Business Data Analyst
🔍 India
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Summary: Responsible as a data orientated professional to work with stakeholders – both internal and external - to understand and interpret businesses operations and identify and solution extraction capabilities for specific data points used to deliver key business insights to enable strategic and operational decision making. The Business Data Analyst is aligned to the Global MI/Data Analytics function and the role primarily focuses on data modelling, extracting data from client systems and process analysis to develop insights, Reports and Dashboards.
Reporting to: BI Manager
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Business Analysis
• Review, interpret and identify all key business process data points to support effective analysis of business operations and/or performance
• Conduct detailed analysis of key business data points and develop suitable extraction models to support insights and analysis
• Draw conclusions and make recommendations on data extraction points from existing processes for raw data collation and business analysis to be conducted
Data Management / Analysis
• Data validation, extraction, transformation and loading (ETL)
• Reviewing and improving report automation effectiveness through extensive use of Power Query, DAX, VBA, Macros, Power Pivots and Data Models
• Checking reports for accuracy prior to publication
• Drawing conclusions from data, identifying key trends and making recommendations
• Data entry and auditing
Reporting
• Develop and guide others in the development for a range of reports in various formats including PowerBI, Excel and PowerPoint etc. as requested from the Customer.
• Provide recommendations to customers and other team members on informative visuals to that meet business requirements in PowerBI and Excel
• Reviewing and improving report automation effectiveness through extensive use of PowerBI, VBA, Macros, PowerPivot, Power Query and Data Models
• Collating, analysing and preparing Management Information reports and providing any ad hoc reports requested by Directors and Managers
• Publishing key reporting and key business intelligence to teams and internal stakeholders
• Checking reports for accuracy and ease of user interface
• Preparing Management Information reports as well as providing any ad hoc reports requested by Directors, Managers and Clients
Relationship Management
• Act as a key point of contact and build relationships / partnership with GP Strategies stakeholders and clients regarding the provision, maintenance and solution generation of reporting and Business Intelligence projects.
Personal
• Ensure that the Equality and Diversity, Health and Safety and Quality Operating Policies and Procedures are adhered to within your area of responsibility and that any non-compliance is reported to your Manager
• Ensure that the Corporate Values of the Company are actively promoted and implemented at all times
• Support a culture that promotes teamwork and discourages divisiveness at all organisational levels
• Act in accordance with your confidentiality agreement with the company at all times
• Communicate with internal and external agencies, staff, customers, management and peers in a manner appropriate to your position at all times
• Decision making and implement actions, involving customers, employees, suppliers, partners and peers, which are in accordance with the values of the Company
• This job description is an outline of the main duties and responsibilities of the designated role but other duties may be assigned from time to time as the situation requires.
Essential Requirements
- Relevant professional qualification/degree
- Good understanding of Business functions and processes as well as financial models
- Strong Business Analytical skills
- Proven strong understanding of BI Operation services with hands on knowledge of Excel, PowerBI, SSRS, Power Query etc
- Experience working with MS packages and proficient knowledge of Advanced Excel
- Experience of interacting with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
- Excellent problem solver
- High attention to detail
- Excellent organisational skills
- Able to work on several tasks at the same time.
Desirable Requirements
- Experience working in the Finance or Training sector
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