Business Intelligence Analysts
Also called:
Business Intelligence Analyst, Business Intelligence Manager, Competitive Intelligence Analyst, Manager, Market Intelligence
What they do:
Produce financial and market intelligence by querying data repositories and generating periodic reports. Devise methods for identifying data patterns and trends in available information sources.
On the job, you would:
- Analyze competitive market strategies through analysis of related product, market, or share trends.
- Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action.
- Communicate with customers, competitors, suppliers, professional organizations, or others to stay abreast of industry or business trends.
Arts and Humanities
Business
- sales and marketing
- management
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
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Basic Skills
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- read and understand what is written
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- use rules to solve problems
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Math
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
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They do well at jobs that need:
- Analytical Thinking
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Persistence
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Dependability
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You might use software like this on the job:
Data base reporting software
- Panorama NovaView
- SAP BusinessObjects software
Data base management system software
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Oracle procedural language/structured query language PL/SQL
Data base user interface and query software
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bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$81,140
per year, on average
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