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Maryam Samani

New York

Summary

Experienced analytics lead with a track record of successfully leading cross-functional teams to achieve a significant 25% revenue increase. Strong ability to improve retention, sales, and marketing strategies through data-driven initiatives. Skilled in building comprehensive and accurate financial data models and customer 360 datasets, leveraging efficiency to strengthen overall business strategy. Recognized for expertise in enhancing operational efficiency through automation and improving self-service capabilities.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
4
4

Years of Leadership Experience

CORE COMPETENCIES

Leadership | Data & Financial Analysis | Data Modeling | Strategic Thinking & Decision Making | Data Storytelling & Visualization | Generative AI for Data Insights | Agile Methodology | Project Management | Data Integration & ETL|KPI & Metrics Definition|Stakeholder Management|Cross-Functional Collaboration|Problem-Solving|Data Governance & Quality|Forecasting & Predictive Analytics
Software: Snowflake | Advanced SQL | DBT | Python | SSRS | Tableau | Salesforce | Amazon Redshift | BigQuery|

Accomplishments

  • Received the 'Zen Best Employee Award' in 2022 for outstanding performance and contributions At Zenbuiness.
  • Recognized with the 'Top 3 Best Employee Award' for outstanding performance and contributions at Mr Cooper.
  • Developed new financial data models and eventing star schema, resulting in a 100% improvement in data accuracy and reliability.
  • Achieved 5X ROI by innovating a centralized customer journey dataset.
  • Eliminated manual reporting processes, saving the company $200K per year.
  • Achieved $1M in monthly recurring revenue and improved audit accuracy by implementing an automated revenue reconciliation dataset.
  • Increased business efficiency by implementing automated reporting processes, reducing reporting time by 70%.
  • Achieved a 40% increase in sales win rates by developing customer intent models.
  • Improved conversion rate by 15% through proactive in-depth analyses , identifying bottlenecks in product mix .
  • Increased CS team efficiency by 30% by developing a customer profile app that provided summarized insights from the customer journey dataset, reducing agent prep time and enhancing customer interactions.

Work History

Senior Staff Analyst

ZenBusiness
1 2023 - Current

Stakeholder Management & Leadership

  • Collaborated directly with the C-suite to define company KPIs and developed a robust centralized KPI heartbeat dashboard .
  • Built and led a high-performing team of 7 data analysts and engineers, driving impactful cross-functional projects.
  • Partnered with the CFO and VP of Finance for all reporting, including board meetings, monthly financial operational meetings.

Data Modeling & Automation

  • Achieved 5X ROI by innovating a centralized customer journey data set, enabling tracking of engagement, retention, financials, and sales activities across diverse data sources.
  • Automated sales reporting by transforming data from Salesforce to Snowflake and creating sales data models.
  • Enabled self-service capabilities for the product team by enhancing Mixpanel reporting with customer segmentation data synced from the data warehouse.

Data Infrastructure & Dashboarding

  • Led the migration from PostgreSQL to Snowflake, enhancing reporting capabilities by implementing a semantic layer for streamlined data access.
  • Spearheaded the transition from Sisense to Tableau, architecting scalable data infrastructure and establishing reporting standards.
  • Built a product division-level OKR dashboard.

Data-Driven Strategy & Insights

  • Realized 50% cost savings in partner revenue by identifying gaps and optimizing internal partner revenue reporting processes.
  • Boosted sales win rates by 40% by developing customer intent models to optimize the sales pipeline.
  • Increased conversion rate by 15% by conducting in-depth analysis to identify and resolve bottlenecks in product mix.

Sr Business Intelligence Analyst

Mr. Cooper, Austin, TX
01.2019 - 06.2021

Recognized with the 'Top 3 Best Employee Award' for outstanding performance and contributions.

  • Generated six-figure cost savings by leading the design and development of an interactive mapping application utilizing open sources technology.
  • Automated the customer service team’s manual reporting process by developing interactive reports, significantly streamlining and enhancing reporting efficiency.
  • Delivered comprehensive reports for executives and stakeholders by assessing business processes, gathering detailed requirements, and developing effective Tableau dashboards.
  • Developed SQL queries, stored procedures, and views for SSRS reporting, and generated interactive reports and Tableau dashboards for enhanced data visualization.

Technical Lead Analyst

ZenBusiness
06.2021 - 1 2023

Received the 'Zen Best Employee Award' in 2022 for outstanding performance and contributions.

Data Accuracy & Financial Modeling

  • Improved data accuracy and reliability by 100% through leading the development of new financial data models from scratch, defining the requirements, and implementing a new eventing star schema.
  • Achieved $1M in monthly recurring revenue and improved audit accuracy by implementing an automated revenue reconciliation dataset (Rev Rec) .

Process Automation & Efficiency

  • Automated 100% of the end-of-month close process, centralizing data into one dashboard and reducing completion time from weeks to five days.
  • Achieved 20% cost savings on dispute fees by automating dispute analysis, monitoring risks, and preventing overcharges.

Data Storytelling & Visualization

  • Developing dashboards focused on financial analysis, product performance, cohort analysis, and KPI tracking.

Education

The University of Texas At Austin
01.2018 - 01.2019

Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
01.2011 - 01.2014

Quote

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Walt Disney

Interests

Baking

Coding

Hiking

Timeline

How to influence, inspire and impact as a leader, Udemy

01-2023

Technical Lead Analyst

ZenBusiness
06.2021 - 1 2023

Advanced Data Analysis and Data Visualization, UT Austin

01-2019

Sr Business Intelligence Analyst

Mr. Cooper, Austin, TX
01.2019 - 06.2021

The University of Texas At Austin
01.2018 - 01.2019

Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
01.2011 - 01.2014

Senior Staff Analyst

ZenBusiness
1 2023 - Current
Maryam Samani