Business Data Analyst

Alaska Marine Lines is hiring a Business Data Analyst in Seattle, WA to improve operations through analytics, reporting dashboards, and automated tools.

Responsibilities

• Understand the business by meeting with employees and managers, observing workflows, and identifying inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities
• Translate business challenges into plans by gathering requirements, documenting current and proposed processes, and guiding discussions to recommend practical solutions
• Make operational and business data actionable by analyzing trends, investigating exceptions, and identifying opportunities
• Build decision support reporting such as reports, dashboards, and scorecards
• Design, test, implement, and maintain automated workflows, reports, notifications, and other solutions to improve efficiency, accuracy, and visibility
• Partner across teams, including Information Technology, Business Intelligence, and business stakeholders, to ensure solutions meet operational needs and improve data quality and accessibility
• Drive improvement initiatives from discovery through implementation by coordinating milestones, tracking risks, and keeping stakeholders informed
• Support lasting change through documentation, training, user testing and adoption support, and measurement of whether improvements deliver intended results

Requirements

• Relevant experience in business analysis, operations, logistics, reporting, process improvement, or analytics
• Strong Excel skills
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft Fabric, Power Automate, SQL, or Python is a plus
• Ability to build relationships, manage competing priorities, and follow through on projects independently and collaboratively
• Related bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent combination of education and experience accepted

Technologies

• Excel
• Power BI
• Tableau
• Microsoft Fabric
• Power Automate
• SQL
• Python

Compensation

• USD 77,400 - 105,000 per year (full-time annual equivalent)
• Actual pay may be hourly or salaried; placement within the range depends on qualifications, experience, and assigned responsibilities
• Exempt or nonexempt classification determined by assigned duties and applicable legal requirements

Benefits

• Health insurance: medical, dental, and vision with low employee contributions
• Health insurance for your family: company contributions for medical, dental, and vision
• Paid time off: starts with 17 days paid time off per year (PTO) plus additional extended leave paid time
• Paid holidays: 8 paid holidays per year (New Years Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day)
• 401(k) with company match + additional annual retirement contribution
• Health and Wellness Program: FitOn
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance and AD&D: company-paid at no cost to you
• Long term disability: company-paid at no cost to you
• Opportunities for internal promotions and career advancement
• Family friendly work hours (closed on weekends and paid holidays)
• Discretionary Bonus Program
• Competitive wages with annual performance and wage reviews

Additional Information

• All offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a satisfactory physical, background check, and pre-employment drug testing
• Random drug testing is a requirement for all AML employees