Senior Business Intelligence Specialist (Hybrid in CA)

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What We DoThe Senior Business Intelligence professional will be a key resource in executing the division’s Reporting and Data Strategy, translating business needs into scalable reporting, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.
Working under the direction of Finance Management, this role will help transform a decentralized reporting environment into a more integrated, governed, and effective reporting ecosystem. The position will develop a strong understanding of the division’s data environments and systems, connect previously siloed data, and deliver more comprehensive reporting and analytics to support business decision-making.

What You'll Do:

• Execute the division’s Reporting and Data Strategy through the development and implementation of BI, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Participate in the full solution lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, implementation, documentation, training, and support.
• Design and develop BI assets including datasets, data models, queries, views, dashboards, reports, and analytical tools.
• Develop a deep understanding of the division’s data environments, systems, reporting platforms, and data relationships, including how information can be accessed, connected, and integrated.
• Connect and combine data across systems to create more complete, robust, and actionable reporting that is not available through individual data sources today.
• Administer the division’s reporting governance framework, including maintaining an inventory of reporting assets and applying standards for development, documentation, ownership, data validation, and lifecycle management.
• Evaluate new reporting requests against existing capabilities to reduce duplicate, inconsistent, or unnecessary reporting and identify opportunities to consolidate or enhance existing solutions.
• Serve as a central point of coordination for reporting requests, partnering with Operations, Finance, Technology, and other departments to understand needs and facilitate the appropriate solution.
• Translate business requirements into technical requirements and coordinate with BI, data, technology, and other reporting resources as needed to deliver solutions.
• Partner with business stakeholders to establish and maintain consistent metrics, definitions, data logic, and sources of truth across reporting.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve reporting through automation, data integration, AI, and emerging technologies.
• Monitor and troubleshoot reporting systems, data integrations, reconciliation issues, data quality, and production performance.
• Develop and maintain documentation that improves transparency into data sources, calculations, business logic, reporting ownership, and processes.
• Proactively identify reporting gaps and opportunities to improve the quality, efficiency, scalability, and business value of division reporting.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years of directly related experience
• Advanced Business Intelligence and data visualization
• SQL and data querying
• Data modeling and data integration
• Reporting automation
• Data validation and reconciliation
• Requirements gathering and business analysis
• Cross-functional project coordination
• Business process analysis
• AI and emerging analytics technologies
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Ability to translate between business and technical stakeholders
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills

Pay Range: $97,700.00 - $130,300.00 Annually
This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.

First American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act).

First American intends to conduct a review of an applicant’s criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following material job duties for this position potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: handling of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to First American or its customers, administrating or facilitating financial transactions, and the ability to meet customer-imposed criminal history requirements.

What We OfferBy choice, we don’t simply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First culture is inclusive for all employees - not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it's the key to our success. We are proud to foster an authentic and inclusive workplace For All. You are free and encouraged to bring your entire, unique self to work. First American is an equal opportunity employer in every sense of the term.

Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.