Data Analyst-ONSITE INTERVIEW

Job Title: Data Analyst
Work Location: New York, NY
Duration: 3 month contract with option to extend
Education/Experience Required: Experience with and understanding global energy units; Experience Maintaining data accuracy across units
Job Description & Responsibilities :

• This position will support year-end Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reporting for the client's global real estate portfolio. The GREWE team provides utility and environmental data used to
  calculate emissions and support the limited assurance process.
• This is a hands-on, data-intensive role focused on reviewing global utility invoices, performing manual data entry and quality assurance, identifying data gaps or inconsistencies, and partnering with on-site Facilities' Management teams to collect and validate required information.
• Support the collection and validation of data for Scope 1, Scope 2, and applicable Scope 3 GHG reporting.
• Collect and manage environmental data across:
  • Energy: electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, district heating, and district cooling
  • Waste: hazardous, non-hazardous, recycling, and compost
  • Water: water and sewage
• Review utility invoices from locations around the world, interpreting billing periods, consumption, units of measure, account information, and other relevant data.
• Perform high-volume manual data entry and quality assurance within utility bill management and environmental reporting platforms.
• Investigate missing invoices, unusual consumption, duplicate data, reporting gaps, and other discrepancies, applying sound judgment before accepting data as accurate.
• Use Excel, including PivotTables, lookup functions, formulas, and data reconciliation techniques, to organize, analyze, and validate large data sets.
• Coordinate with Facilities Management teams globally to obtain missing information, resolve discrepancies, and document supporting rationale.
• Manage stakeholder communications across different regions and time zones while keeping data collection activities on schedule.
• Maintain clear and traceable supporting documentation, including invoices, correspondence, and other evidence required to support the GHG inventory and limited assurance process

Skills & Qualifications :

• High school diploma or GED required; college coursework or a degree in engineering, environmental science, sustainability, urban planning, data analytics, or a related field preferred.
• 1 to 2 years of relevant experience preferred in real estate or sustainability
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, lookup functions, formulas, data reconciliation, and spreadsheet management.
• Exceptional attention to detail, particularly when reviewing and manually entering high volumes of data.
• Strong invoice literacy, with the ability to identify relevant consumption, billing periods, units of measure, and account information.
• Comfort working with global data, including different units of measure, currencies, billing formats, languages, and time zones.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a data-skeptical mindset, with the curiosity to question information that appears incomplete, inconsistent, or unusual.
• Comfort performing repetitive, detail-oriented work while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the persistence to follow up with stakeholders until outstanding information is resolved.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines during high-volume reporting periods.

Ability to learn new systems, processes, and reporting requirements quickly.
Preferred Experience:

• Ideal candidates will have previous experience or demonstrated interest in one or more of the following:
  • Utility invoices or utility bill management
  • Commercial real estate or facilities management
  • Energy and sustainability
  • GHG or environmental reporting
  • Working with global utility or environmental data
  • Utility bill management or sustainability platforms such as Schneider Electric, IBM Envizi, Conservice, Capturis, or similar system