Business Unit Support Analyst - Iowa

Ruan; Des Moines, Northern (IA, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Disability

Life Insurance

401k

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Ruan seeks a Business Unit Support Analyst to prepare and analyze data from multiple sources, delivering reliable insights that help management implement more effective operational strategies and track financial results against budgets and forecasts.

This role offers a hybrid schedule with a mix of remote and on-site work at the Ruan Campus in downtown Des Moines, with 1-2 years experience preferred and opportunities to collaborate with project teams and functional leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent education/experience.
• 3-5 years of financial data analysis and reporting preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; able to present to non-analytical staff.
• Proficient in Power BI and SQL; MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Research, review and analyze key operational and financial metrics using BI tools; identify data errors and communicate results.
• Consolidate and analyze financial data against goals, budgets and forecasts.
• Perform ad hoc reporting and analysis.
• Perform trend and variance analysis and develop financial forecasts.
• Collaborate with project teams to determine reporting needs and maintain documentation.
• Monitor and support adoption of standardized measurements and reporting tools.
• Review current business processes to identify opportunities to improve practices, cost savings, and productivity.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Job description

This position offers a hybrid schedule with mix of remote and on-site work at the Ruan Campus located downtown Des Moines

1-2 years experience is preferred

Ruan is a great place to work! We have talented and dedicated people and reward excellence. Our mission is to employ the best team in the industry to move our customers' business safely, efficiently and on time, every time. Ruan is seeking a Business Unit Support Analyst to prepares and analyzes data from various sources providing reliable conclusions that management can use to implement more effective operational strategies and monitors financial results in relation to budgeting and forecasting expectations.

Responsibilities

• Research, review and analyze key operational and financial metrics utilizing business intelligence, dashboard applications and multiple external data sources. Identify data errors, discrepancies and reporting issues. Communicate results and recommendations to business partners and leaders from various functional areas.
• Consolidate and analyze financial data while comparing results to the company's goals, budgets and forecasts.
• Perform ad hoc reporting and analysis.
• Perform trend and variance analysis. Perform cost/benefit analysis and develop financial forecasts.
• Work with project teams and functional leaders to determine business reporting needs and requirements, develop and maintain appropriate documentation, and manage data analysis projects.
• Monitor and support enterprise adoption of common and consistent measurements and reporting tools to encourage data-driven decisions.
• Review current business processes and supporting data to identify opportunities to improve business practices and processes, directly impacting cost savings and productivity improvements.

Requirements

Job Requirements/Minimum Qualifications

Education:Bachelor's degree required, or an equivalent amount of education and related experience may be considered. Course of study considered: Business, Finance Engineering, Accouting or related field of study.

Experience: 3-5 years of experience of financial data analysis and reporting is preferred.

• Individual must demonstrate strong analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Must have strong communication, written and oral, skills. Must have the ability to communicate ideas to others.
• Must be able to communicate analytical and process information to non-analytical staff.
• Must have excellent math skills with ability to compute rates, ratios and percentages.
• Must be proficient in workflow tools such as Sequel, Power BI or other reporting tools in addition to Microsoft Office skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Travel is required for this position.

Ruan provides benefits which include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, as well as 401k and Paid Time Off.