Business Analyst II: Forecasting, Retail Analytics & AI

Sourcebooks; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Prescription drug insurance

Dental

Vision

Health Savings Account

401(k)

Short and Long-Term Disability Income

Life/AD&D Insurance

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Sourcebooks is seeking a Business Analyst II to partner with Sales, E-commerce, Finance, Marketing and Publishing teams. You will translate questions into reporting, forecasts, and analytical tools, working with Power BI and data engineering colleagues.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Analytics, you will own analytical products from development through operation, initially focusing on forecasting, retailer reporting and advertising analytics, with opportunities to apply AI-assisted

Qualifications

• Build and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards for business insights.
• Develop forecasting models and actionable deliverables for planning.
• Collaborate with sales, e-commerce, finance, marketing and publishing teams to translate questions into analyses.

Responsibilities

• Build, improve and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards and data models.
• Develop reliable measures and reusable reporting components with data colleagues.
• Explore programmatic, version-controlled reporting approaches using Power BI workflows.
• Build forecasting models and workflows; monitor outputs and explain changes.
• Develop retailer and advertising analytics reports and interpret performance for business partners.
• Use AI tools to support coding, analysis, and troubleshooting while ensuring data security.
• Explain findings to stakeholders and translate results into practical recommendations.

Skills

Power BI

Tableau

Forecasting

Data storytelling

Communication

Analytical thinking

Tools

SQL

Python

Git

PBIP/PBIR

Job description

Sourcebooks is seeking a Business Analyst II to partner with Sales, E-commerce, Finance, Marketing and Publishing teams. You will translate questions into reporting, forecasts, and analytical tools, working with Power BI and data engineering colleagues.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Analytics, you will own analytical products from development through operation, initially focusing on forecasting, retailer reporting and advertising analytics, with opportunities to apply AI-assisted