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Senior Business Analyst, Business Planning Analytics

Wayfair is seeking a relentlessly curious, solutions-oriented Senior Analyst to join the Global Planning & Analytics team. This team provides thought leadership and analytical rigor needed to drive our rapidly evolving Wayfair Professional & Global sales teams.

The Global Planning & Analytics team is responsible for analyzing customer behavior, sales and operational performance to provide visibility, test and optimize strategic business initiatives. The team is highly cross-functional and works closely with Product Management, Engineering, Data Science, Field operation, Marketing and Storefront to grow the Wayfair Professional & Global sales teams.

What You’ll Do

In this role, you will be a key contributor and assist with business insights for the Wayfair Professional & Global sales teams. This role requires a blend of strong analytical experience, stakeholder management, business acumen and strong communication. All these skill sets will be applied in tandem with understanding customer behavior and business performance to drive revenue growth, better customer experience, operational efficiency and profitability. You will think critically to tackle complex challenges in a fast-paced and high-growth environment.

In this role, you can expect to:

•  Solve difficult, non-routine analysis problems with deep customer focus, applying advanced analytical methods and recommending innovative approaches as needed
• Build a strong understanding of Wayfair professional & B2C sales operations along with KPIs that impact overall business performance such as efficiency, conversion rates etc.
• Support weekly/monthly performance reviews by analyzing past performance with leadership and recommend go forward initiatives to drive long term profitability and alignment with OKRs.
• Work with several large and complex databases using Google Big query including sales, product, and customer data to synthesize insights used for decision-making; providing actionable takeaways and point of view when presenting business cases to senior leadership 
• Collaborate with Data Science, Infrastructure, and other Analytics teams using tools such as SQL, Excel, Looker, and Google data studio to deliver real-time performance data to the business leadership team, formulate hypotheses, develop models and socialize recommendations that address strategic and operational challenges 
• Take initiative to dive deeper and understand the logic behind data science models that influence customer targeting, call routing, customer valuation etc.

What You’ll Need

• Master’s degree in an analytical discipline such as: Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Economics, Business or Finance
• Post-graduate work in related field, preferred
• Prior management consulting experience or internship, a plus
• Strong analytical background and 2+ years of experience in extracting insights and operating with large data sets to identify trends and actionable takeaways
• Expertise in SQL and Excel required
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools such as SAS, Tableau, Microstrategy, Google Data Studio, and Looker
• Excellent communication skills; demonstrated experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Entrepreneurial spirit or prior experience in a high performance, fast-paced environment
• Highly motivated, with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team