Business Planning and Operations Analyst

Business Planning and Operations Analyst

• 12 months contract role

Our Client

• Well renowned social media company

The Opportunity

We are looking for a highly quantitative, driven and detail-oriented Business Planning & Sales Operations Analyst to support our client's Small Business Group. This role will give you the opportunity to be part of a team that plays an integral role in shaping sales operations and strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain key data sets and reporting to track and manage the performance of the markets
• Focus on process and continuous improvement of core projects through automation and process enhancement (i.e. report automation, dashboard implementation)
• Provide business analytic strength to help drive initiatives critical to ongoing growth
• Conduct insightful analysis using internal and external data (e.g. revenue, product, market, industry) to derive insights that will drive business decisions
• Project-manage the development of tools that sales teams can use to extract data / insights for daily business management in an automated manner
• Analyze current sales performance and identify levers for driving revenue growth
• Support sales strategies based on robust analysis of sales performance and opportunities
• Drive analytical excellence through close collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Your Background

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who is passionate about social media with a proven record of quantitative analytical capabilities (proficiency in SQL). He/she should be able to navigate through complex data, identify business challenges, capture insights and provide business solutions.

Required education, skills and experience:

• Bachelor's degree from a top institution, with a minimum of 4 years of related professional experience
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and capability (SQL and Tableau) is required
• Strong analytical skills, high attention to detail and rigor, can-do attitude and desire to learn
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Helpful to have had some post collegiate experience in a quantitative field that can demonstrate the analytical skillset (e.g. business analytics, insights analyst, etc.)
• Demonstrated problem solving ability with experience providing practical business insights from large, complex data sets
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to present technical content to general audiences
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in a cross-functional environment
• Prior experience with online advertising or tech industry would be preferred