Financial Analyst

Company: OpenText
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: November 18, 2022

Job Description:

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY
As the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management.

The Opportunity:

We are currently seeking a Senior Business Analyst with deep technical expertise to join our Business Insights and Analytics team. - Individuals should demonstrate intellectual curiosity and passion for solving problems with an eye for optimization and efficiency. - This role currently owns the analytics function for our commission's team and will quickly expand into multiple lines of business within the SMB/C organization, including Sales, Renewals, Business and Revenue Operations, and Finance.

You Are Great At:

Our professionals need to work across multiple database systems to provide a holistic view across multiple business divisions. - Your deep technical expertise in SQL or SQL Server, combined with the strong business acumen of SaaS metrics in a subscription business model, will enable you to quickly and accurately model, query, and wrangle data in preparation for data analysis and/or application development.

Application development:

You will work both independently, and in partnership with other BI Developers, to manage the dashboard development experience throughout the full dashboard lifecycle: from gathering report requirements and meeting with stakeholders, to develop the data model and specific dashboards, to ongoing tuning and enhancements as required.

This position requires the individual to provide planning, estimation, scheduling, prioritization, and coordination of technical activities related to dashboard development with multiple stakeholders. Accountable to business and technical stakeholders for end-to-end application scoping, planning, development, and delivery that meets and exceeds quality standards.

Data analysis, visualization, reporting, and storytelling:

You will deploy various data analysis technics including, including but not limited to exploratory, descriptive, diagnostic, cohort, time series, moving average, and forecasting. - Your analysis will be presented using various data visualizations in business intelligence tools such as Tableau and Power BI.

The ability to perform more advanced analytical techniques such as predictive, prescriptive, clustering, classification, optimization, regression, Naive Bayes, neural networks, decision trees, and text analysis are not required. - However, analytical skills such as these will add value as organizational data readiness matures. - Similarly, technical skills with respect to QlikView, R, or ggplot2 would be helpful.

Your analysis will be used to transform business processes, improve internal controls, improve the efficiency of operations, and increase transparency and performance management. Our environment requires self-motivated individual who is willing to develop solutions on their own or in a team of highly skilled professionals.

What It Takes:
3-5 years of data analysis and application development experienceIntellectually curious, conceptual, and analytical thinkerConscientious and organized with strong problem-solving skillsResults-oriented with thoughtful actions, flexible and collaborativeProven experience with querying, wrangling, and analyzing data in SQLProficiency in writing and debugging SQL queriesProficiency with BI tools such as Tableau, Excel, and Power BIExperience with leveraging data from CRM and ERP systemsExperience designing and implementing data modelsProficiency in navigating data architectureAbility to work concurrently across multiple technologiesExperience in optimizing dashboards with a focus on usability, performance, flexibility, and standardizationExperience in end-to-end implementation of BI projects for developing a portfolio of scorecards, KPIs, reports & dashboardsExperience in synthesizing SaaS analytics themes and key performance indicators - storytelling with dataProject experience drawing conclusions from quantitative and qualitative analysis, to deliver actionable next steps or make helpful recommendations to marketing, sales, finance, and operations colleagues or leadersHave a working understanding of data visualization best practices, development processes, and knowledge of typical BI & analytics tools and technologiesAbility to integrate reporting components from multiple data sourcesKnowledge and experience with driving projects, facilitating BI tool demos and managing stakeholders across different levelsProvides technical expertise in the diagnosis and resolution of an issue, including the determination and provision of workaround solution or escalation to ownersComfortable fulfilling ad-hoc business analysis requests as neededGood written and verbal communication skillsAbility to manage multiple parallel assignments and meet specified milestonesEnsures delivered solutions meet technical and functional/non-functional performance requirements within.Manage day-to-day technical challenges and communicate to project manager/stakeholder any risks or issues associated with the development activities

For -Colorado -residents, this job is expected to pay in the range of $59,000 -to $89,0000 -USD -in addition to a comprehensive and competitive group benefit and healthcare plan. Individual compensation will be determined based on skills and experience comparable to the job requirements.

OpenText's efforts to build an inclusive work environment go beyond simply complying with applicable laws. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws. Should you require accommodations during the selection process, please contact accommodationrequests@opentext.com.

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