Business Analyst

Job Description

Our Brand :

J.Jill is a premier omnichannel retailer and nationally recognized women’s apparel brand committed to delighting customers with great wear-now product. The brand represents an easy, thoughtful and inspired style that reflects the confidence of remarkable women who live life with joy, passion and purpose. J.Jill offers a guiding customer experience through more than 280 stores nationwide and a robust e-commerce platform. J.Jill is headquartered outside Boston.

Overview :

The Business Analyst partners with several teams across the J.Jill organization, such as Retail/Store Ops, Marketing, Merchandising and Real Estate teams on various analytical activities. In this role, you will perform data analysis tasks, including model creation/maintenance, test analysis (A/B), and ad hoc business analysis requests to make recommendations that will improve decision making across the organization. In this role

Forges partnerships and operates cross functionally to provide analytical decision support to Channel Leaders to increase revenue and profit of various initiatives

Takes active role in conception, design, execution, and analysis of corporate wide testing activities.

Understands key performance indicators that drive company results and determine how these metrics track against overall business strategies, goals and objectives.

Takes initiative acting as a subject matter expert on analytics, quantification, and process automation and provides advanced analytics to support longer-range plans and initiatives.

Provides recommendations for improvements to tools, scorecards, KPIs & benchmarks.Qualifacations

Exposure to retail metrics and mathematics (sales, inventory, UPT, conversion rates, etc.).

Strong aptitude with MS Office tools, especially advanced Excel skills.

Advanced SQL skills required; experience with statistical predictive analytics tools like R & Python preferred.

Experience with BI tools like Qlik Sense or Tableau preferred.

Ability to not only retrieve and report data, but to also analyze the implications and make recommendations on various key business questions.

Propensity to learn quickly and ask questions to gain clarity.

Good communication/follow-up skills (follow up with project partners to ensure accurate and timely completion of deliverables).

Self-motivated with an ability to work collaboratively across functions and business areas.

Bachelor’s degree in Business or Quantitative discipline (statistics, math) suggested.

4+ years of business experience in an analytical or technical role.

Advanced Excel and SQL skills required.

Statistical analysis and predictive modeling (R, Python) experience preferred.

Reporting and analysis experience in a retail environment preferred.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by associates assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this position.

About Us :

At J.Jill, our success is guided by a culture that values the intrinsic art of creativity and the data science required to drive our future growth. We are collaborative and data-centric, with every associate focused on creating our customer’s unique experience and delivering results through our omnichannel business model. We embrace each other’s differences and unique perspectives and consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status. We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Full-time