Business Analyst

Job: Business Analyst

Location: Old Saybrook, CT

Fulltime Role

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Business Analyst supports the Finance and Sales organizations by designing, developing, and modernizing reporting, analytics, and performance insights. This role partners closely with Sales, FP&A, Operations, and IT to transform data into actionable business intelligence that enables faster and better decision-making.

The successful candidate combines strong analytical skills with financial acumen and will help to build the next generation of reporting capabilities by integrating data across multiple systems and data sources, developing automated dashboards, improving data quality, and expanding analytical capabilities.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

·       Partner with Finance, Sales, Operations, and IT to translate business requirements into scalable reporting and analytical solutions.

·       Design, develop, and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly sales and financial reporting using data from multiple data sources.

·       Build analytical views that explain business performance through drivers such as price, volume, product mix, customer mix, new products, and new distribution channels.

·       Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics that provide actionable insights for Finance, Sales, and Operations.

·       Support budgeting, forecasting, and monthly close with business performance analysis.

·       Modernize existing reporting by replacing manual and spreadsheet-based processes with automated dashboards and standardized reporting solutions.

·       Identify opportunities to automate recurring reporting processes, reduce reporting cycle times, and improve reporting efficiency.

·       Validate and reconcile reporting across multiple systems and data sources to ensure data accuracy and consistency.

·       Collaborate with Business Systems and IT on data architecture, data integration, data quality, and reporting enhancements.

·       Document reporting logic, KPI definitions, business rules, and reporting processes to establish consistent data governance.

·       Present analytical findings and recommendations to Finance and business leadership.

EXPERIENCE, EDUCATIONAL, AND TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

·       Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.

·       2-3 years of experience in business analysis, sales analytics, financial analysis, business intelligence, or reporting.

·       Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including Power Query, PivotTables, dynamic formulas, and advanced analytical functions.

·       Hands-on experience with Microsoft Power BI and Power Query. Demonstrated ability to build interactive dashboards, semantic data models, and automated reporting.

·       Working knowledge of SQL for querying, validating, and analyzing data.

·       Experience working with relational databases, data warehouses, or data lake environments, including an understanding of data modeling, data relationships, and reporting architecture.

·       Experience working with ERP systems, understanding financial and operational data structures, and CRM platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics or Salesforce.

·       Demonstrated ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable reporting, dashboard, and analytical solutions.

·       Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.

·       Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

·       Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

·       Experience supporting Finance, Sales Operations, or Commercial Analytics.

·       Understanding of sales reporting, customer and product analytics, and KPI development.

·       Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and driver-based variance analysis.

·       Experience with Microsoft Power Automate or similar workflow automation platforms.

·       Interest in AI-enabled analytics, reporting automation, and business intelligence modernization.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

·       Business intelligence and data analytics

·       Financial and commercial acumen

·       Dashboard and KPI development

·       Data modeling and reporting automation

·       SQL and data analysis

·       Data governance and quality

·       Business process improvement

This role is ideal for an analytical professional who enjoys solving business problems through data and technology. The successful candidate will play a key role in modernizing Finance and Sales reporting, improving business insights, reducing manual reporting effort, and building the analytical foundation that supports future AI-enabled reporting and decision support capabilities.