Business Analyst Job Summary
The Business Analyst will directly support the successful execution of projects/initiatives under the leadership of the VP, Hospitality Projects & Systems. This role requires managing multiple projects simultaneously including cross-functional support of organizational analytical needs.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, deconstruct high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
* Collects, extracts, analyzes, and reports data from various sources into accurate, interpretable and actionable reporting for Hospitality leadership.
* Supports all facets of initiatives, including but not limited to:
o Monitor and report KPI's
o Develop and own typical Project Management protocols including but not limited to:
+ Prepare Project Scope Documents
+ Complete ROI analysis
+ RFI/RFP documents
+ Reporting and dashboards
+ Capital budget creation, tracking and support
* Successfully engage in multiple projects/initiatives simultaneously.
* Proactively communicate and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and business partners to drive project execution.
* Work independently with team members to define and solution projects under direction of the VP, Hospitality Projects and Systems.
* Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translating them into application and operational requirements.
* Develop templates to be used for standardized analysis and reporting across the organization.
* Be the liaison between the business unit, technology teams and other support teams.
Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in business with a focus on business analytics, business information systems, operations management, finance or other related degree.
* Proficient in a variety of data analytical software tools. Power BI, SAP, Alteryx and Snowflake a plus.
* Demonstrated problem solving and consensus building skills.
* Self-motivated with the ability to meet tight deadlines and to work unsupervised.
* Excellent facilitation, verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills; the ability to communicate effectively at all levels and to all functional groups; the ability to translate project requirements and issues into appropriate context.
* Accuracy and attention to detail required.
* Experience utilizing a structured project management methodology and formal tools/approaches to data analytics.
* Ability to travel if needed, but as an exception.