Business Analyst - MENA, Strategic Initiatives

Are you customer obsessed flexible analytical strategic yet execution focused hungry and passionate about e-commerce with a strong work ethic If yes this opportunity will appeal to you.We are looking for a Business Analyst who will play a critical role in shaping and driving the data analytics stream within the strategic initiatives team of the MENA region - UAE KSA and Egypt.The Business Analyst will be responsible for developing the Analytics framework defining business metrics mining data to uncover consumer insights and business opportunity and collaborating with internal stakeholders to drive the business. The ideal candidate will be highly analytical and possess expertise in both qualitative and quantitative analysis with a passion for delivering actionable insights to key stakeholders. The right candidate will blend advanced reporting with strong project management skills.In this role you will get an opportunity to closely work with Finance MENA Tech team Ops team and WW F3 stakeholders to improve the way we manage business at scale. You will make the best of your skillset in business finance simulation and business intelligence to explain quantify predict and prescribe. You will know how to translate business and financial goals into agile insightful analytics. You will also seek to create value for both stakeholders and sellers and will convey findings in a clear actionable way to managers and senior leaders.Key job responsibilitiesIdentifying opportunities to grow the business in a sustainable way engaging with teams to set up the right mechanisms as well as owning the business performance.Analyzing and diving deep on our business performance metrics identifying possible changes and presenting insights and recommendations to the leadership team.Build the capabilities for how we integrate science/analytics models necessary for evaluation and implementation of new strategies to support growthContinually improve ongoing reporting and analysis processes automating or simplifying self-service support for secondary datasets updating existing metrics as well as create new metricsEducate inform and drive business decisions by connecting your analysis through the lens of financial performanceReport results in a manner which is both statistically rigorous and compellingly relevant.Own the design development and maintenance of ongoing metrics reports dashboards etc. to drive key business decisionsRecognize and adopt best practices in reporting and analysis: data integrity test design analysis validation and documentationTune complex query performance using profiling tools and SQ1 years of tax finance or a related analytical field experience2 years of complex Excel VBA macros writing experienceBachelors degree or equivalentExperience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insightsExperience with SQL or ETLExperience working with TableauExperience using very large datasetsOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.Required Experience:IC #J-18808-Ljbffr

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