Decision Support Business Analyst (12 months contract)

The Business Analyst is responsible for the Business Intelligence and Reporting requirements for the management and business users in Pacific Operations organization. The Analyst needs to help identify and analyze business issues by combining business acumen, process expertise and deep understanding of available data. She/he must be able to deliver a solution in timely manner and communicate across to management and various stakeholders. The analyst will design and maintain standard/ad-hoc reporting and automation requests. She/he will provide the expertise, gather data from different sources and use various reporting tools and scripts to meet the user requirements. The Business Analyst should possess as well as maintain a high degree of knowledge on data sources and relationships. The Analyst should be able to lead and participate in cross-functional teams to address business needs and/or system issues. She/he must be skilled at documenting, presenting research and analytical results, as well as documenting and managing complex business processes. 

Key Qualifications

• 5-7 years experience
• Extensive experience in reporting, data visualisation, data mining, data integration and ad hoc analysis
• Strong TABLEAU, SQL, EXCEL and Business Objects expertise
• Experience with working with RDMS - Teradata, MySQL
• Experience in SQL tuning, writing complex queries
• Experience with data integration tools like Talend, CloverETL and Informatica
• Experience with SAP preferred
• Basic programming knowledge/experience preferred
• Familiar with Supply Chain/Operations environment preferred
• Apple script knowledge would be an advantage
• Excellent data analysis and presentation skills
• Excellent attention-to-detail, ability to compile and validate large amounts of data while maintaining a very high degree of accuracy
• Excellent communication and comprehension skills
• Ability to operate in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment
• Business Acumen and ability to rapidly understand complex business process
• Excellent problem solving skills: ability to analyze and resolve complex problems in a structured and logical manner
• Excellent/Advanced Excel skills
• Ability to comprehensively understand data elements, sources and relationships
• Self-motivated individual able to function effectively when working independently or in a team
• Strong Project Management experience

Description

Support Data analytics component of critical business processes (Executive Reporting, Business Review, Special Events, Capital Projects)
Develop and manage daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly critical reporting and automations
Develop ad hoc reporting and automations upon request
Develop and implement new reports and analytical tools based on business requirements Issue resolution (analysis and corrective actions involving data or business process issues)
Proactively identify opportunities to use reporting to better support business management and/or improve efficiency of tools
Document and maintain information related to key operational processes
Develop, gather, write and or contribute to documentation and materials needed for process improvement
Participate in Data/Analytics project and propose enhancements (Data Capture/Integration, Architecture or harmonization)

Education

Degree in Business Administration/IT/Data Management/Process Re-engineering preferre