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Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.
This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco's success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.
Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.
Data Analysts are responsible for importing, transforming, and validating (or querying) data with the purpose of understanding or drawing conclusions from the data to drive decision-making. They may use modeling techniques to form data in ways that can be analyzed and/or queried to identify data quality issues, anomalies, or deviations. They generate ad hoc reports and regular datasets or report information for end-users using system tools, database or data warehouse queries, and scripts. They also integrate data from multiple sources to produce requested or required data elements. They work closely with business groups, IT verticals, and governance teams to provide information to drive data quality and usage decisions.
The Asset Reporting Analyst manages the development, accuracy, and integrity of KPIs for IT hardware and software assets across all corporate and warehouse locations. Supporting IT Asset Management (ITAM) and related functions, this role transforms raw data from disparate sources into actionable business intelligence for both operational and executive leadership.
The analyst is responsible for the end-to-end reporting lifecycle, including gathering stakeholder requirements, identifying reporting gaps, and building new dashboards from scratch while maintaining and optimizing legacy reporting. This position requires a highly inquisitive, self-motivated professional capable of executing a rapid ramp-up through independent data discovery and the critical analysis of legacy documentation. Beyond ensuring data accuracy, the analyst provides the proactive insights necessary to drive asset lifecycle management, fulfillment efficiency, and organizational compliance.
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ROLE

• Gathers and documents complex business requirements from stakeholders to architect, build, and deploy new reporting solutions and dashboards from the ground up.
• Maintains, audits, and optimizes legacy reporting tools to ensure continued accuracy, performance, and operational relevance.
• Proactively identifies reporting gaps and unmet business needs, proposing and implementing data-driven solutions to improve organizational visibility.
• Identifies and interprets trends, patterns, and correlations among various data points to provide actionable insights to business owners.
• Analyzes data for quality and completeness in strict accordance with established data governance policies, standards, and best practices.
• Develops advanced scripts and queries to extract, transform, and normalize data from disparate sources for deep-dive analysis.
• Designs and manages the data reporting environment, including the oversight of data sources, security protocols, and metadata management.
• Creates and executes data quality control processes and audits to ensure integrity is maintained across all extraction and reporting workflows.
• Performs data profiling and logical modeling to determine the most effective ways to measure, visualize, and provide data to the business.
• Applies statistical methods and visualization techniques to translate raw, complex datasets into meaningful business narratives.
• Integrates multiple disparate data sources to form accurate, comprehensive, and high-fidelity datasets for cross-functional use.
• Defines and ensures adherence to process improvement opportunities to streamline data collection, normalization, and analysis.
• Performs rigorous testing and validation of data and data sources to ensure the highest level of accuracy for executive-level reporting.
• Executes data mapping and tracing from system to system to resolve complex business problems or identify technical system gaps.
• Provides technical expertise on data migration, mining, and cleansing to support large-scale asset management initiatives.
• Collaborates with and informs data stewards and custodians to ensure the quality and consistency of master data changes and additions.
• Prepares comprehensive documentation regarding data relationships, integration flows, and reporting logic to ensure long-term sustainability and knowledge transfer.
• Develops a deep working knowledge of business processes to ensure all reporting is contextually relevant and directly supports operational decision-making.
• Identifies and resolves complex problems, often anticipating technical or data-related issues before they impact stakeholders or business operations.
• Leads the development and continuous improvement of KPIs to measure and drive the effectiveness of asset management, fulfillment, and purchasing functions.

REQUIRED

• 1-3 years' writing queries, report writing, and presenting findings.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Detail oriented and possess strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze a situation for potential future problems.
• Proven ability to gather and document complex or unclear stakeholder requirements and translate them into technical reporting specifications and new builds, iteratively working with stakeholders to ensure delivery meets requirements
• Strong technical and end user documentation and writing skills.
• Strong verbal and strategic communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical findings into actionable insights for stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership
• Ability to leverage new and emerging tools for learning and understanding (ex. Google Gems)
• Exceptional analytical skills with a relentless focus on detail and the accuracy of disseminated information
• Responsible, conscientious, and possess a passion and curiosity for using data to improve on processes and source data quality
• High degree of autonomy and self-motivation, with a track record of navigating legacy documentation and raw data independently to reach proficiency
• Innate curiosity and a passion for using data to improve business processes and source data quality
• Demonstrates an ability to grow technical skills and learn new technologies.

Recommended

• Knowledge of supply chain and asset lifecycle management
• Data virtualization using Power BI, SQL, VBA Macros.
• Power BI
• Scripting (PowerShell, Apps Script, etc.)
• Expert/Advanced experience in Google Sheets and related functions (pivot tables, Apps Script, macros)
• Experience and basic knowledge of Google Gem creation
• ServiceNow a plus (HAM Pro, SAM Pro, ITAM)
• Proficient in Google Workspace applications, including Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Gmail.

Required Documents
• Cover Letter
• Resume
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Pay Ranges:
Level 1 - $36.06/hr - $48.08/hr
Level 2 - $90,000 - $120,000
Level 3 - $110,000 - $140,000
Level 4 - $130,000 - $160,000
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.
Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com
If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.