Business Analyst – Project Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

Business Analyst / Project Manager

Position Summary

The Business Analyst / Project Manager position is a key member of the operations team supporting the execution of the company’s operational initiatives. Position responsibilities will be performing detailed analysis to help inform business decisions, as well as development of and execution against detailed project plans to achieve identified business objectives. This position requires business intuition, an ability to use analytical tools and methods to gain insights from data, organizational skills and the soft skills necessary to be a good partner to various teams supporting operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Leverages data from a variety of sources to analyze business performance and provides recommendations for improvement.
• Identifies areas of opportunity and provides actionable insights to operations leaders and front-line teammates.
• Partners with business stakeholders to identify key initiatives and engages appropriate team members to execute delivery of sustainable solutions to business problems, using data analysis, advanced analytics and data engineering best practices.
• Applies statistical analysis, simulations, and predictive modeling to analyze current procedures.
• Tests data and/or applications to validate data accuracy/quality.
• Track projects from ideation to completion, including helping to create project roadmaps, project plans and requirements documentation.
• Leads status meetings and manages frequent status communication to business stakeholders, IT team, and senior leadership as required.
• Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information.
• Works closely with IT team to maintain system and data integrity of operational reporting.
• Creates set company standards and reporting structures.
• Builds intuitive dashboards to empower other team members with actionable data

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or quantitative field (statistics, engineering, business analytics, information systems) or other related field required.
• 2+ years of experience in analytical role.
• Exceptionally strong analytical skills, with an ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Basic knowledge of financial concepts, procedures and practices required.
• Experience working with large datasets, reporting and visualization tools preferred.
• Database maintenance and design preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking; detail-oriented and highly organized.
• Excellent project management skills – ability to multi-task and utilize resources to execute tasks.
• Strong organization skills, and strong attention to detail.
• Proven proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in PowerBI, Smartsheet, or other project management tools preferred.
• Ability to work independently and highly self-motivated in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• Business Analysis: 2 years (Required)
• Project Management: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location:

• Multiple locations

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off

Schedule::

• Monday to Friday