Business Data Analyst

Addison Group is working with a logistics company in search for a Business Data Analyst to join their team! This is a contract to hire role and 5 days onsite in Tampa FL. Please apply to be considered. The Business Data Analyst will play a crucial role in supporting our logistics operations, reporting to the Director of IT. We are seeking a candidate that can build and maintain reporting tools (such as dashboards) to track data, define KPIs, generate reports, and build predictive models. This analyst is critical in assessing information technology systems, collaborating with stakeholders and implementing innovative solutions through the analysis of IT systems. The successful candidate will be strategic, analytical, and demonstrate the ability to perform routine business analysis using various techniques, e.g. statistical analysis, explanatory/predictive modeling, and data mining. Responsibilities: • Support Operations with analytics and data reporting to deeply understand our customers and improve operational efficiency. • Evaluate and recommend IT solutions, including applications such as e-courier and Transportation Management Systems (TMS) • Monitor existing metrics, develop and propose new metrics, and identify new, actionable risk signals. • Support implementation of and work within a PowerBI environment to build, deploy and automate various analyses and dashboard reports. • Organize large data sets and be able to summarize key findings to manager and team in daily/weekly operational reports; database characteristics (tables, fields, valid values) for broader team understanding and decision making. • Provides recommendations for decisions affecting business operations and strategic initiatives. • Conduct analysis from existing databases. • Gather and analyze data for potential business expansion; Identify specific business opportunities and ways to capitalize on them. • Influence stakeholders to support business projects • Test business processes and recommend improvements • Convert roadmap features into smaller user stories • Write clear and well-structured business requirements and documentation • Identify automation opportunities • Create reports, dashboards and visualizations to help others understand business performance • Analyze process issues and bottlenecks to make improvements • Develop and maintain reporting tools • Perform data discovery, analysis and modeling • Collaborate with product managers on roadmap planning and workforce optimization Requirements: • Experience with data analysis and modeling using Excel (2 years) and SQL (1 year); proficiency in SQL required. • Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field. • Experience in logistics last mile delivery and transportation. • Minimum of 5-7 years of experience as a Business Analyst in the IT industry. • Entrepreneurial spirit and comfort navigating fast-changing, fast-paced environments. • Excellent organizational, analytical and influencing skills. Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k)