Senior Business Analyst

Flowserve Corporation; Pasadena (TX); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Flowserve is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support the Pumps & Seals Aftermarket business from Houston with a hybrid work arrangement. The role focuses on analyzing complex datasets, delivering forecasts, and providing actionable insights to inform strategic decisions across global operations.

The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen with advanced analytics, ERP and BI experience, and a proven ability to translate data into clear recommendations for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in business analysis, commercial analytics, sales forecasting, or related analytical role.
• Strong experience supporting commercial operations, planning, and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large datasets to identify trends, opportunities, risks, and performance drivers.
• Develop actionable insights and recommendations for decision-making.
• Create executive reports, dashboards, and KPI analyses for global leadership.
• Translate business requirements into analytical solutions to improve visibility and performance.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Forecasting

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Engineering, or Supply Chain

Tools

SAP

Oracle

BPC

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Company Overview: If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you’re searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve’s position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone!

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support the global Pumps & Seals Aftermarket business and partner closely with senior commercial operations leadership. This highly visible individual contributor role will analyze complex business data, develop sales, demand, and production forecasts, deliver actionable insights, and support strategic decision-making across a global organization. The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen, advanced analytical capabilities, and experience working with ERP, business intelligence, and reporting systems to improve forecasting accuracy, identify business opportunities and risks, enhance reporting capabilities, and drive commercial performance and operational excellence. This role offers the opportunity to influence key decisions at the highest levels of the organization while collaborating with commercial, operations, supply chain, and finance teams worldwide.

Location: Houston, TX (Preferred), hybrid

Key Responsibilities

Business Analytics & Insights

• Analyze large and complex datasets to identify trends, opportunities, risks, and key business performance drivers.


• Develop actionable insights and recommendations that support commercial and operational decision-making.


• Create executive-level reports, dashboards, and KPI analyses for global leadership teams.

Translate business requirements into analytical solutions that improve visibility, decision-making, and performance.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve data quality, reporting capabilities, forecasting techniques, and analytical processes.


• Recommend and implement enhanced analytics, business intelligence, and planning solutions.


• Promote best practices in data analysis, forecasting, reporting, and business performance management.

Forecasting & Planning

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve sales, demand, and production forecasts for the global aftermarket business.


• Monitor forecast accuracy, identify variances, and recommend corrective actions to improve predictability.


• Partner with commercial, operations, supply chain, and finance teams to align forecasting assumptions and business plans.

Data Management & Reporting

• Extract, validate, cleanse, normalize, and analyze data from ERP and other enterprise systems.


• Ensure a high level of data accuracy, consistency, integrity, and governance across reporting processes.


• Develop and maintain standardized reporting tools, dashboards, and performance metrics.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field.


• 5+ years of experience in business analysis, commercial analytics, sales forecasting, demand planning, financial planning, or a related analytical role.


• Strong experience supporting commercial operations, business planning, and operational decision-making.


• Advanced Excel skills, including data modeling, forecasting, scenario analysis, pivot tables, and complex formulas.


• Experience working with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, BPC, or similar enterprise systems.


• Proven experience developing reports, dashboards, KPIs, and business performance analyses.


• Strong data extraction, validation, cleansing, normalization, and quality management skills.


• Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, and stakeholder-management capabilities.


• Demonstrated ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in industrial manufacturing or related industries.


• Proficiency in SQL and Power BI for data analysis and reporting.


• Knowledge of data integration, enterprise reporting, and data engineering concepts.


• Experience with Python for analytics and process automation.


• Understanding forecasting, predictive analytics, and demand planning.


• Experience supporting global commercial operations and cross-functional teams.


• Proven track record of improving forecasting accuracy, reporting, and analytical processes.

Technical Skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel


• ERP Systems (SAP, Oracle, BPC, or equivalent)


• Power BI and Business Intelligence Reporting Tools


• SQL and Database Querying


• Data Validation, Cleansing, and Quality Management


• Sales, Demand, and Production Forecasting


• KPI Development and Performance Analytics


• Data Visualization and Executive Reporting


• Python (Preferred)


• Statistical Analysis and Forecasting Techniques


• Enterprise Data Management and Reporting Processes

This role is ideal for a strategic, data-driven analyst who thrives in a fast-paced global environment and enjoys transforming complex data into actionable business insights that drive growth, improve forecasting accuracy, and support executive decision-making.

Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.

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