Senior Analyst, Business Intelligence

Ross Stores, Inc.; Dublin (CA); Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Ross Stores, Inc. seeks a Senior Analyst, Business Intelligence to conduct strategic analyses for Stores teams, driving insights and actions that improve performance. Reports to the Director of BI and collaborates with VP+ stakeholders and leadership.

The role analyzes large data sets, reveals performance trends, identifies root causes, and communicates results in written and verbal forms for executives. Hybrid in-office/remote work available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an analytical field.
• Minimum of 3+ years in an analyst role.
• Strong verbal and written communication; able to present to non-technical audiences.
• Outstanding analytical ability with a data-driven approach.
• Proficiency with SQL, R, Python; data visualization with Tableau/Power BI/Excel.
• Curious, proactive thinker with ability to solve business problems.
• Experience developing analytic solutions with measurable impact.
• Ability to present short- and long-term visions for solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct financial and operational analyses to drive performance.
• Analyze store fixture capacity and impact of strategic initiatives.
• Identify opportunities and provide fact-based recommendations.
• Partner with stakeholders to build BI processes, dashboards, metrics, and insights.
• Support data prep, warehousing, data flow, and reporting integrity.
• Manage end-to-end projects and present findings to leadership.

Skills

Communication

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related analytical field

Tools

SQL

R

Python

Tableau

Power BI

Excel

Job description

General Purpose

The Senior Analyst, Business Intelligence will conduct critical strategic analysis for the Stores teams at Ross and dd's Discounts, leading to insight and actions that improve business performance. This position reports to the Director of Business Intelligence and interacts with VP+ stakeholders and Stores Leadership. The analyst processes large amounts of data, reveals store performance trends, identifies root causes, and summarizes results into clear written communications for Stores Leadership and Senior Executives. Reporting and analysis responsibilities include recurring (weekly, monthly, quarterly) and ad-hoc activities, depending on business needs and priorities. This role requires establishing cross‑functional partnerships across all facets of the organization (both Field and Corporate).

Base salary range: $81,000 - $121,800. Salary depends on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location. Other rewards vary by position and location.

Essential Functions

• Design and conduct financial and operational analyses to understand drivers of performance and identify root causes of changes in performance trends.
• Examples include analysis of operational metrics such as store fixture capacity across the year and impact from strategic initiatives.
• Proactively identify opportunities and execute analysis to develop tangible, fact‑based recommendations to improve performance.
• Partner with key stakeholders to build and continuously improve business intelligence processes, tools, dashboards, metrics, and insights, providing the business with actionable data.
• Support operational and technical responsibilities that include data preparation, data warehousing, data flow, reporting integrity and accuracy, predictive analytics, data exploration, and socialization.
• Manage projects from end to end, including work‑plan creation, coordination with other functions, and development of support materials and verbal communication/presentation of findings and recommendations.

Competencies

• Communicates Effectively
• Ensures Accountability & Execution
• Organizational Agility,
• Manages Conflict
• Collaboration
• Business Acumen
• Leading by Example
• Plans, Aligns & Prioritizes

Qualifications And Special Skills Required

• Bachelor’s degree required with demonstrated superior college performance (preferably in an analytical field such as Finance, Economics, Accounting, etc.).
• Minimum of 3+ years of work experience in an analyst role.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, explain analytical methodology and results to non‑technical audiences, and clearly communicate findings in both verbal and written (PowerPoint) forms.
• Outstanding analytical ability, data‑driven approach to solving problems; strong quantitative skills and ability to dissect problems and "connect the dots".
• Proficiency with statistical tools (SQL, R, Python), data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, Excel), and other statistical & reporting packages.
• Passionate, analytical, curious creative thinker with self‑motivation to manage in a fast‑paced, changing retail environment.
• Proven ability to develop and apply analytic solutions to solve business problems.
• Experience developing short‑ and long‑term visions for solutions that have a significant business impact.
• Unquestionable personal and professional character and integrity; trustworthy with confidential information.

Physical Requirements / ADA

Job requires ability to work in an office environment, primarily on a computer.

Requires sitting, standing, walking, hearing, talking on the telephone, attending in‑person meetings, typing, and working with paper/files.

Requires consistent timeliness and regular attendance.

Vision requirement: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically.

This role requires regular in‑office presence, including in‑person team interaction, meetings and collaboration, client support, mentoring, coaching, and/or feedback. It also allows a combination of in‑office and remote work.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Ross is an equal employment opportunity employer. We consider individuals for employment or promotion according to their skills, abilities, and experience. Ross is committed to complying with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, physical, mental or developmental disability, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related thereto), veteran status, military status, marital or registered domestic partnership status, medical condition (including cancer or genetic characteristics), genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.