Our company Software International (SI) supplies technical talent to Fortune 100 & 500 companies and many other small/midsized organizations across Canada/US.
About this opportunity:
This position is ideal for a person with a passion for business analytics and problem solving in a team environment. The ideal candidate has an aptitude for:
- Analytics system administration
- Exploring data sets to find hidden patterns, trends and opportunities to improve business processes and strategies
- Performing complex analysis
- Relating analytical findings to business impacts
- Presenting analytical concepts and findings in ways that resonate with non-technical audiences (verbal + visual communication)
- Exploring opportunities collaboratively with business stakeholders to drawing out key facts, observations, and assumptions
Preferred Skills:
- Ability to thrive in the dynamic environment. Manage commitments and changing priorities. Prioritize and re-assess schedules and tasks quickly and effectively
- Knowledge of basic supply chain and/or financial functions (e.g. accounting/budgeting, supplier/vendor management, customer management, sourcing, planning, buying, logistics etc.)
- Advanced skills with Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access, macros, VBA)
- Experience using BI reporting tools such as PowerBI, Sisense, Tableau, IBM Cognos
- Experience using Azure Cloud for data pipelines and data management
- Experience with databases, analytic applications, and programming languages (e.g. data modeling, SQL, R, Java, Python, Power Shell)
- Ability to facilitate group discussions
- Experience with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies (e.g. Green Belt Certification)
- Looking for a team player who possesses exceptional communication skills (written and verbal), is able to learn quickly, is self-motivated and has excellent analytical abilities.
Activities:
- Analytics Consulting Services & Database management
- Analytics system administration
- Identify opportunities to reduce costs and increase the value of investments
- Performing cost-benefit analysis and making recommendations based on findings
- Develop and conduct training
- Develop and maintain project plans
- Identify and assess/evaluate technology opportunities
- Generate IT operational reports
- Maintain logs and records for financial analysis and forecasting
- Develop, improve and run advanced analytical models and engines
- Closed-loop tracking of insight, actions and outcomes
- Setup and monitor automated data feeds into hubs of historical data
- Manage client and stakeholder relationships
- Work with databases and SQL coding, programming in Python, .NET, Java, R, manage MS Azure resources
- Website development software development lifecycle concepts
