Associate Business Analyst (Adv excel, SQL & secondary research)

About this role: As a Data Steward, you will help ensure that Gartner has high-quality, business-critical data available to support eAective decision-making, sales and client management, reporting, and analysis across the enterprise. This role requires independent execution of operational data initiatives of increasing complexity. You will resolve complex data issues, drive process improvements, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and apply business context to data-related decisions across the enterprise, account, and contact data domains. You will provide accurate customer data, resolve data issues, and improve the quality, consistency, and usability of Gartner’s data. What you’ll do: • Independently execute data operations and data quality initiatives across enterprise, account, and contact data domains. • Research and verify corporate hierarchies, annual revenue, industry classifications, locations, company addresses, and other firmographic information. • Compare information across business information providers, such as Dun & Bradstreet and S&P, and resolve discrepancies using sound judgement and documented research. • Identify and correct duplicate records, inaccurate information, and data anomalies across Gartner’s systems. • Perform updates and data changes in accordance with established policies, procedures, and quality standards. • Communicate recommended corrective actions for data anomalies identified through research, stakeholder requests, reporting, or operational processes. • Support sellers and internal partners by resolving data-related questions and requests in a timely and solution-oriented manner. • Proactively communicate work progress, key findings, potential risks, and expected outcomes to managers, team members, and relevant stakeholders. • Take ownership of routine and complex issues through resolution, involving managers and cross-functional partners when appropriate. • Maintain comprehensive documentation of research, decisions, issue resolution, findings, and process changes to support transparency and knowledge transfer. • Deliver high-quality work within agreed service levels and deadlines, including during periods of high volume or tight timelines. What you’ll need: • 2–4 years of relevant experience in data operations, business analytics, sales operations, business information, data quality, or a related field. • College graduate; BE/BTech, ME/MTech, or MCA preferred. • Strong research, analytical, and business problem-solving skills. • Experience researching and validating company, account, contact, and firmographic information. • Expertise using business information providers such as Dun & Bradstreet, S&P, or similar sources. • Ability to analyze and resolve discrepancies across multiple data sources. • Proficiency in SQL, including the ability to write, troubleshoot, and independently execute queries. • Strong Microsoft Excel and database skills. • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, including the ability to present key findings, trends, risks, and recommendations to peers and stakeholders. • Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy. • Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and complete assignments eAiciently. • Ability to learn quickly, adapt to changing priorities, and operate actively in a deadline-driven environment. • Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills, with a solution oriented approach to resolving issues. • Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions with minimal oversight. Don’t meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles. #LI-PM2 Who are we? At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world. Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities. Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here. What makes Gartner a great place to work? Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance. We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients. Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations. We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work. Gartner is the world authority on AI At Gartner, you’ll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients’ AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You’ll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes. It’s an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that’s reshaping the way we operate. If you’re passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that’s guiding t