What Is A Reporting Analyst?
A reporting analyst creates dashboards and reports that visualize business performance. The role means pulling data from source systems, building recurring reports in tools like Power BI and Excel, checking the numbers for accuracy, and getting timely insights to marketing, finance, or GTM teams.
- Also called
- Data Reporting Analyst, BI Reporting Analyst
- Reports to
- Analytics Manager / Department Head
- Works on
- Dashboards, scorecards, recurring reports
- Measured on
- Report accuracy, on-time delivery
What A Reporting Analyst Actually Does
- 01 · Data PullsPulls data from CRMs, finance systems, and databases using SQL and Excel
- 02 · DashboardsBuilds and maintains dashboards and scorecards in tools like Power BI or Tableau
- 03 · Recurring ReportsProduces weekly and monthly reports on schedule for marketing, finance, and GTM teams
- 04 · Accuracy ChecksValidates the numbers and documents how each report is calculated
- 05 · StakeholdersTurns requests into report requirements and explains the results to non-technical teams
Reporting Analyst Vs. Similar Roles
| Role | Main focus | Primary metric |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting Analyst | Building recurring dashboards and reports | Report accuracy, on-time delivery |
| Data Analyst | Digging into data to answer open questions | Insights delivered, analysis accuracy |
| Business Analyst | Translating business needs into requirements | Requirements quality, project outcomes |
| Financial Analyst | Budgets, forecasts, and financial performance | Forecast accuracy, variance analysis |
At smaller companies, one data analyst often builds the dashboards and answers ad-hoc questions too. Add a dedicated reporting analyst once recurring reports and scorecards take up most of the week.
Skills To Screen For
Interview Questions Worth Asking
Hiring A Reporting Analyst In Latin America
LatamCent places reporting-heavy analysts for two kinds of teams: GTM and revenue data analysts and marketing data analysts, with 3 to 5 vetted profiles in the first 10 days.
How Much Of The Workday You’d Share
Bogota, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, and Buenos Aires don’t change their clocks, so the overlap shifts when yours does. Times shown are in your team’s time zone. National English-proficiency averages vary by market too: Argentina ranks in EF’s "High" band globally, while Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil sit in the "Low" band. Screen every candidate’s spoken English directly rather than assuming by country.
What It Costs
| Country | Entry level (1-3 yrs) | Senior (6+ yrs) |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | $18K/yr | $46K/yr |
| Mexico | $21K/yr | $42K/yr |
| Brazil | $25K/yr | $48K/yr |
| Argentina | $21K/yr | $48K/yr |
Per-country figures are modeled estimates for the data analyst title, the closest available match to reporting analyst, based on US pay and country multipliers. The LatAm average above is the mean of the four senior figures.
Typical time from kickoff to signed offer. LatamCent delivers 3 to 5 candidate profiles in the first 10 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
A reporting analyst creates dashboards and reports that visualize business performance. The role means pulling data from source systems, building recurring reports in tools like Power BI and Excel, checking the numbers for accuracy, and getting timely insights to marketing, finance, or GTM teams.
A reporting analyst builds recurring dashboards and reports, and is measured on report accuracy and on-time delivery. A data analyst digs into data to answer open questions, and is measured on insights delivered and analysis accuracy. Smaller teams often combine the two.
US reporting analysts average around $80,900 a year. Senior data analysts in Latin America, the closest available benchmark, average around $46,000 a year, about 43% less, saving roughly $34,900 a year per hire.
Most searches run 21 days from kickoff to a signed offer, with 3 to 5 candidate profiles delivered in the first 10 days.
Marketing, finance, and go-to-market teams hire them most often, because those teams need regular, accurate numbers on spend, revenue, and pipeline. Many companies also nearshore the role, since the work is deadline-driven and benefits from overlapping hours with the team that uses the reports.
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