Advanced Analytics Specialist

Dollar Tree • Chesapeake, VA

20h • Onsite

About The Position

The Specialist – Advanced Analytics will be responsible for providing reporting and analysis of current operating results. This position will also be responsible for creating dashboards, automating processes, analyzing exceptions, gaps, and trends to provide guidance and insights into opportunities to improve company financial and store performance. Responsible for developing, creating, and maintaining key operational metrics and reports on a weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Key areas of focus include ownership of weather impact reporting, managing the operations ETL process, developing new multi-functional dashboards and becoming the subject matter expert on the operations data ecosystem.

Requirements

• Office work environment, 40+ work hours per week
• Strong analytical, project management and organizational skills
• Experience managing and/or testing internal controls
• Candidate must be deadline driven, work well under pressure and possess the ability to identify operational inefficiencies and make appropriate recommendations for correction
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills in building a service environment of cooperation, customer service and mutual respect
• Strong business acumen
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, or Business is required
• Experience: 3-5+ years related job experience in Retail Operations, Project Management or Financial Operations is required
• Computer Skills: Must have Advanced PowerBI, Excel and SQL skills and be proficient in ArcGIS, MS Access, Word, PowerPoint and Project.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
• Certifications: PowerBI (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain weekly reporting & dashboards on key operational metrics
• Lead the modernization of operations reporting to intelligent dynamic dashboards
• Provide gap analysis and insights to appropriate business owners
• Analyze key data / metrics to identify trends and risks, develop mitigation solutions and recommendations
• Create impact maps related to external events, such as weather, and quantify the impact on the business
• Present data in a format that is easy to understand and disseminate to all business levels
• Provide optics and analytics on special projects for key business owners
• Drive and optimize sales, gross margin, and all key expenses through business gap analysis
• Provide feedback and directional recommendations to ensure execution of business recommendations
• Automate current reporting and operational processes
• Evaluate current data processes and tools to recommend an optimal go-forward data ecosystem

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level