“The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
An ANALYST is a person who analyzes and is skilled in analysis. Business Analysts (BA) are required to find, analyze and report business data to support business optimization.
The job functions of an analyst very greatly from business to business and even within each business job functions can vary from analyst to analyst. However at their core, you will find that just about anyone with analyst in the title has several things in common.
Based on the book, the Accidental Analyst, four character traits that most analysts have are:
- PASSION for helping people solve real problems
- KNOWLEDGE of the business being analyzed
- EXPOSURE to thinking analytically and problem solving tools
- EXPERIENCE using data to solve problems
In addition most analysts have certain personality types:
- reflective
- intuitive
- deep-thinkers
- and able to make quick judgments
These findings show a consistency across analysts no matter if their focus in on reporting, analysis and/or research, if they are working with small structured data sets or volumes of unstructured big data or if they are actively working to optimize the business or just providing information.
Per CHED some of the analytics jobs graduates of the program should be ready for:
- Jr. Business Analyst
- Operations Assistant
- (Web) Site Analyst
- Marketing Officer
- Jr. Operations Analyst
- Financial Analyst
- Supply Chain Analyst
- Human Resources Associate
- Training Associate
- Administrative Associate
- Accounting Analyst
- Quality Assurance Analyst
- Facilities Associate
- Planning/Budget Analyst
- Insurance Analyst
- Social Media Analyst
- Virtual Assistant
- Customer Service Rep
- Finance Analyst
- Accounts Payable Analyst
- Travel Analyst
- Expense Analyst
- General Accounting Analyst
This list is hardly exhaustive. On a typical day on jobstreet.com you will see hundreds of job titles that includes analyst in the title.
So I guess the next question to ask is, “What kind of analytics and analyst jobs interest you the most? ”
The Fundamental of Business Analytics – Business Analytics is the application of talent, technology and technique on business data for the purpose of extracting insights and discovering opportunities. DMAIPH specializes in empowering organizations, schools, and businesses with a mastery of the fundamentals of business analytics. Contact DMAIPH now at analytics@dmaiph.com or connect with me directly to find out how you can strengthen your business analytics fundamentals.
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