Business Analyst (WTI)

Carboline•Beachwood, OH

About The Position

Reporting to the Executive Director, Administration, the WTI Business Analyst is primarily responsible for procurement fee reporting, co-op/pricebook analytics, and related business reporting support. This role serves as a liaison between Business Operations, Procurement, Finance, Administration, and Reporting/Analytics to complete fee-based reporting for cooperatives, GPOs, and other procurement contracts; maintain and distribute co-op guidance information; support pricebook date tracking and communication; and perform pricing audits to help ensure material pricing aligns with book price and approved material lists. This position also supports additional reporting, analysis, and process improvement responsibilities as business needs require.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from four or 5-year college or university
Four to seven years related experience and/or training
Must have advanced Excel skills, good understanding of SAP and reporting capabilities
Must have a high level of Salesforce knowledge, experience in report and dashboard creation with a combination of strategic analysis
Communication Proficiency
Initiative
Teamwork Orientation
Personal Effectiveness/Credibility
Technical Capacity
Project Management
Time Management

Responsibilities

Act as a liaison between multiple business units (Administration, Procurement, Finance & IT/Reporting/Analytics: Will run required reporting for processing fee payments on required cadence (monthly, quarterly etc.)
Will run quality control on reporting to ensure projects are being captured as required for accurate fee reporting.
Will complete required reporting to deliver to customers, including multiple online portals for document submission.
Will work with A/P to complete check requests for timely payment of fees to the required entities.
Analyst will work closely with Procurement Team on changes to fee reporting requirements, and implementation of new requirements when new contracts are awarded.
Create new report variants to support new contracts, as well as updating existing reports to reflect additional services, fee percentage adjustments, and other changes.
Analyst will work with Administration to answer questions on project variances, timing of fee payments, and other questions.
Maintain and update price book reference materials, including effective date tracking tools and pricing cheat sheets utilized by the Administration team.
Perform audits of material pricing, price book data, and material lists to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with established pricing standards.
Participate in Business Process Management group efforts to collect and analyze metrics and continually improve processes owned by the group as required.
Participate in root cause analysis in order to recommend enhancements or other appropriate actions to improve productivity for the business units.
May act as a project manager on some projects tied to reporting upgrades and required process changes.