Xcel Energy

Principal Data Analyst

Principal Data Analyst
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LocationMinneapolis, MN
Salary$95,200-$125,250
On-site
Utilities

About This Job

Are you looking for an exciting job where you can put your skills and talents to work at a company you can feel proud to be a part of? Do you want a workplace that will challenge you and offer you opportunities to learn and grow? A position at Xcel Energy could be just what you’re looking for.


Principal Data Analyst

Position Summary

Responsible as team lead for defining, implementing and supporting advanced analytics solutions and capabilities. Determines work load and priority for the team. Provides expertise in the integration, analysis and wrangling of data in support of solving business problems. Manipulates/ analyzes complex datasets with a variety of tools; communicates results clearly and concisely to provide insight to multiple audiences.

Essential Responsibilities

Data Wrangling/Exploration: Follow consistent practices to ensure data integrity and deal with imperfections in data. Effectively process structured data; proficiently integrate data sets from various sources; draw conclusions from data. Collaborate with business stakeholders as needed to ensure solid data understanding and proper data transformation; work cross-functionally with development and engineering teams. Analyze large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns; confidently draw conclusions from data and gain actionable insights from data.
Work Management - Manages multiple tasks, with the ability to deal with ambiguity and shifting priorities. Communicates status and estimates clearly and timely to management and team members. Prioritize work for the team.
Communication: Effectively communicate technical information to numerous audiences; effectively develop relationships with individuals inside and outside of IT. Address challenges to analytic processes and influence others to change their approach and work collectively to implement new tools/techniques. Gain support from related stakeholders for analytic solutions.
Programming: Develop efficient and high quality code; follow solid validation process to ensure consistency and minimize errors; adhere to version control standards. Maintain skills through continuing education; seamlessly transition between languages to apply the right approach to the right problem.
Continuing Education - takes a proactive approach to understanding industry and organization-specific business issues. Participates in structured and self-study training courses. Continually improves technical skills and learns new data sources.
Data Visualization: Create meaningful data visualizations to communicate results and highlight business impact. Utilize various visualization techniques and delivery methods of visualization that are audience appropriate.


Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's degree in MIS, CIS, Statistics, Analytics or related IT degree or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 8 years' experience in an analytics environment.
Minimum 3 to 5 years experience with SOX, NERC and/or TSA regulatory requirements involving audit.
Expertise in SQL
Proven ability to work within a regulatory environment, consolidating various data sources into a unified system to ensure audit compliance
Comfortable working with large, complex data sets - drawing conclusions and proposing recommendations
Proven ability to effectively partner, collaborate, and communicate with technical and non-technical colleagues in various business functions at all levels
Hands-on experience constructing visual analytics with SAP products and or Microsoft Power BI
Working knowledge of an analytics data warehouse
Working knowledge of a big data platform
Familiarity with fundamentals of statistics and probability
Familiarity with fundamentals of data pipelines Strong attention to detail
Demonstrated ability to wrangle data
Comfortable working with structured and unstructured data
Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to lead a team

As a leading combination electricity and natural gas energy company, Xcel Energy offers a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.4 million electricity and 1.9 million natural gas customers across eight Western and Midwestern states. At Xcel Energy, we strive to be the preferred and trusted provider of the energy our customers need. If you’re ready to be a part of something big, we invite you to join our team.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to apply please contact us at recruiting@xcelenergy.com.


Non-Bargaining

The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $95,200.00 to $125,250.00 per year

This position is eligible for the following benefits: Annual Incentive Program, Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Care Reimbursement Account, Health Care Reimbursement Account, Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA), Transportation Reimbursement Account, Short-term disability (STD), Long-term disability (LTD), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Tuition reimbursement, Transit programs, Employee recognition program, Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays, Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO), Parental Leave

Benefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.

In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information including but not limited to dates of school attendance and graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.


Deadline to Apply: 07/31/25

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ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

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