Business Analyst

Role Description:

Business Analyst is a subject-matter expert in data mining & analysis, and dashboard or report creation dedicated to improving operational efficiency, accuracy and consistency.
A Business Analyst is expected to draw insights and find improvement opportunities, gather insights and make proposals, help accelerate throughput of models and algorithms, and act as a product area POC.

Requirements:

Must have experience working on large scale projects as well as handling day-to-day operational requests from the business
Understanding of Indices, fundamentals and analytical data, returns level data etc.
Data analysis – Must have proficiency with SQL, Microsoft Excel & Google Data Studio
Strong project management, ability to successfully manage multiple tasks at any given point, strong relationship building skills & communication skills

Responsibilities:

Provide project level analysis – producing required project analysis documentation (business requirements, scope matrix, use cases, sequence diagrams & future state proposals)
Collaborate closely with developers to implement the requirements, provide necessary guidance to testers during QA process
Identify improvement opportunities (proactive and reactive)
Create and maintain project schedules by developing project plans and specifications, estimating time and resources, monitoring milestone completion, tracking all phases of the project lifecycle, providing timely reporting of issues that impact project progress, coordinating actions and resolving conflicts
Predict risk basis data analysis and provide observations/next steps to mitigate the risk
Drive change management across Geo’s and collaboratively work with multiple stakeholders across departments

Skills & Proficiencies:

Google Data Studio & Analytics Dashboards
Google Suite
Knowledge in Google technologies
Data Mining & Visualization
Project Management tools like Smartsheet/Gantt charts

Preferred background/qualification:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Computer Science or Business Administration
7-10 years of experience in large scale data management and in analytics
Experience extracting insights from data; communicating and presenting key findings to product teams.
Experience working as a data analyst, business analyst, product analyst, or consultant.
Experience in SQL scripting, data manipulation, data analysis, data modeling, generating business insights, defining and measuring performance metrics basis statistical modeling
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex findings in a structured and clear manner to a non-technical audience.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills & analytical skills
Ability to deal with ambiguity in a rapidly changing business environment