Business Intelligence Analyst - West Des Moines, IA Job Listing at Iowa Select Farms in United States of America (Job ID 4703)

Description

IOWA SELECT FARMS JOB DESCRIPTION 

TITLE: Business Intelligence Analyst                                                                         

REPORTS TO: Head of Optimization & Analytics

LAST REVISION DATE: 01.07.2026

COMPANY VALUES:

• We believe in doing the right thing every day, operating with character and integrity, and being stewards of our resource by committing to:
  1. Our Animals 
  2. Our People
  3. Our Environment
  4. Our Community
• The core values of an organization are those values we hold which form the foundation on which we perform work and conduct ourselves. We expect all leaders, managers, and employees to demonstrate, foster and promote: 
  1. Respect: We treat people with respect regardless of personal opinions or differing backgrounds, and no one within the organization is more or less important than anyone else
  2. Accountability: We hold ourselves accountable for completing our job responsibilities and following through on our commitments. We encompass our ability to recognize our own strengths and areas for improvement as well as accept responsibility for the performance and actions of ourselves and our teams without blaming others.
  3. Good Decision-Making: We are expected to continuously improve processes, attain results, and create efficiencies to achieve our mission while solving problems based on a combination of factual information, analysis, wisdom, and experience.
  4. Flexibility: We must react to changing circumstances, ambiguity and uncertainty with confidence, openness, positive energy, and optimism. 

PURPOSE OF POSITION: 

• This individual is responsible for improving, designing, building, testing, producing, and implementing business intelligence (BI) reporting as well as providing valuable insights and analytics to drive data-informed decision making across the organization.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and maintain interactive dashboards, recurring business reports, and visualizations to enable stakeholders to access and analyze key performance metrics. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, identify data sources, and deliver actionable insights and recommendations. 
• Implement tools and processes to facilitate ad hoc analytics.
• Work closely with our developers to update/create views which can be used to build reports.
• Work with Microsoft SQL to build complex queries joining data across multiple tables to provide the necessary information to build the reports.
• Provide training and operational assistance to enable a positive end-user experience with BI Reporting.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends, tools, and techniques related to business intelligence and data analytics.
• Communicate progress, technical issues, and resolutions to Supervisor.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

COMPANY EXPECTATIONS:

• Adhere to Iowa Select Farms bio-security policy at all times which includes reporting any violations or concerns to management team.
• Compliance with Iowa Select Farms safety policies and procedures which includes continuous education to maintain a safe work environment. 
• Follow Iowa Select Farms animal wellbeing policy at all times and partner with the Production Well-being team in a timely manner if an incident occurs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• This position is performed indoors.
• This job operates in an office that is climate controlled and includes hazards typical to that environment. 
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

PHYSICALITY REQUIREMENTS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
• Required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, read, write or hear.  
• Ability to lift or move up to 50 pounds without assistance and up to 100 pounds with assistance. 
• The employee must have the ability to sit for long periods of time and to maintain focus on projects such as computer screens or detailed paperwork.

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK

• This is a full-time position that will require at least 40 hours a week. 
• Standard work hours are 8:00am – 5:00pm Monday through Friday at the administrative headquarters in West Des Moines. 
• Occasional evening hours and weekend work may be required as the job duties demand. 

TRAVEL

• Position might include occasional local travel.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE and OTHER QUALIFICATIONS 

• 2+ years of experience in building and maintaining BI systems, reports, and analytics. 
• Experience with SQL queries and SQL tools to extract data.
• Experience with a major reporting tool such as Power BI, Tableau, Spotfire, etc.… 
• Decision modeling experience required.
• Agriculture experience preferred.
• Successful experience in analyzing business processes and data flow to improve current internal reporting.
• Experience with conducting requirements gathering and mapping needs to technical requirements.
• Be able to effectively communicate orally (in person and over the telephone) and in writing (using electronic devices and handwritten) with other employees and organizational contacts in English. 
• Basic computer skills used to administer and maintain reports.

OTHER DUTIES

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Additional duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed at any time with or without notice.