Business Analyst

Job Description Roles & Responsibilities The role of Business Analyst demands leveraging data to identify opportunities, optimize processes, and drive strategic decisions aimed at enhancing business growth. The primary focus of the analyst in this role is to analyze large datasets, generate insights, and provide recommendations to support the organisation's growth objectives. Key Responsibilities: Data Collection and Analysis: Gather, organize, and clean data from various sources, including databases, existing functional reports, customer feedback, market research, industry trends & benchmarks, and internal systems. Apply analytical techniques and tools to uncover patterns, trends, and correlations within the data. Business understanding & Monitoring: Collaborate with various business stakeholders from Finance, HR, Marketing, Sales, Production, R&D, Perfumery, operations etc. and understand their key business tracking indicators and functional reports related to business growth, revenue, product line, design & packaging, customer acquisition, retention, and market share. Design and maintain dashboards and reports for CEO to monitor performance & identify areas for improvement. Forecasting and Predictive Analytics: Build statistical models and utilize predictive analytics to forecast future business performance, customer behavior, and market trends. Develop scenarios and simulations to assess the potential impact of different strategies on business growth. Process Optimization: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify inefficiencies and bottlenecks in business processes that hinder growth. Conduct process analysis, mapping, and optimize to streamline operations, reduce costs, and improve productivity. Data-Driven Recommendations: Translate data insights into action able recommendations for business growth. Create visually appealing and informative dashboards, reports, and presentations to effectively communicate complex data analysis, findings and recommendations to CEO & stakeholders-including Senior management and Business teams, to influence decision-making and strategic planning. Data Governance and Compliance: Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and compliance with data privacy & confidentiality. Establish data governance practices, including data documentation, security, and access controls. Executive Support Responsibilities: Plan, coordinate and ensure the CEO's schedule is followed and respected. Provide "gatekeeper" and "gateway" role, creating win-win situations for direct access to the CEO's time and office. Communicate on behalf of the CEO, with team members, staff across stations, clients etc., on matters related to CEO's programmatic initiatives. Work with the Strategic Core team in coordinating the CEO's outreach activities Successfully complete critical aspects of deliverables with a hands-on approach, including drafting various types of letters, personal correspondence, and other tasks that facilitate the CEO's ability to effectively lead the company. Prioritize conflicting needs; handle matters expeditiously, proactively, and follow-through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures. Desired Candidate Profile Essential Skill sets required: Financial and analytical acumen is a must; he/she must be thorough at reading and interpreting financial statements and should be able to draw relevant and logical inferences. Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including staff, board members, external partners and vendors. Advanced written and verbal communication skills Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability Emotionally mature Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment Education and Experience Requirements: Bachelor's degree required, an MBA from a reputed institute will be preferred Stable work tenure: 5+ years of experience supporting C-Level Executives, preferably in an agile & competitive organization Must be extremely proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point), Adobe Acrobat, and Social Media web platforms Practical exposure and hands on experience in Power BI or Tableau will be an added advantage Employment Type Full Time Company Industry Retail Department / Functional Area Corporate PlanningConsultingStrategyM&A Keywords Business AnalystBusiness Intelligence AnalystData DrivenData AnalystForecasting And Predictive AnalyticsData Governance And ComplianceStrategy AnalystFinancial And Business AcumenCEOs OfficeOffice ManagerCEOs Manager Get real-time job updates only on our App