Seeking a Business Analyst for our Central New Jersey-based, publicly-traded client. Turn data into knowledge! The Business Analyst will be researching and compiling information to provide business insight and deliver recommendations for market opportunities.
What will be expected of you as Business Analyst?
- Create/spearhead special projects for senior management including developing project parameters and methodology, ensuring project quality, setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities and monitoring project completion.
- Partner with business groups to understand and support business goals, including qualitative and quantitative research, market segmentation, market reports, surveys, and sales data.
- Work on insight programs and analysis to provide actionable market and customer insight.
- Conduct market research, competitor analysis, customer insight, and sales analysis.
- Research and monitor various markets, industries and companies.
- Collect data from primary research, customer database systems and other data intelligence systems to provide market and customer information.
- Condense multiple data points into insightful and clear learnings and implications.
- Present findings and recommendations clearly and concisely.
- Produce periodic business /market intelligence reports.
What qualifies you for this Business Analyst position?
- Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance or statistical discipline
- 3-5 years of related experience, utilizing statistical analysis to drive business benefit with proven returns
- Proven track record in analysis and insight with the ability to explain analytical work in a logical way to provide insight and recommendations to a non-analytical audience
- Experience in working with data, analysis and interpretation
- Strong communication (verbal, written), presentation, and consultative skills
- Advanced in MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint
- SQL, data management and reporting skills (Qlikview) preferred
At WatsonBarron, we share a philosophy when it comes to recruiting - focus on people. Great companies, no matter the product or service, are run by people. We have made a commitment to the careers and businesses of those who lead. We seek out the best and the brightest in the accounting & finance industries and introduce them to clients with the highest expectations. We do this with a tireless commitment to detail. This commitment has made WatsonBarron the selected recruiter for many of the region's top professionals and ground-breaking companies. These range from incubator companies focused on technology and cutting-edge diagnostics, to Fortune 500 entertainment, pharmaceutical, consumer products, publishing, consulting, manufacturing, and financial services firms.