Business data is an essential tool for company operations. As such, you want to make it accessible to every stakeholder that needs it. That calls for a special personnel to handle the job: the reporting technician. Find out how you can get them to help through outsourcing.
What Is A Reporting Technician Anyway
Simply put, the reporting technician is an IT specialist who collects, analyzes, and organizes relevant company data for use by stakeholders. Their main job is to ensure that the data is accurate and usable for each stakeholder.
Because of their work, the reporting technician plays a vital role in the business decision-making. Through them, stakeholders can make a more informed decision for the company’s benefit. The task is more challenging because each stakeholder will require a different dataset. Therefore, the reporting technician needs to be adept at handling multiple data requests.
The Tasks A Reporting Technician Does
To better understand a reporting technician’s role, you have to be familiar with their work. The following are some of the tasks that they often perform.
Data Entry
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The first task that a reporting technician may do is enter the data into a database. Note that the task goes beyond regular data encoding work. Even at this early, the technician already scrutinizes the data to ensure that everything is correct. The technician might also do some encryption to protect sensitive data from unwanted access.
Data Analysis
This task is typically the bulk of the technician’s work. They study the imputed data to determine trends and patterns based on the information a stakeholder wants to get. The technicians will also look for anomalies that might indicate an error in the data or a previously unexpected phenomenon. They can use different methods and tools to understand these patterns better.
Report Generation
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Once the data analysis is complete, the technician handles the report creation. They will create visualizations that make it easier for stakeholders to understand the data. Reporting technicians can provide insights into how specific departments can use the data. Additionally, they might update existing reports based on new data.
Quality Assurance
This task is often spread out across the reporting work. As the name says, the goal is to ensure the reporting quality is good. They will cross-check the data from multiple sources to ensure that these are accurate. The technician may also oversee automated tests to determine data errors and other issues.
Documentation
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Reports are not one-off things, as they are often referenced for other studies and cases. Hence, the reporting technician also handles the documentation of these reports. Beyond this, the technician can do the documentation of the reporting process itself. That is essential, as it helps in ensuring the consistency of future reports.
Why Outsourcing Reporting Technicians Is A Good Move
With how critical the role of the reporting technician is, you might find yourself in stiff competition to hire them. Hence, outsourcing is often seen as an alternative option. And it offers some great benefits.
Faster Access To Experts
When hiring a reporting technician, you might often have to go through several candidates to determine who fits your needs. But with outsourcing, the provider comes with a selection based on your requirements. You can choose a candidate faster and have them deployed sooner.
Greater Flexibility Through Outsourcing
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Hiring an in-house reporting technician will often require you to set aside an office space for them. That is not the case with an outsourced one, as they will have their facilities. Additionally, they can work within a remote setup, letting you engage them more suitably.
Greater Scalability
Depending on the amount of data your company has, you might often need several reporting technicians working together. Expanding that team is much easier through outsourcing. As is with getting a single technician, you don’t have to go through a lengthy hiring process. Furthermore, an outsourced team can quickly adopt a new approach depending on the amount of data to be studied.
The Outsourcing Solution Virtua Offers
Going beyond the above benefits, Virtua Solutions is ready to provide a comprehensive reporting solution. With that, you can get more out of the service and provide more to your stakeholders.
A Fully Customizable Outsourcing Solution
The first thing that we offer you is a fully customizable service. When you sign up, we don’t just give you a technician that suits your requirements. We also build a service around those requirements.
For instance, we can provide additional support that you might need. This could include additional encoders that will help them input all that data. We can also provide them with virtual assistants who will serve as facilitators and help them connect with stakeholders.
Virtua also provides database management solutions. Our team will ensure the integrity of your database so that the technician can readily put in and pull out data from it. We will also conduct backup and security checks to protect all that information.
Provide More Relevant Information To Stakeholders Through Outsourcing
With the help of expert reporting technicians, your business stakeholders will have all the information to make the decisions that matter. And Virtua Solutions Outsourcing is ready to provide them to you and MORE. Contact us today and let’s get started.