Hiring for Data Analyst :: St. Louis, MO

Job Title: Data Analyst Location: St. Louis, MO Type: Contract to Hire Description We are looking for someone who can serve as a bridge between business stakeholders and engineering teams, with ownership of metric governance, testing, data quality, and business support activities. Key Responsibilities Include Metric Validation & Release Sign-Off Validate and reconcile executive, advisor, and board-facing metrics against source systems prior to release.Execute release sign-off and document any exceptions.Maintain metric definitions, calculation logic, lineage, and supporting documentation.Escalate validation issues and coordinate remediation with business data owners.Recommend hold/release decisions when discrepancies are identified. User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Define test cases based on business requirements and metric definitions.Coordinate stakeholder validation activities for releases.Perform regression testing across dashboards, reports, and metrics impacted by changes.Log, track, and verify defect resolution.Provide release readiness recommendations to data product owners. Data Quality & Source Remediation Define and maintain recurring data quality checks.Investigate data quality issues and perform root cause analysis.Coordinate with business data owners to resolve source data defects.Perform ongoing reconciliation of reporting outputs against source systems.Report data quality status and open issues to product owners. Business & Stakeholder Support Partner with stakeholders to define requirements and business logic for new metrics and reporting enhancements.Serve as the primary point of contact for questions regarding metric definitions and reported results.Maintain documentation that supports stakeholder self-service and adoption. Desired Qualifications Strong SQL and analytical skills.Experience supporting business-critical reporting and metric validation.Experience with UAT, data quality management, and root cause analysis.Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.Experience with Power BI or similar reporting platforms.Strong documentation and requirements gathering experience.