RESUMEFIELD — FICTIONAL TEACHING EXAMPLE
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Jordan Ellis
Data Analyst
Chicago, IL

PROFILE
Data analyst supporting commercial and operations decisions with SQL, spreadsheets, and clear reporting. Experienced in reconciling inconsistent definitions, investigating changes in customer behavior, and building dashboards with documented limits. Partners with business teams to turn ambiguous questions into analysis they can use.

EXPERIENCE
Data Analyst | Willow Commerce | 2023–Present
- Rebuilt weekly retention reporting around a shared customer definition, reconciling three conflicting reports before releasing the new dashboard.
- Analyzed repeat-purchase patterns across 18 monthly cohorts and presented inventory-planning implications with seasonality caveats.
- Created SQL checks for missing order identifiers and duplicate transactions; routed exceptions to the data owner before refresh.
- Documented revenue and refund definitions with finance so commercial teams could explain differences between operational and accounting reports.

Reporting Assistant | Elm Community Services | 2021–2023
- Combined four program spreadsheets into a validated monthly participation report with documented field mappings.
- Investigated missing attendance records with site coordinators and separated data-entry gaps from actual participation changes.
- Built an Excel workbook that allowed program managers to inspect assumptions behind capacity estimates.

SKILLS
SQL · Excel · Python · Tableau · Data validation · Cohort analysis · Metric definitions

EDUCATION
BS Economics, fictional college, 2021