Senior Analyst, Business Strategy

JR United Kingdom; Birstall; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Analyst in Business Strategy to drive value creation through advanced analytics. This role involves providing actionable insights and strategic recommendations to support key business decisions. You'll work closely with marketing and portfolio leaders, focusing on predictive and prescriptive analytics to optimize business strategies. If you have a strong analytical mindset and a passion for data-driven decision-making, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field required.
• 5+ years of experience in finance business partnering or analytics.
• Proficiency in Power BI and SQL is essential.

Responsibilities

• Drive value creation through advanced analytics and insights.
• Conduct analysis to support key business decisions.
• Lead reporting and analytics development projects.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Mathematical Skills

Fluency in English

Self-Guided Working Style

Teamwork Orientation

Education

Master’s Degree in Finance or Economics

Tools

Power BI

SQL

AI Programming Languages

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05.05.2025

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19.06.2025

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Job Description:

The mission of this role is to drive value creation through advanced analytics, providing actionable insights and strategic recommendations to support key business decisions.

Location is flexible : Poland, Sweden, CZE, Finland, near our Headquarters.

Responsibilities:

• Create, conduct and develop analysis to defined decision support areas:
• Assortment management
• Distribution/Route to market decisions
• Promotions / Articles and Products management
• Services
• Lead identification of analytics objects that will drive the value creation of defined decision support areas
• Focus on predictive and prescriptive analytics which try to answer questions “what will happen” and “what should we do”
• Provides analysis, visualization, interpretation and recommendation for business for value creation including e.g.:
• Opportunity and potential identification
• Opportunity and risk quantification
• Sensitivity illustration
• Optimization recommendation
• Advanced modelling and simulation
• Co-operation with EMEA Marketing & Portfolio leaders and their teams
• Leading reporting and analytics development projects, e.g., analytics innovation projects.
• Co-operation and contribution to BI team’s total roadmap creation and execution.

Key Experiences Required

• Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field (e.g., Finance or Economics).
• More than 5 years of experience in finance business partnering, analytics, or FP&A roles.
• Experience working or collaborating with sales, marketing, and portfolio teams.
• Proficiency in Power BI, programming languages, AI, SQL, and BI tools is considered an asset.

Skills and competencies:

• High motivation and a “can do” attitude.
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lead own and colleagues' work.
• Self-guided working style and solution-centric approach.
• Developer and business-oriented mindset.
• Teamwork orientation and good cooperation skills.
• Fluency in English.
• Eagerness to grow professionally and stay updated with the latest tools and techniques in the fast-evolving field of analytics.
• Ability to prepare insights based on data and communicate them understandably to stakeholders.
• Understanding of statistical methods and their application to solve business problems is considered an asset.

About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday – everyday.

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every single day at PPG:

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are insightful, dedicated and proactive. We have intimate knowledge of the market and our customers. We focus on practical solutions that make a difference.

We are “One PPG” to the world.

We are better and stronger together. We leverage our scale to reach new markets and introduce innovative technologies as we differentiate and disrupt our markets.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We enable and empower our people to make the right decisions. We are inclusive, transparent and respectful. Our feedback is clear and actionable.

We make it happen.

We have a passion for winning. We achieve. We deliver with discipline and integrity. We bring our best energy to our work. We decide and act intelligently and quickly.

We run it like we own it.

We respect one another by being responsible and accountable. We always act in the best interest of our company, customers, shareholders and our communities.

We do better today than yesterday – everyday.

We continuously learn. We develop our people to grow businesses.

PPG Way: PPG Way

We are One PPG: We are One PPG

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

About us:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday – everyday.

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company.. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every single day at PPG:

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are “One PPG” to the world.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We make it happen.

We run it like we own it.

We do better today than yesterday – everyday.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email [emailprotected] .

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.

Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.