Agricultural Economic Research Analyst

Decision Innovation Solutions (DIS) is an economic research and analysis firm based in Urbandale, Iowa. Our clients, who are agricultural businesses, organizations, and producers, need the right information, interpreted correctly to make the best business decisions possible. We bridge the decision-making process by adding our economic and agribusiness insight to gather the right information, enabling high quality decisions.

DIS is looking for an Agricultural Economic Research Analyst who is responsible for using current business intelligence, trend, business, financial, geographic, market and economic data to synthesize, analyze data, create written reports and present recommendations for review by executives, managers, clients and other stakeholders.

If this sparks your interest, check out the other key responsibilities:

· Develop a network of contacts in industry and government to facilitate the acquisition of essential data and information

· Develop new uses for existing data and suggest new proposals for data collection and presentation

· Develop and manage data for use in client analysis

· Analyze and manage agricultural, population, housing, economic, environmental, census data and other datasets as appropriate

· Prepare, report and present material, including references for clients and for internal DIS usage within assigned timeline

· Understand current and anticipate future needs for current and prospective clients

· Propose and develop analytical solutions and tools for solving client research challenges

· Ability to demonstrate our company values in everyday work interactions

· All other duties as assigned

· BS Degree in Economics, Agribusiness or related field, is required

· Research/regression analysis experience preferred in the agricultural and/or agribusiness industries

· Candidates possessing practical farm production and/or value-added agriculture experience will be prioritized

· Must be familiar with economic modeling and have good problem-solving skills, including mathematical, inductive and deductive reasoning

· Experience working in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously

· Experience working within the SharePoint collaborative environment using Office 365 applications (i.e., Teams).

· Specific experience working in Excel and spreadsheet construction and management of data using advanced Excel functions and utilities is required

· Knowledge and experience in using “R” programming, SQL and Stata is a plus

· Good English verbal and writing skills; familiarity with writing both technical reports and general public articles

· Must be able to legally work in the United States without sponsorship