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Business Data Analyst Intern

Taylor Corporation
paid time off, 401(k)
United States, Minnesota, North Mankato
May 09, 2025
Come Work with Us! Taylor Corporation is a growing, dynamic company with big plans for the future - and our people. Family owned and proud of it, we power our employees' potential and strive to create opportunity and security for every member of the team. We're passionate about our work, we believe there is always a better way, and we're in this for the long haul. Ready to build a career? It's time to look at Taylor. Your Opportunity: Taylor Corporation is seeking a Business Data Analyst Intern to play a key role in analytics development initiatives in our Strategic Data Analytics group. The SDA team is responsible for working with internal company stakeholders to build analytical solutions. The Business Data Analyst Intern will touch all stages of our analytics implementation process, including client requirements gathering, upfront analysis, documentation, as well as data modeling and report development activities. Your Responsibilities: Serve as a primary point of contact for business stakeholders and clients, translating complex technical information into easy-to-understand terms for the business and converting business requirements into technical specifications for development teams. Facilitate discovery sessions and requirements gathering, validating data source systems, functional specifications, and UI/UX expectations. Clearly document requirements and functional specifications, creating mock-ups, prototypes, ad-hoc queries, and other artifacts to support these requirements. Define and track key metrics, determining how to measure and collect the necessary data. Translate new business requests into formal proposals, including drafting statements of work, timelines, deliverable expectations, and scopes of work. Develop visualizations and reports grounded in statistical best practices to effectively communicate results and key findings to internal customers. Educate users on how to use and interpret analytical dashboards. Perform gap analysis of current state and needed analytics applications in collaboration with the Analytics Manager, Data Architects, and Report Developers. Contribute to the development of AI models or software tools to enhance data analysis capabilities and streamline business processes. Our Ideal Candidate: Is currently enrolled in a four-year college/university undergraduate program, majoring in Computer Science, Statistics, Finance, or a related field Has effective project management skills, ensuring adherence to client timelines and business needs while prioritizing efforts across multiple clients Has strong mathematics and statistics abilities Has excellent writing, listening, and client-facing communication skills, including the ability to interact at a director-level or higher and explain complicated or technical information in a simple way to non-technical audiences Has demonstrated ability to work both collaboratively within a team environment and independently on projects, showcasing strong self-motivation and initiative Preferred: Understanding of relational database systems and the ability to query and analyze raw data for modeling and validation purposes Preferred: Experience in building reports and dashboards in self-service reporting platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, QlikView, Birst, etc.) Preferred: Exposure to development practices, including familiarity with software development life cycles, version control systems, and agile methodologies Additional Requirements: Curiosity and passion about data, visualization, and solving problems Creativity to determine the best solution for a real-world problem with quantitative data Familiarity with Microsoft Office product suite (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio); advanced Excel skills required Demonstrated ability to effectively facilitate meetings with strong presentation skills Knowledge of fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of supply chain preferred Exposure to data warehousing, data modeling, predictive analytics, machine learning, process simulation, or optimization techniques, particularly as it relates to supply chain preferred The anticipated hourly range for this position is $16-22. The actual pay offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. The amount listed is just one component of Taylor Corporation's total compensation and benefits package for employees. About Our Company One of the largest graphics communications firms in North America, Taylor's family of companies provide a diverse set of products, services and technologies addressing the toughest communication challenges. For nearly 50 years, Taylor has been a premier provider of powerful and innovative products, services and expertise for individuals, businesses and distributors large and small. Our 10,000+ employees spanning 26 states and seven countries work diligently to create the interactive, printing and marketing solutions that have helped build some of the world's more recognizable brands. Everything we do begins with identifying the unique priorities and needs of our customers and creating one-of-a-kind solutions. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including several health plans to choose from, dental, vision, wellness programs, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, 401(k) plan with company match, paid time off (PTO) and 64 hours of annual holiday pay. *The Employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.* Taylor Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Taylor Corporation including all partners and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.