Analyst, Data Analytics

POSITION SUMMARY

This position is primarily responsible for empowering company leadership with actionable, data-driven analysis that leverages data science methodologies to critique restaurant, consumer, and financial data.
 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

May perform any or all the following duties:

• Provides analysis in medium-sized project/initiatives or leads analysis in a segment of a larger initiative.
• Participates in designing solutions, defines functional requirements leveraging established tools and methodologies to support the analytical objectives.
• Defines data requirements and identifies both existing and new data sources and methodologies.
• Champion initiatives aimed at improving Data Analytics processes that unlock solutions and drive growth.
• Translates data into metrics, dashboards and management reporting packages providing analytical summary that incorporates performance against key performance indicators, business objectives.
• Tests and implements solutions
• Provide analytical summaries that incorporate performance against KPI’s and business objectives
• Proactively seek to generate insights from data and collaborate with teams to act on those insights.
• Prepares ad-hoc reports and queries to support assigned business unit programs.
• Manage multiple competing projects, to prioritize and meet challenging deadlines.
• Demonstrate effective planning and organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Foster cross-functional partnerships

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS/CORE COMPETENCIES

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, or other related quantitative fields. MBA preferred.
• Approximately three (3+) years of experience preferred in Business Analytics, FP&A, or other quantitative Finance role.
• Expert fluency in Microsoft Office Suite especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with BI tool such as Tableau, MicroStrategy, PowerBI
• Intermediate SQL a must.
• Experience with scripting/statistical language such as R or Python
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume corporate environment.
• Work well under pressure, show a sense of urgency, remain flexible, and both effectively and quickly adjust to shifting priorities and conditions.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with other departments and third-party vendors to accomplish strategic goals, complete special projects, and maintain positive working relationships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to create summaries as well as preparing and executing presentations in a clear, concise manner.

WHO YOU ARE

• You are passionate about analytics. You enjoy learning new tools and methodologies.  You also enjoy getting results and bringing the data story to life.  You like interacting with business partners helping guide business strategy through objective data analysis.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Restaurant Support Center environment that is fast paced, high volume of activity, and deadline driven.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Sitting for extended periods of time, using telephone, typing and/or operating a computer and/or mouse
• Limited travel as needed