Business Analyst
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Based in Romania
Part of Business Operations - CBOT

DESCRIPTION\: 
Our goal as advisors to senior management is to aid decision making required to run a large and complex business. 
We live in the age of Big Data, with plenty of information available. We’re looking for someone who is able to find their way in this environment. Someone to develop and apply smart and creative methods of separating valuable information from noise. 
Enhance your analytical and critical thinking, use your trained curiosity to investigate outcomes and recommend solutions. The ideal candidate for this role has proven data mining capabilities and strong reporting skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES\: 
•    Monitor the EMEA region’s business performance and work with senior analyst and advisor to identify areas of opportunity or potential risks to the business.
•    Proactively and methodically explore available data sets to find patterns and interactions.
•    Thoroughly present and justify relevant findings to stakeholders - senior Operations or Sales Management.
•    Build, maintain and enhance the business reporting suite and KPIs - recurring or ad hoc reports centred on specific attributes, such as\: pipeline, sales performance, revenue split, forecast, etc.
•    Provide ad hoc analysis and reporting as requested by stakeholders and agreed with senior advisor.
•    Become an expert on SI business intelligence dashboards (main reporting tool). Ensure regional business coverage is up to date and the pipeline data is accurate on SI. 
•    Deliver training to regional management on SI dashboards or other reporting tools, ensuring sales managers know how to retrieve key information on a self-service basis.
•    Provide feedback to Business Intelligence team on issues or enhancement requests for dashboards.
•    Work with other departments and corporate functions (territories, finance, audit and compliance) to accumulate intelligence and ensure sales tools and reports reflect accurate information.
•    Be an advocate of Corporate or EMEA driven initiatives, such as Road to Cloud and Accelerated Buying Experience. Focus on activities that support these initiatives. 
•    Support driving new business & sales processes. Enhance the related reporting methodology.
•    Create and maintain role specific documentation.
•    Historical data management and record keeping.

CANDIDATE PROFILE\: 

Essential\:
•    Advanced Excel user – extremely competent in all aspects of Excel.
•    Highly analytical and critical thinking.
•    Attentive to accuracy and detail.
•    Excellent time management skills and organized.
•    Strong reporting skills.
•    Fluency in English.
•    Experience working in Business Operations, Reporting or Finance environment, preferably in a multinational organisation. 
•    Problem identification and solving skills, ability to develop contingencies as required.
•    Committed to delivering excellent service.
•    Excellent verbal and written communication and persuasion skills.
•    Good relationship management skills, able to work across global teams.
•    Desire to join a dynamic, multinational team.
•    Highly adaptive and able to perform non-repetitive tasks.
•    Ambitious, self-driven and proactive.

Desirable\:
•    Knowledge or experience with data mining and statistical methods.
•    Project management experience.
•    Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, accounting, or other relevant field.
•    Knowledge of the Oracle organization.
•    Understanding of Oracle products and services.
•    Experience in an international organisation.
•    Use of Business Intelligence Applications is an advantage.

As part of Oracle’s employment process candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment screening process, prior to an offer being made. This will involve identity and employment verification, salary verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).

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As part of Oracle's employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).!|!