Senior Data Analyst

Company: Wintrust Financial Corporation
Location: Chicago
Posted on: June 2, 2025

Job Description:

Wintrust Wealth Management serves the financial needs of private clients, including high net worth individuals, business owners, and institutions. Since our founding in 1931, we have been helping clients meet their increasingly complex financial goals with the highest standards of service and integrity. Through our four companies, Wintrust Investments LLC, Wintrust Private Trust., Great Lakes Advisors LLC, and The Chicago Deferred Exchange Company LLC, we offer comprehensive wealth management solutions, including investment, trust, and asset management services. Wintrust Wealth Management is a division of Wintrust, a financial services company with more than $62 billion in assets.An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 11 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years).Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible.Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement, to name a few.Promote from within culture.Why join this team?This position has the opportunity to interface with and have a positive impact on multiple areas of Wintrust's business.We hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun.Position OverviewWe are seeking an experienced Senior Data Analyst to lead complex data analysis projects from inception to delivery, driving business growth through actionable insights. This multifaceted role involves basic project management, stakeholder collaboration, advanced data analysis, data visualization, predictive modeling, data governance, and quality assurance. The ideal candidate will possess technical expertise in SQL and Power BI, strong business acumen, industry domain knowledge, and leadership skills.Industry domain knowledge and understanding of business operations are essential, as the successful candidate will need to translate data insights into strategic business recommendations. Strong leadership skills are also required to mentor junior analysts and drive process automation and efficiency improvements.What You'll Do

• Project Leadership: Lead and manage all aspects of complex data analysis projects, from defining the problem statement to presenting actionable insights to stakeholders.
• Business Acumen: Partner with business stakeholders to understand their needs, translate them into technical requirements, and ensure project deliverables align with business goals.
• Data Expertise: Design, develop, and implement data collection strategies, ensuring data accuracy and completeness. Clean, transform, and analyze large datasets using advanced techniques and tools like SQL.
• Data Automation: Automate data processes and improve efficiency.
• Data Visualization: Create clear, compelling, and interactive data visualizations and reports using tools like Power BI to communicate insights effectively.
• Advanced Analytics: Perform advanced statistical analysis to identify trends and patterns in data, develop predictive models (if applicable), and uncover hidden insights.
• Data Governance Champion: Champion data governance initiatives by developing and documenting data policies and procedures to maintain data quality and integrity.Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Science, or Analytics with Financial Industry knowledge.
• 5-8 years of experience developing in SQL as well as 5-8 years of experience with database management and analysis (data profiling, data architecture, data governance).
• 8-10 years of experience working with data visualization tools (PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik, etc.).
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal) as well as the ability to partner with different functional areas across an organization.
• Experience translating business objectives into technical requirements.CompensationThe estimated salary range for this role is $98,000.00 - $132,000.00, along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors, such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, and experience.#LI-HybridFrom our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago's Bank and Wisconsin's Bank, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.About UsWintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $62 billion in assets whose common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Guided by its "Different Approach, Better Results" philosophy, Wintrust offers the sophisticated resources of a large bank while providing a community banking experience to each customer. Wintrust operates more than 200 retail banking locations through 16 community bank subsidiaries in the greater Chicago, southern Wisconsin, west Michigan, northwest Indiana, and southwest Florida market areas. In addition, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units, providing residential mortgage origination, wealth management, commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing/outsourced administrative services to the temporary staffing services industry, and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges. Our unique business model is a competitive strength and value driver, powered by our talented colleagues who put our customers first and achieve better results for our clients.Wintrust may collect personal information from you in connection with the application process. Wintrust complies with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, and its policy may be found here.
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