Business Analyst

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The Forecasting Team – within Global Capacity and Contact Management (GCCM) has one main objective – the accurate prediction of daily call volumes and average handle times, which allows Capacity Staffing and Scheduling to deliver against customer, shareholder and employee goals.

Our Team is responsible for providing end-to-end demand forecasts across all customer service networks in the US and around the World. We are also responsible for monitoring channels of contact trends and providing deep-dive analytics to support configuration and customer satisfaction enhancement decisions.

The Business Analyst position on the Forecasting Team will specifically play a key role in developing Global Short Term and Long-Term forecasts for all call volume segments.

Job Responsibilities:

Develop Global Short-Term and Long-Term forecasts for all various call volumes.

Leverage complex data sources to extract meaningful insights. Conduct strategic analyses to inform business decisions and actionable recommendations.

Develop and automate reports/dashboards to inform partners and senior leaders.

Collaborate and effectively partner with multiple functional teams to acquire and apply knowledge of business growth initiatives, risk/financial actions and/or process optimization programs to identify risk and opportunities.

Manage in a global 24x7 environment with the potential for dealing with crisis/contingency plan situations.

Develop insightful content and analysis for communication with partners.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

Rigorous analytics/econometrics to effectively solve complex business problems.

Ability to build strong relationships in a cross-functional environment, interacting with and influencing partners in Capacity Planning, Finance, Scheduling and Real Time Optimization.

Strong programming/analytics skills are required (SQL, SAS, R, PYTHON, HIVE etc.).

Working experience in reporting (i.e. data visualization, Tableau, PowerBI)

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Experience working with large datasets; knowledge of Hive, SAS, SQL, or other programming language preferred.

Experience working with machine learning algorithms to develop best in class predictive modeling (including neural networks) preferred.

Academic background:

Advanced degree in Statistics, Economics, Applied Economics, or Business Analytics. Master’s degree preferred.