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Position: Manager, Business Analysis and Insights

Job Location: 702 SW 8th Street, Bentonville, AR 72716

Duties: Provides customer service and reporting in area of responsibility by providing reports and communicating results, preparing information and supporting documentation; supporting key business processes; serving as an information resource; providing guidance and recommendations based on defined policies and practices; supporting relationships with key stakeholders to deliver solutions and support; and resolving issues, answering questions, obtaining information, and providing documentation. Provides market insights to key stakeholders based on research gathered and business knowledge by communicating data insights and global marketplace trends affecting the business using various communication tools; providing guidance and advising on next steps based on insights, objectives, and research; proposing improvements; and promoting the application of insights to support other departmental and leadership decisions and goals. Manages processes across different areas of the business to ensure efficiency and compliance by establishing timelines, workflows, and requirements; supporting and developing training; creating, verifying, and distributing necessary documentation for reviewing results; managing and verifying functionality of key process and controls; and loading appropriate information. Manages customer requests and needs by utilizing analytical tools; extracting and consolidating relevant data for reporting; determining layout and formatting; analyzing best delivery methods; identifying root cause and solutions in all supported systems. Analyzes and ensures accuracy of information by creating, maintaining, and evaluating of data; comparing data with third-party information, budgets, or actual results; analyzing and researching risks or compliance concerns; analyzing financial data, key performance indicators, and metrics; evaluating trends and reviewing results for accuracy; utilizing financial models, plans, and tools; and conducting analyses for special and recurring projects. Provides data-driven analysis and insights to help support business strategies by evaluating ongoing analytical needs; reporting data-based insights in a uniform manner; reporting on business strategies; collaborating with internal and external business partners to build a consistent and accurate strategy for using data-driven insights; and providing expert advice and guidance on the application of best practices.

Minimum education and experience required: Bachelor's degree or the equivalent in Business, Analytics, Statistics, or a related field plus 2 years of experience in data analytics, project management, business, or related experience OR 4 years of experience in data analytics, project management, business, or related experience.

Skills required: Must have experience with: writing Queries in SQL to retrieve data from RDBMS databases; performing CRUD operations on RDBMS databases; coding in Python, Visual Basic and R to manipulate and analyze data; implementing machine learning algorithms through Python and R to analyze data and provide insights; developing Tableau dashboards for data analysis and visualization; using Python and R to connect to APIs using asymmetric cryptography to obtain input information for the data pipeline; using Python and R to request data from APIs to obtain input information for the data pipeline; using Microsoft Excel advanced tools: Vlookup, Pivot table, Goal Seek, Scenario Manager and Solver for data analysis; applying algorithms to solve linear programming problems using Microsoft Office Excel and Python; using statistical analysis descriptive analysis, inferential analysis, time series analysis, ANOVA and correlation to draw insights from data; using regular expressions for data processing in tools Python, Visual Basic, R and in queries using SQL; processing and handling semi unstructured data such as XML and JSON; manipulating data using a Workflow based software; and creating Entity Relationship diagrams. Employer will accept any amount of graduate coursework, graduate research experience or experience with the required skills.

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Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.