Overview
Under direct supervision, perform basic data research and financial analysis to support business operations and present findings to a manager or project leader.
What you'll do
- Assist in the preparation of business, financial and data analysis.
- Develop recommendations to solve problems and issues related to business operations.
- Collect and analyze data to evaluate trends and results.
- Provide basic analysis and reporting by working with Inventory Management, Information Systems, Financial Audit and other groups in the organization.
- Analyze scorecards, providing insight into trends or unusual performance.
- Analyze market strategies, related products, market or share trends.
- Organize plans and recommend basic analysis and reports consistent with continuous improvement processes and procedures.
- Recommend, develop, create and implement standard reporting for routine business reports.
- Monitor data for accuracy, timeliness and integrity in data used in analysis and reporting, and communicate to appropriate personnel if data inaccuracies exist.
- Collect business intelligence from available industry reports, public information, field reports or purchased sources.
- Ensure follow-up so that analysis and reporting outcomes are reviewed and implemented.
- Support unit or department by performing specific individual assignments.
- Perform due diligence and transition activities as required.
- Maintain and/or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems or methods.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Mathematics or Applied Statistics.
- Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
- Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Access (for example: designing and creating simple queries, modifying data types, adding dates, working with required fields and/or creating labels).
Nice to have
- Experience applying standard financial, accounting and business problem-solving skills to business problems with multiple variables.
- Experience calculating figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, volume.
- Experience in an analytical role in a sales environment.
- Experience with SAP; experience with FoxPro and Visual Basic.
- Experience with financial analysis and data reporting.
Details
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