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Business Intelligence Analyst roles are strong candidates for OPT sponsorship because they require a specific degree in data science, computer science, statistics, or a related field, satisfying the specialty occupation standard that employers and USCIS expect. Most positions also qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension.
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The Supply Chain Business Intelligence and Analytics supports supply chain site operations and logistics by analyzing operational, inventory, and distribution data and translating it into actionable insights for leaders and frontline partners. Develops and maintains business intelligence reporting (e.g., dashboards, scorecards, and recurring performance reports) that improves visibility to service levels, inventory health, throughput, and supply continuity risks. Applies practical analytics skills to identify trends, drivers, and exceptions, and partners with stakeholders to define metrics and prioritize improvement opportunities. Ensures data integrity through validation, documentation, and consistent metric definitions while enabling more efficient, standardized reporting processes.
Job Description
Summary
The Supply Chain Business Intelligence and Analytics supports supply chain site operations and logistics by analyzing operational, inventory, and distribution data and translating it into actionable insights for leaders and frontline partners. Develops and maintains business intelligence reporting (e.g., dashboards, scorecards, and recurring performance reports) that improves visibility to service levels, inventory health, throughput, and supply continuity risks. Applies practical analytics skills to identify trends, drivers, and exceptions, and partners with stakeholders to define metrics and prioritize improvement opportunities. Ensures data integrity through validation, documentation, and consistent metric definitions while enabling more efficient, standardized reporting processes.
Job Duties
- Analyze supply chain site operations and logistics data (e.g., receiving, distribution, inventory movements, order fulfillment, and backorders) to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Design, build, and maintain BI dashboards and recurring reports that track key performance indicators such as days on hand, fill rate, inventory accuracy, cycle count performance, and service level attainment.
- Develop and maintain data models and calculations to support consistent KPI definitions and scalable reporting across sites, departments, and product categories.
- Perform data validation, reconciliation, and root-cause analysis to ensure reporting accuracy; document data sources, metric logic, and report standards.
- Partner with supply chain operations, logistics, and cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements, translate business questions into analytical approaches, and communicate findings in clear operational terms.
- Support inventory optimization and supply continuity initiatives by monitoring exceptions (e.g., stockouts, excess/obsolete inventory, supplier disruptions) and providing timely visibility for escalation and action.
- Improve reporting efficiency by standardizing datasets, reducing manual processes, and enabling automation of routine reporting and distribution where feasible.
- Prepare ad hoc analyses and presentations for operational reviews, performance huddles, and leadership updates, highlighting drivers, variances, and recommended actions.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 4 years of experience in business intelligence, data analytics, or supply chain reporting/analytics supporting operations, logistics, inventory, or distribution functions.
- Ability to develop and maintain BI dashboards and operational performance reporting using common analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI or equivalent).
- Practical knowledge of supply chain operations and logistics concepts, including inventory control, replenishment, distribution, and service level measurement.
- Ability to query, transform, and validate data from multiple sources using SQL and/or data preparation tools to ensure accurate, repeatable reporting.
- Ability to define, document, and enforce consistent KPI definitions and data standards to improve comparability across teams and sites.
- Strong analytical skills to perform variance analysis, identify drivers/root causes, and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to gather requirements, present insights, and support decision-making in a fast-paced environment.
Additional Qualifications
Physical Demands
Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.
Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.
Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Employee Entity
Thomas Jefferson University
Primary Location Address
1101 Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
Benefits
Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
Number of Positions In Requisition
2
Job Details
The Supply Chain Business Intelligence and Analytics supports supply chain site operations and logistics by analyzing operational, inventory, and distribution data and translating it into actionable insights for leaders and frontline partners. Develops and maintains business intelligence reporting (e.g., dashboards, scorecards, and recurring performance reports) that improves visibility to service levels, inventory health, throughput, and supply continuity risks. Applies practical analytics skills to identify trends, drivers, and exceptions, and partners with stakeholders to define metrics and prioritize improvement opportunities. Ensures data integrity through validation, documentation, and consistent metric definitions while enabling more efficient, standardized reporting processes.
Job Description
Summary
The Supply Chain Business Intelligence and Analytics supports supply chain site operations and logistics by analyzing operational, inventory, and distribution data and translating it into actionable insights for leaders and frontline partners. Develops and maintains business intelligence reporting (e.g., dashboards, scorecards, and recurring performance reports) that improves visibility to service levels, inventory health, throughput, and supply continuity risks. Applies practical analytics skills to identify trends, drivers, and exceptions, and partners with stakeholders to define metrics and prioritize improvement opportunities. Ensures data integrity through validation, documentation, and consistent metric definitions while enabling more efficient, standardized reporting processes.
Job Duties
- Analyze supply chain site operations and logistics data (e.g., receiving, distribution, inventory movements, order fulfillment, and backorders) to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Design, build, and maintain BI dashboards and recurring reports that track key performance indicators such as days on hand, fill rate, inventory accuracy, cycle count performance, and service level attainment.
- Develop and maintain data models and calculations to support consistent KPI definitions and scalable reporting across sites, departments, and product categories.
- Perform data validation, reconciliation, and root-cause analysis to ensure reporting accuracy; document data sources, metric logic, and report standards.
- Partner with supply chain operations, logistics, and cross-functional stakeholders to gather requirements, translate business questions into analytical approaches, and communicate findings in clear operational terms.
- Support inventory optimization and supply continuity initiatives by monitoring exceptions (e.g., stockouts, excess/obsolete inventory, supplier disruptions) and providing timely visibility for escalation and action.
- Improve reporting efficiency by standardizing datasets, reducing manual processes, and enabling automation of routine reporting and distribution where feasible.
- Prepare ad hoc analyses and presentations for operational reviews, performance huddles, and leadership updates, highlighting drivers, variances, and recommended actions.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 4 years of experience in business intelligence, data analytics, or supply chain reporting/analytics supporting operations, logistics, inventory, or distribution functions.
- Ability to develop and maintain BI dashboards and operational performance reporting using common analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI or equivalent).
- Practical knowledge of supply chain operations and logistics concepts, including inventory control, replenishment, distribution, and service level measurement.
- Ability to query, transform, and validate data from multiple sources using SQL and/or data preparation tools to ensure accurate, repeatable reporting.
- Ability to define, document, and enforce consistent KPI definitions and data standards to improve comparability across teams and sites.
- Strong analytical skills to perform variance analysis, identify drivers/root causes, and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to gather requirements, present insights, and support decision-making in a fast-paced environment.
Additional Qualifications
Physical Demands
Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.
Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.
Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Employee Entity
Thomas Jefferson University
Primary Location Address
1101 Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
Benefits
Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Business Intelligence Analyst
Target companies with established BI teams
Large enterprises in finance, healthcare, and technology maintain dedicated BI functions and sponsor OPT regularly. Smaller startups often can't absorb the HR overhead of OPT documentation, so prioritize organizations with 500 or more employees.
Confirm your degree qualifies for STEM OPT extension
Business Intelligence Analyst roles fall under CIP codes tied to data science, statistics, and computer science, all STEM-designated. A 24-month extension gives you significantly more runway to secure H-1B visa sponsorship after your initial 12 months of OPT.
Frame your technical stack clearly on your resume
Employers assessing OPT sponsorship want to confirm the role meets specialty occupation standards. Listing SQL, Python, Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools demonstrates the technical depth that supports that classification and reduces hesitation from hiring managers.
Apply before your OPT start date when possible
Many BI roles have multi-round interview processes spanning four to eight weeks. Starting applications early leaves time to clear technical screens, negotiate start dates, and complete the E-Verify and I-983 paperwork your employer will need to file.
Prepare to explain your authorization timeline concisely
Recruiters often misunderstand OPT. Have a clear two-sentence explanation ready: your current expiration date, whether you qualify for the STEM extension, and what documentation the employer needs to provide. Clarity reduces drop-off at the offer stage.
Prioritize roles with defined reporting structures
USCIS and employers need to document that your BI role constitutes a specialty occupation. Positions with clear data deliverables, stakeholder reporting chains, and degree requirements stated in the job description are far easier to defend if scrutiny arises.
Business Intelligence Analyst OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Business Intelligence Analyst roles qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Yes. Business Intelligence Analyst positions typically fall under CIP codes for computer science, data science, information systems, or statistics, all of which are on the STEM Designated Degree Program list. If your degree is in one of those fields, you're eligible to apply for the 24-month STEM extension, giving you up to three years of OPT work authorization total.
How do I find Business Intelligence Analyst jobs where employers are open to OPT?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters for employers who are open to sponsoring work authorization. Searching there saves time compared to applying broadly and discovering late in the process that a company won't support OPT. Focus your search on companies in finance, tech, and healthcare, which historically sponsor BI roles at higher rates.
What does my employer need to do to support my OPT as a BI Analyst?
Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify and sign a Form I-983 training plan if you're on the STEM extension. For standard OPT, they primarily need to confirm employment in writing and report changes to your DSO. Most large companies with BI teams have HR processes in place for this, though smaller firms may be less familiar with the requirements.
Does a Business Intelligence Analyst role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
In most cases, yes. BI Analyst roles that require a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific technical field, such as computer science, statistics, or data science, meet the specialty occupation definition. The key is that the job posting and offer letter should state a specific degree requirement, not just a preferred field, which strengthens the H-1B petition if your employer files one.
Can I work as a Business Intelligence Analyst on OPT if my degree is in a non-technical field like business?
It depends on the degree and the role. A general business degree is less likely to satisfy the specialty occupation standard for a BI Analyst position than a degree in data analytics, information systems, or statistics. Some employers will proceed, but the weaker the degree-to-role connection, the harder it becomes to justify OPT authorization and any future H-1B filing.