Retail Business Analyst

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Birmingham
Salary
Competitive
Posted
08 Sep 2021
Closes
06 Oct 2021
Job Title
IT Director
Category
Human Resources
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Purpose of Role

Labour – This involves the administration of a lot of data and the purpose of this role will be to gather and process this from a number of sources, producing a number of defined reports and ensuring compliance across the field teams.

Travel Expense – working with field and finance teams to generate periodic reports on travel expenditure with analysis into travel patterns and opportunities to reduce costs.

Retail reporting/support – delivering support to the retail teams for regular and ad–hoc reporting and any other requirements.

Main Responsibilities

– Collecting data from the field and keeping all store labour based models updated with the latest financial results and reporting key findings/observations to the Line Manager
– Support administration for the day to day management of the firm's European staff scheduling system ensuring queries are dealt with a timely manner and any changes are accurately reflected in the firm's labour model
– Collate and circulate all standard weekly reports to colleagues across the business
– Liaise with the retail teams and resolving store queries in a timely manner.
– Assist with the production of ad–hoc information and analysis and involvement in project work as required

Essential Criteria

* A financially / numerically minded individual with excellent Microsoft excel skills essential.
* Experienced in managing large volumes of data and capable of quickly and accurately summarising information into a format from which meaningful conclusions and options can be drawn
* Demonstrates strong organisational skills and experienced in balancing various projects at once
* Ability to work quickly and accurately to weekly deadlines and support the wider team with ad hoc analysis as required
* Ability to work alongside a wide range of business functions including finance, operations, HR and IT and confident communicating with a wide range of different people, including senior members of the business
* Attention to Detail – produces work that is accurate, thorough, and on time
* Communication skills – excellent telephone and email manner. Able to communicate with a range of different people, including senior members of the business
* Organisational Skills – including the use of folders & retrieval from diverse folders on the IT system, time management, prioritisation skills
* Presentation skills – formatting, layouts etc