Senior Analyst - Analytics & Business Finance

Lowe's; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 10,00,000 - 15,00,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home improvement company in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Analyst to provide data-driven analytics support to its Cost Strategy team. The role involves analyzing product costs and collaborating with multiple departments to deliver insights that inform strategies. Candidates should have over 3.5 years of experience, with proficiency in SQL, Excel, and Power BI, along with strong communication skills. This position offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment and contribute to strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• 3.5+ years' experience in analytical role.
• Proficiency in SQL, Excel, Power BI, and Statistics.
• Retail and Finance domain knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyze product cost drivers and variance.
• Run scenarios to quantify trade-offs and risks.
• Stand up automations for recurring reports.
• Build executive-ready insights for decision-making.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor in Analytics, Statistics, Economics, Math or Business

Tools

Hadoop

GCP

DB2

Job description

Lowe’s is a FORTUNE 100 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe’s operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates.

Lowe’s India, the Global Capability Center of Lowe’s Companies Inc., is a hub for driving our technology, business, analytics, and shared services strategy. Based in Bengaluru with over 4,500 associates, it powers innovations across omnichannel retail, AI/ML, enterprise architecture, supply chain, and customer experience.

The Senior Analyst is an individual contributor to provide data-driven analytics support to the Cost Strategy team within the Merch FDS&A organization.

Position Overview:

The Senior Analyst will play a crucial role in analyzing and optimizing product costs to unlock enterprise value. This high-visibility role partners directly with Merchandising, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain and Finance to produce actionable insights that inform strategic decisions on vendor performance, and product cost optimization Strategies.

• Analyze product cost drivers & variance and translate findings into clear, prioritized actions.
• Run scenarios & sensitivities to quantify trade-offs and risk.
• Stand up automations (SQL/Python) for recurring reports, data quality checks, and benefit tracking to reduce cycle times and manual effort.
• Build executive-ready insights that distill complex analyses into actionable insights for VP/C-suite decisions (e.g., Cost out strategies)

Key Responsibilities:

Data Analysis & Insights: The Analyst leverages advanced analytics to analyze data, identify trends, perform root-cause analysis, and deliver actionable insights & recommendation to stakeholders

Data Management: Gathering, wrangling, and preparing data, ensuring accuracy to enable meaningful analyses while ensuring adherence to analytical best practices

Collaboration & Leadership: Working with Analysts, Engineers, and Data Scientists to achieve function goals, driving continuous improvement

Self-Leadership: Operating effectively within a matrixed organization, demonstrating initiative, and delivering high-quality outcomes independently.

Requirements:

3.5+ years' experience in analytical role along with proficiency in Sql & Excel/Power BI and Statistics. Retail & Finance domain knowledge is a good to have

Required Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor in Analytics, Statistics, Economics, Math or Business

Skill Set Required: Hands-on experience working with Enterprise level databases (e.g., Hadoop, GCP, DB2), Visual story telling with dashboards in Power Bi, Superset, Excel, Excellent communications skills to communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders in a clear and concise manner

Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.