Business Analyst

Job Summary

NetApp Business Intelligence Analyst's work as part of a team that turn data into information, information into insight and insight into business decisions. You will utilize your strong technical and business competencies to examine the unique needs and concerns of business groups to develop relevant practices and procedures for preparing and sharing business reports.

Job Requirements

Essential Functions:

• Develop analytics to drive insights from data to help business solve critical problem statements.
• Generate insights and articulate recommendations to business users and present analytical content concisely and effectively.
• Establish measurement metrics that drive impact across the organization.
• Build, develop and maintain data models, reporting systems, data automation systems, dashboards and performance metrics support that support key business decisions.
• Lead cross-functional projects using advanced data modeling and analysis techniques to discover insights that will guide strategic decisions and uncover optimization opportunities.
• Develop streamlined reporting and automated scorecards from various systems including the Enterprise Data Warehouse
• Support adhoc reporting.
• Collect and analyze complex data for reporting and/or performance (trend) analysis
• Develop reports and structured presentations to present key messages to senior management & leadership.
• Ensure accuracy of data and deliverables of reporting employees with comprehensive policies and processes.
• Engage with owners from each business unit to identify key causes behind data trends/irregularities.
• Understanding of finance processes and internal controls
• Identify process improvements to streamline data collection and report creation

Requirements:

• Strong oral and written communication skills, as well as strong documentation skills to describe existing metrics (processes) and propose changes to data & process flow
• Advanced knowledge of and experience with Business Intelligence (BI), analysis, and reporting tools such as - Power BI , Microsoft Excel (advanced), SQL and Tableau.
• Must have the aptitude and desire to learn new competencies and skills
• Attention to detail and follow-through is essential
• Adhere to all established company policies, procedures, as outlined
• Extensive experience and working knowledge in data extract/reporting software
• Expertise in delivery technologies and data access, including familiarity with metadata, data organization, data quality assessment and data profiling
• Familiarity with accounting and finance practices and principles
• Ability to independently, resourcefully, and creatively research and implement new solutions

Education

• A University degree or other related training is preferred
• Minimum 8+ years of enterprise experience in data management and reporting applications, preferably with high tech companies
• Minimum 4+ years in Finance or Cloud Analytics