What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Reporting Analyst position at Spot Freight?
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About The Role:
The Business Reporting Analyst will work directly with Spot’s Finance & Data Analytics team, along with the Manager of Data Science & Engineering, harnessing the power of data to provide critical business and market insights to managers, executives, and clients.
The Business Reporting Analyst will have extensive experience in using business intelligence tools, writing SQL queries & building reports, and in using Microsoft Excel for ad hoc analyses. Employee must be self-motivated, detail-oriented, analytical, and have strong organization/prioritization skills to manage multiple ongoing projects at a time. Lastly, the employee will be well-versed in data analytics and have experience creating actionable reporting to drive informed decision-making.
Responsibilities:
Spot Freight, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Spot Freight is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a disability, you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact our Human Resources team to notify us of your request. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
About The Role:
The Business Reporting Analyst will work directly with Spot’s Finance & Data Analytics team, along with the Manager of Data Science & Engineering, harnessing the power of data to provide critical business and market insights to managers, executives, and clients.
The Business Reporting Analyst will have extensive experience in using business intelligence tools, writing SQL queries & building reports, and in using Microsoft Excel for ad hoc analyses. Employee must be self-motivated, detail-oriented, analytical, and have strong organization/prioritization skills to manage multiple ongoing projects at a time. Lastly, the employee will be well-versed in data analytics and have experience creating actionable reporting to drive informed decision-making.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain customized operational reports across multiple business areas for use by department heads and senior management, including:
- Department dashboards
- Sales staff performance reporting
- Company-wide KPI tracking and productivity/efficiency summaries
- Integrate data from multiple sources to produce requested or required data elements
- Interpret data and apply business concepts to analyze results and provide value-add insights, such as determining operational impact, trends, and/or opportunities
- Identify and execute process improvements to increase operational and reporting efficiency
- Troubleshoot data integrity issues and seek out back-end improvements
- Manage and optimize performance on the reporting server using capacity metrics and other tools
- Maintain scheduling for dataset refreshes and reporting send-outs
- Provide support to Financial Analysts for ad hoc analyses
- Bachelor’s Degree in MIS/Information Systems, Business Analytics, Finance, or related field.
- 2-4 Years of relevant experience.
- Expertise in Sigma Computing (or other business intelligence tools), SQL, and Microsoft Office programs.
- Experience with SSRS report building is a plus.
Spot Freight, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Spot Freight is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a disability, you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact our Human Resources team to notify us of your request. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
