Business Intelligence Analysts — Tasks

Task statements

• Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders.
• Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.
• Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users.
• Provide technical support for existing reports, dashboards, or other tools.
• Identify and analyze industry or geographic trends with business strategy implications.
• Document specifications for business intelligence or information technology reports, dashboards, or other outputs.
• Create business intelligence tools or systems, including design of related databases, spreadsheets, or outputs.
• Collect business intelligence data from available industry reports, public information, field reports, or purchased sources.
• Disseminate information regarding tools, reports, or metadata enhancements.
• Conduct or coordinate tests to ensure that intelligence is consistent with defined needs.
• Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action.
• Analyze competitive market strategies through analysis of related product, market, or share trends.
• Identify or monitor current and potential customers, using business intelligence tools.
• Communicate with customers, competitors, suppliers, professional organizations, or others to stay abreast of industry or business trends.
• Maintain library of model documents, templates, or other reusable knowledge assets.
• Create or review technical design documentation to ensure the accurate development of reporting solutions.
• Analyze technology trends to identify markets for future product development or to improve sales of existing products.