ANALYST, BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Little Dot Studios; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly health & wellness stipend

401K retirement fund

Medical, dental & vision insurance

Learning & development program

Hybrid working environment

Flexible time off

Long summer weekends

Job summary

A vibrant media company in Los Angeles is seeking a Business Intelligence Analyst to join their Commercial Planning team. The role focuses on transforming operational data into actionable insights that support key business initiatives. The ideal candidate will have 2–4 years of experience, strong analytical abilities, and proficiency in Microsoft Excel. This position offers a hybrid working environment with numerous employee perks, including wellness stipends and flexible time off.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in business intelligence or analytics.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with time-tracking systems or project management tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage project time-tracking platform ensuring accurate data capture.
• Analyze time-tracking data against project plans.
• Partner with Finance team to provide operational data insights.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data interpretation

Problem-solving

Communication

Organization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Economics, or Operations

Tools

Microsoft Excel

CRM platforms

Job description

We Realize Potential in Your Story

We are a multi-platform production company, social media agency, and digital media network who are currently on a quest to find an Analyst, Business Intelligence to join our Commercial Planning team - Is this your next opportunity?

The Business Intelligence Analyst will play a key role in turning operational, project, and client data into actionable insights that support smarter decision-making across the business. This role partners closely with Finance, Operations, and Commercial leaders to ensure data and analysis inform both near-term and long-term business initiatives.

The ideal candidate is a strong analytical thinker who enjoys building structure where it doesn’t yet exist, identifying patterns in data, and translating insights into practical recommendations that improve how the business operates.

PERKS OF THE JOB

• 🍏 Stay healthy with a monthly health & wellness stipend and free access to counseling sessions
• 🍻 Enjoy regular Happy Hours, treats and events with your team
• ⏱ Plan ahead with a 401K retirement fund
• 🌳 Support your family with medical, dental & vision insurance
• 📚 Invest in your growth both personally & professionally with our Learning & Development Program
• 🏡 Work flexibly with our hybrid working environment, with access to co-working locations and monthly reimbursement for home tech expenses
• ✈️ Take flex time off for vacations, family time, or mental health days
• 🌞 Enjoy long summer weekends by working half days on Friday

How You Will Spend Your Time

• Own and manage the company’s project time-tracking platform, ensuring accurate data capture, consistent usage, and ongoing process improvement
• Analyze time-tracking data against project plans, staffing models, and delivery expectations to identify trends, inefficiencies, and resourcing gaps
• Partner with the Finance team by providing operational data, insights, and assumptions that support forecasting, budgeting, and profitability analysis
• Serve as the pricing point of contact for new business and renewal pitches, collaborating with Finance and Commercial teams on staffing assumptions and delivery models
• Support the development and evaluation of future staffing and resourcing models, bringing a data-driven perspective to capacity planning and team design
• Deliver project-level insights and recommendations, highlighting performance drivers, risks, and opportunities for improvement
• Analyze task-level workflows and efficiency across teams, identifying opportunities to improve productivity, optimize processes, and reduce friction
• Own client data files and CRM management, developing scalable processes to track client behavior, engagement trends, and commercial activity
• Build dashboards, reporting tools, and summaries that make complex data accessible and actionable for cross-functional stakeholders
• Produce ad hoc analyses and business-focused presentations to support strategic initiatives

What You Need To Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Economics, Operations, or a related field
• 2–4 years of experience in business intelligence, analytics, operations, consulting, or a similar analytical role
• Strong ability to analyze, interpret, and synthesize data into clear insights and recommendations
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and comfort working with structured and unstructured data
• Experience with time-tracking systems, CRM platforms, or project management tools strongly preferred
• Interest in understanding how operational data supports financial planning and strategic decision-making
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities at once
• Proactive, self-motivated mindset with a desire to improve processes and build scalable systems
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to identify inefficiencies and propose practical solutions
• Clear communicator, able to work effectively with Finance, Operations, Sales, and Leadership teams
• Experience preparing clear, business-ready presentations and summaries for stakeholders
• Familiarity with Google Suite, BI tools, or automation workflows preferred but not required
• Experience in media, entertainment, or professional services environments a plus

Candidates must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.

USE OF AI IN APPLICATIONS

Please keep it human; we want to get to know you - your thinking, and your originality. Whilst generative AI tools can be helpful for text refinement, we require your application to jobs at Little Dot Studios to be in your own voice and words. AI cannot be used to generate your responses and any applications appearing to be entirely AI-generated will not be progressed.

LITTLE DOT, BIG IMPACT

We’re probably the biggest studio you didn’t know was fueling your favorite content. We’ve been one of the top dogs in the digital content space since 2013 (some would say, before its potential was even fully realized). We're proud to work with some of the hottest TV and movie studios, distributors, rights holders, sports federations and brands in the business.

WE ARE COMMITTED

Little Dot Studios is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and does not unlawfully discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, pregnancy, age over 40, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, registered domestic partner status or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation. Please inform LDS if you need assistance to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process. LDS will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

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