Senior Business Analyst

United Natural Foods Inc; Sarasota (FL); Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food distribution company is seeking a Business Analyst Sr to work remotely with strong analytical skills. Responsibilities include data management, reporting, and mentoring other analysts. Candidates should have over 5 years in analytics, proficiency in tools like Excel and PowerBI, and a Bachelor’s degree. Join a collaborative team focused on optimizing business processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working in Analytics.
• Specialist in data analysis, achieved through either experiential or academic routes.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently in a high-energy manner.

Responsibilities

• Prepares, reviews, and communicates results of analyses.
• Perform audits using advanced trend and variance analyses.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting.

Skills

Outstanding analytical skills

Strong business and financial acumen

Excellent written and verbal communication

Ability to break down multiple data sources

Strong relationship management skills

Education

Bachelors Degree or equivalent retail experience

Tools

Excel

SQL Server

Teradata

PowerBI

Oracle

Job description

Overview

Must live in the Eastern Region. The Business Analyst Sr works with multiple stakeholders to ensure information is provided in a timely and accurate manner. This position is comfortable working with large sets of data, demonstrating skills in analysis, interpretation, and management of data. This role is driven by sharing knowledge with the ability to communicate findings effectively to multiple levels in the organization. This role identifies gaps and opportunities to optimize processes.

Responsibilities

• Prepares, reviews, and communicates results of analyses. This includes data extraction and staging. Example includes labor and expense forecasting.
• Perform audits using advanced trend and variance analyses. Recognize patterns in data, such as issues and outliers, and communicate findings.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting. Identify Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for ongoing monitoring. Examples include customer scorecards and execution dashboards.
• Process improvement for assigned processes. Examples include chargeback process, invoice reconciliation, and labor optimization modeling.
• Present analysis results to leadership and peers, providing insights into business performance and action plans.
• Mentor and lead other analysts in best practices for analytical methods and processes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

Education/ Certifications

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent retail experience.

Experience

• 5+ years of experience working in Analytics
• Ability to use common reporting and database technologies, Excel, SQL Server, Teradata, PowerBI, and Oracle
• Specialist in data analysis, achieved through either experiential or academic routes
• Data extraction, visualization, analysis/interpretation, and the art of data storytelling

Knowledge/Skills/ Abilities

• Outstanding analytical skills, both numerical and verbal.
• Strong business and financial acumen and modeling experience; capable of working beyond the data to understand the business functions and behaviors of our customers, merchants, and corporate partners.
• Strong listening and interpretation abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong relationship management and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, including being remote from the team.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently in a high-energy and optimistic manner.
• Ability to handle pressure, ambiguity, and manage confidential information.
• Ability to break down multiple data sources to draw conclusions and provide recommendations.
• Ability to work across vast amounts of data from different data sources.
• Strong innovation and creative skills.
• Strong bias for action.

Work Environment

Remote Role

This position is classified as remote where the associate will perform remote work from their primary residence. Remote associates are welcome to work from the office but are not required to do so. While remote associates are not required to work from an office on a regular basis, they may be required to come to the office or other UNFI locations for necessary business reasons or if directed to do so by their manager.

Travel (minor)

• This position may require the associate to travel to company offices, distribution centers, or other locations for specific meetings or other business reasons.

Physical Environment/Demands

• Office Roles
• Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment.
• Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at a desk or computer terminal.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephones, and other office equipment in the course of a normal workday.
• Stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching may be required in the completion of job duties.