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Job Description
TITLE: Business Risk Data Analyst
POSITION TYPE: Full Time (W2)
LOCATION: Ridgefield Park, NJ
ABOUT WorldLink:
WorldLink is a rapidly growing information technology company at the forefront of the tech transformation. From custom software development to cloud hosting, from big data to cognitive computing, we help companies harness and leverage today's most cutting-edge digital technologies to create value and grow.
Collaborative. Respectful. Work hard Play hard. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at WorldLink. We embrace a culture of experimentation and constantly strive for improvement and learning.
We take pride in our employees and their future with continued growth and career advancement. We put TEAM first. We are a competitive group that like to win. We're grounded by humility and driven by ambition. We're passionate, and we love tough problems and new challenges. You don't hear a lot of "I don't know how" or "I can't" at WorldLink. If you are passionate about what you do and having fun while doing it; tired of rigid and strict work environments and would like to work in a non-bureaucratic startup cultural environment, WorldLink may be the place for you.
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WHO we're looking for:
We are looking for a Business Risk Data Analyst who will be responsible for contributing to risk reduction, financial loss reduction, process improvement, and P&L growth for the Mobile business on the .com site by data mining, investigating, creating Tableau dashboards, and quantifying loss associated with programs and processes. Key areas of responsibility include: identifying and quantifying operational improvements, and building business cases, and creating dashboards to monitor the success of risk mitigation in various sales platforms, processes, and products.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Manage: multiple initiatives to review areas and potential areas of financial risk and loss in a complex sales and fulfillment environment.
- Build: reporting and dashboards that quantify scope of issues and measure improvements from mitigation strategies.
- Optimize: develop data -driven perspectives on areas of potential and actual financial loss. Define opportunities for improvement. Quantify current and future scenarios for presentation to internal stakeholders for prioritization.
- Innovate: think outside-the-box, leverage data, and build insights to create business cases.
- Maintain reporting to focus resources (critical). Receive a risk issue (problem statement) and determine which tables and columns must be queried to determine the size and scope of the problem as well as find the best attribute to mitigate the issue. Be a logical critical thinker that can take an incomplete problem statement and determine where to look for data, stratify it and provide a coherent output.
Required Experience and Education:- 3+ years of experience with SQL and Tableau.
- College degree required.
- Advanced level skill in Microsoft Office Applications especially Excel. Skills with pivot tables, Vlookup, advanced formulas, etc.
- Extensive experience in data mining, analysis, business case development and reporting.
- Ability to work with large data sets.
- Familiarity with the identification and resolution of issues working with disparate sources of data and data quality issues.
- Experience with Confluence and Jira.
- Kibana experience a plus.
Necessary Skills and Attributes:- Self-motivated individual with the ability to thrive in a team-based or independent environment.
- Detail-oriented with strong organization skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Limited supervision and the exercise of discretion.
- Expert skill in SQL and Tableau.
- Passion for identifying issues and driving initiatives to improve them.
- Ability to facilitate cross-functional teams and navigate matrixed organizations.
- Strong analytical, data-driven problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and deadlines. In addition, must be able to manage multiple projects and often competing priorities.
- Entrepreneurial spirit and excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Ability to work independently and manage one's time.
- Creative problem solving.
- Additional visualization tools like Power BI and MicroStrategy a plus.
- Passionate business contributor who can see the big picture.
- Data-driven, customer-centric, storyteller who is passionate about leveraging insights to make recommendations and drive change.
- Digitally savvy and passionate about the intersection of technology and consumer products. Relentless focus on optimization and improvement - always approach business challenges thinking - is there a better way?
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by contract employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the contract employee is occasionally required to stand, clean, crawl, kneel, sit, sort, hold, squat, stoop, stand, twist the body, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs or ladders and scaffolding, talk or hear, and lift up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include ability to distinguish the nature of objects by using the eye. Operate a computer keyboard and view a video display terminal between 50% - 95% of work time, including prolonged periods of time. Requires considerable (90%+) work utilizing high visual acuity/detail, numeric/character distinction, and moderate hand/finger dexterity.
Performs work under time schedules and stress which are normally periodic or cyclical, including time sensitive deadlines, intellectual challenge, some language barriers, and project management deadlines. May require working additional time beyond normal schedule and periodic travel.
WHAT we'll bring: During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-competitive benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include:
- Medical Plans
- Dental Plans
- Vision Plan
- Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Critical Illness/ Accident/ Hospital Indemnity/ Identity Theft Protection
- 401(k)
WHAT you should know: Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. WorldLink is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All employment at WorldLink is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We endeavor to continue our footprint as a diverse organization by highlighting opportunities for all people. WorldLink considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, (including pregnancy and gender identity), age, national origin, political affiliation, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. People with disabilities who need assistance with any part of the application process should contact us.
This job description is designed to cover the main responsibilities and duties of the role but is not designed to be a comprehensive list of all.