Job Title:  Analyst
Location: TRIL GTC
GCL : C3

ANALYST - BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

The Business Performance Consultant will provide the Business Performance Manager and functional leadership team with accurate analysis of performance that links strategic objectives to key performance indicators and highlight areas of risk and opportunities for greater strategic alignment

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage various tools involved in the process management and come up with suitable data models to capture the necessary information to make business decisions
• Generating research reports and relevant knowledge documents that would be used by management team for decision making
• Periodic delivery of governance related reports for management team
• Collaborate to capture and collate key information and transform it to business insights for the management team to make an informed decision making
• Building and maintaining governance framework of the site
• Ideate, build and implement new service lines within business performance team for the core business to operate in a smooth and efficient manner
• Data collection, interpretation and visualization across various performance related metrics
• Diligently working, maintaining and reporting internally auditable functions
• Interact with the management/stakeholder teams and appraising them of the site’s performance

MANDATORY SKILLS

• 3-5 years of experience in business performance or related role
• Experience creating and publishing periodic reports
• Strong skills on Microsoft Office (Powerpoint, Excel and Word)
• Strong analytical background
• Excellent governance understanding
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with strong customer focus and attention to detail
• Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language
• Ability to interact with multiple stakeholders across various levels of the organization

Business Performance Manager:

Skills and Capabilities

• Strategic —be able to see and articulate the big picture, identify risks and opportunities
• Decisive—have willingness to make the tough decisions to get things done.
• Pragmatic—try to find solutions rather than add complexity
• Proactive—behave as a self-starter and self-manager who spots issues that need to be addressed, and then takes action.
• Driven – have a strong ability to multitask, handle many priorities, work to deadlines and operate with a partially complete picture.
• Dynamic - have high levels of drive, energy, resilience and a desire for professional excellence.
• Articulate – have a strong ability to frame the picture – Excellent written and verbal skills, fluent English, excellent Powerpoint skills.
• Insightful— Ability to translate complex data, develop and communicate insight and wisdom to help set direction and effort
• Influencer— able to build strong relationships. Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization is needed be able to influence change even without having direct authority over it
• Finisher – be experienced in driving and delivering positive outcomes, effectively handling blockers and conflicts.
• Collaborative—know how to break down departmental barriers and work with all involved to find solutions
• Innovative—think creatively to find new ways of addressing key issues and opportunities
• Diplomatic—able to find a universal solution when dealing with diverse groups with disparate opinions
• Adaptable—learn continuously, with openness to new perspectives that could lead to a better result

Essential experience

• Strong experience in a business / service analytics, service level management and reporting role.
• Industry experience, ideally in a Pharmaceutical, Financial, Commercial or Development domain.
• Prior IT business performance management, project management or related field experience.
• A relevant degree or equivalent qualification.
• Professional qualification in a related discipline, finance / portfolio/ project / program management.

Desirable experience

• Knowledge of new and emerging business performance management approaches and application
• Experience of executing the business strategies and influencing the key stakeholders
• Confirmed experience leading change, using different approaches / methodologies
• Experience working in a Pharmaceutical / life sciences company or equivalent.
• Awareness of developments in the marketplace and understand the relevance and potential impact to AZ
• Experience in handling and developing senior stakeholder relationships and driving commitments and agreements on actions and direction
• Strong financial acumen and business awareness

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. 
 

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.