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Job#: 3034038
Job Description:
Job Title: Data Analyst III
Location: Remote (OH, US)
Pay Rate: $46-$47
Length: 3 months
This short-term (approximately 3-month) contract role is responsible for building the foundational dataset required to support an external workforce program. The analyst will serve as the day-to-day resource for data collection, validation, reconciliation, and cross-functional communication across multiple enterprise systems and teams. The role is critical to ensuring a complete, accurate, and auditable worker-level dataset.
Key Responsibilities
Data Build
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
Job#: 3034038
Job Description:
Job Title: Data Analyst III
Location: Remote (OH, US)
Pay Rate: $46-$47
Length: 3 months
This short-term (approximately 3-month) contract role is responsible for building the foundational dataset required to support an external workforce program. The analyst will serve as the day-to-day resource for data collection, validation, reconciliation, and cross-functional communication across multiple enterprise systems and teams. The role is critical to ensuring a complete, accurate, and auditable worker-level dataset.
Key Responsibilities
Data Build
- Extract, compile, and maintain the master external workforce dataset using security/badging, VMS, contracts, and ERP/AP systems
- Perform detailed worker-level data reconciliation across multiple systems
- Validate required data fields for each worker
- Normalize and standardize supplier names, worker identities, and contract references
- Maintain ongoing dataset updates, including delta comparisons as workforce changes occur
- Review and interpret contract documents (e.g., PDFs, SOWs) to extract key commercial and workforce data fields
- Support spend analysis by aligning purchase orders and invoices to individual workers where feasible
- Identify and flag data gaps, inconsistencies, and anomalies for escalation
- Partner with Procurement, Accounts Payable, IT, and business stakeholders to validate data accuracy
- Present weekly progress updates, risks, and findings clearly to program leadership
- Strong data analysis and reconciliation skills across multiple systems
- Experience working with ERP systems (Oracle preferred), VMS platforms, and procurement data
- Ability to interpret contracts and extract structured data from unstructured documents (PDFs/SOWs)
- Advanced Excel skills (data cleansing, matching, lookups, pivot tables)
- High attention to detail and ability to manage large datasets with accuracy
- Experience in procurement, finance, or P2P environments preferred
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Analytical rigor and problem-solving
- Data quality and validation discipline
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Accountability and ownership
- Clear, structured communication
- Reports to: Manager, Contract Operations & Reporting
- Contract duration: ~3 months
- Full-time, dedicated resource required to meet an aggressive timeline
- Percentage of workforce population fully validated and complete
- Accuracy and auditability of the dataset
- Timeliness of delivery aligned to program milestones
- Quality of issue identification and resolution
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
Salary : $46 - $47