GIS Analyst

Bonus Type

Summary

BOK Financial is a top financial institution that offers a range of sophisticated financial products and services, focusing on personalized client relationships. With over a century of experience, we serve consumers, businesses, and wealth clients across the American Midwest and Southwest. We emphasize long-term relationships, community investment, and talent development, aligning with our brand platform, “We go above. So you can go beyond.”

Job Description

The GIS Analyst will focus on developing, maintaining, and advancing spatial analytics to support BOK Financials’ Corporate Real Estate Strategy team. This individual will be responsible for building and maintaining geospatial data assets, designing and executing complex spatial Alteryx workflows, and performing advanced GIS analysis that informs market prioritization, branch distribution modeling, and location strategy. Insights generated by this role will emerge from rigorous case studies, scenario testing, and workflow-driven analysis. The GIS Analyst will also contribute to the development and delivery of analytic mapping applications that enable stakeholders to interact with and explore spatial insights. In addition to core geospatial expertise, the role requires a foundational understanding of predictive analytics methods to support the ongoing evolution of the distribution model toward forecasting market performance, branch profitability, and trade area opportunity with greater confidence. This position is critical to ensuring spatial analytics are accurate, scalable, and aligned with enterprise growth strategies.

Team Culture

Our culture is rooted in our history, starting in 1910 as a regional capital source for the energy industry and evolving into a dynamic financial institution. Our growth from Tulsa, Oklahoma to a nationwide presence reflects our commitment to agility, strong client relationships, and innovative financial solutions. We prioritize serving our clients, fostering a positive work environment for our employees, and making a meaningful impact in the communities we serve, believing that every financial challenge and opportunity is significant.

How You’ll Spend Your Time

• You will develop and manage enterprise geospatial datasets including real estate assets, trade areas, and market overlays.
• You will build and run advanced Alteryx spatial workflows to support real estate and distribution strategy.
• You will perform predictive case studies and scenario analyses to define trade area performance metrics.
• You will create and deploy interactive spatial tools for stakeholder use, such as mapping apps and GIS reports.
• You will collaborate with internal teams and external partners to align geospatial insights with business goals.
• You will use predictive analytics to forecast site performance, market potential, and trade area profitability.
• You will resolve geospatial data issues and improve workflow scalability through process enhancements.

education & Experience Requirements

This level of knowledge is normally acquired through completion of a bachelor’s degree in Geography, Geographical Information Systems, Urban Planning, Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field, and 3-5 years of directly related GIS or spatial analytics experience. Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• Hands-on proficiency with Alteryx Designer Desktop, including workflow building, data preparation, and application of spatial toolsets to solve business problems. Alteryx Core Certification is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to apply spatial analytics methods such as geocoding, drive-time modeling, and trade area benchmarking to inform location strategy and distribution modeling.
• Experience integrating demographic, segmentation, and competitive datasets into spatial workflows.
• Experience developing case studies and codifying thresholds/logic for business attributes to strengthen decision-making frameworks.
• Foundational understanding of predictive analytics methods and willingness to expand skills as the organization advances toward forecasting trade area performance and branch profitability.
• Hands-on experience in the development of Alteryx Analytic Apps is preferred.
• Familiarity with the Spatial, Reporting, and Interface toolsets in Alteryx, with the ability to design and deliver custom maps, spatial analyses, and corresponding analytic applications.
• Experience in managing spatial data, including shapefiles, and understanding of spatial object types. Management of spatial datasets within an enterprise database environment is preferred.
• Proficiency in SQL for data querying and integration with relational databases.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to present spatial insights clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior executives.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across departments (Corporate Real Estate, Marketing, Consumer Delivery, Business Banking) and with external vendors to align geospatial analysis with enterprise objectives.
• Professional attributes include strong attention to detail, data stewardship discipline, adaptability, and a growth mindset in a fast-paced environment.