of dirty work that you have to deal with, so you have to process a lot of data.
You deal with a lot of SQL building queries to give business insights. A lot of your day-to-day involves meetings with different teams.
As you're a very cross-functional member, you deal with a lot of people on the business side and the development side. Your role is to work with those two teams to create a bridge for the data.