Director Of Strategic Data Insights

Director of Strategic Data Insights (req5125)
Job Number:
req5125
Job Title:
Director of Strategic Data Insights
Number of Openings:
1
Job/Employment Type:
FT
Country:
USA
State/Province:
New York
City:
Niagara Falls
Job Category:
Executive
Career Level:
Executive
Level of Education:
Bachelors (Four Year Degree)
Years of Experience:
More than 10 years
Position Description
The Director of Strategic Data Insight, under the guidance of Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for developing and implementing improved data methodologies throughout the organization to increase profitability and operational efficiencies, while reducing redundancies and operational risk. This role will also be responsible for supporting the financial analysis and reporting related to business development opportunities.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Regular reporting and presentation of Strategic analyses and initiatives to the senior management team;
2. Communicate with the senior management team on an on-going basis relative to strategic initiative progress;
3. Meeting with stakeholders throughout the organization to obtain regular updates to the corporation's strategic initiatives, and reporting of such to the senior management team;
4. Development of training initiatives to further enhance operational and administrative support department understanding of data, analyses, and information available to assist in achieving operational efficiencies and increased profitability;
5. Assisting departments with identifying appropriate data to support SGC capital investments and major strategic initiatives, including, but not limited to: market growth strategies, property growth strategies, administrative support strategies, and development opportunities;
6. Build relationships with department directors at all properties and hold meetings regularly to review financial data, validate the utility and accuracy of the data being used for decision making purposes, and educating departments on data interpretation;
7. Participate in monthly financial reviews for all properties and SGC Corporate;
8. Work closely with the Director of Budget and Analysis and the Financial Planning and Analysis Department to identify recommendations and actionable items resulting from review of data and analysis;
9. Flexibility to adapt to evolving strategic plans, initiatives, departmental vision, and immediate business needs;
10. Foster company-wide appreciation for the power of data in shaping SGC's strategic plans;
11. Implement cutting-edge data practices, keep up to date on industry trends, and ensure SGC remains at the forefront of analytics excellence; and
12. Harness Data Insights to inform and guide high-level strategic decisions to assist with achieving overarching business goals.

Position Requirements
Each position hasvarying minimum qualifications. In the absence of fully qualifiedcandidates, some requirements may be waived.
Education/Experience:

1. Must be 18 years of age or older upon employment.
2. Must have a minimum of a four-year degree in Mathematics, Economics, or Accounting.
3. Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in a financial reporting and analysis role in the gaming industry, with five (5) years of experience in a manager role.
4. Intricate experience with, and knowledge of, data analysis, mining and integration (IE. extract, transform and load, or ETL; SQL queries; etc.), are required.
5. Intricate experience with data visualization software and transforming data into actionable and measurable goals.
6. Excellent communication, organizational, and analytical skills are required.
7. Successful candidate must be an experienced, results oriented, and hands-on professional.
8. Able to read, analyze and interpret complicated documents, such as technical journals, financial and statistical reports and legal documents with an ability to present information to management and other key users within the organization.
9. Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions and provide solutions.
10. Must demonstrate leadership, fairness, and sensibility to the customers and employees.
11. Must possess ability to instill a sense of pride and personal responsibility in fellow team members.

Language Skills and Reasoning Ability:

1. Must possess excellent communication skills.
2. Ability to write routine correspondence and to speak effectively to the public, employees and customers.
3. Must have the ability to deal effectively and interact well with the customers and employees.
4. Must have the ability to resolve problems/conflicts in a diplomatic and tactful manner.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately loud. When on the casino floor, the noise levels increase to loud. Must be able to work in an environment where smoking is permitted.

1. Must be able to stand, walk, and move through all areas of the casino.
2. Maintain physical stamina and proper mental attitude to work under pressure in a fast-paced, casino environment and effectively deal with customers, management, employees, and members of the business community in all situations.