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Search / Display, SQL, Excel, Business Analyst

Company Excell Data
Wage between $0.00 - $0.00 Hourly
Location United States, Washington, Seattle
Employment type 9+ Month Contract
Education Bachelor
Year Experience 2 - 3 Years of Practical Experience
Travel Not Specified
Published on 11/6/2009
Description
Our client is an internationally recognized company looking for a Business Analyst to develop a scalable, automated and efficient rhythm of the business.

The Business Analyst will contribute to growing a $5B advertising business through insightful analysis, reporting and forecasting. S/He will primarily analyze data to deliver an accurate view of key performance metrics for the organization to measure success and drive decision-making. We are looking for self-starters who can work in a rapidly changing industry, tolerate ambiguity and demonstrate problem-solving leadership with limited oversight. You will be joining a team that is focused on results, works together to solve problems, and is committed to developing people.

Core Responsibilities
  • Combine data from many sources to tell a cohesive story about the client's advertising business
  • Build and maintain actionable scorecards used to monitor the business
  • Produce reporting utilized by over 200 employees to check the status of their revenue versus target, directly related to their incentive compensation plan
  • Partner with incentive compensation to ensure quarterly payouts are aligned with reporting
  • Collaborate with business partners to automate the collection and delivery of data using SQL queries
  • Reconcile data with reporting from other teams to create a consistent and reliable reality of revenue, collaborating with other business analysts as needed
  • Generate and clearly communicate insights to increase business performance
  • Compile scorecards, graphs and data for monthly business reviews
  • Build out process to efficiently manage Operational Expenses, empowering managers with budgets and tracking
  • Design automation and a workflow allowing leadership, management, and others to easily access data when needed
  • Produce ad-hoc reporting as needed
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Experience/Skills
  • Minimum of 3 years experience in business/financial analysis, preferably within the media, software or online industries -- advertising experience a plus
  • Excellent Excel skills and Excel Services experience required
  • Strong SQL/Database skills as well as experience with OLAP Cubes required
  • VB/Programming experience required
  • Skills in other desktop apps, including Word, PowerPoint, Project
  • Knowledge of online advertising, both search and display
  • Strong Analytical skills, especially related to financial and operational elements of a service business
  • Strong technical skills coupled with an understanding of business goals and decision-making
  • Effective presentation and communication skills
  • Demonstrated track record of exceeding established goals on a consistent basis
  • Strong attention to detail resulting in accurate and reliable data
  • Detail oriented & thorough with ability to think big picture and understand the key trends and levers that drive a service business
  • Passion for analytics and data's ability to enable teams to achieve their potential
  • University/college degree or equivalent required
  • Access proficiency a plus
  • PPS experience a plus
 
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