Business Analyst

Russell Hendrix is looking to add a Business Analyst experienced in MS Power BI and SQL to join our Business Intelligence team. You’ll be an integral part of the team’s operations, converting data into insights to help the business make more informed decisions, and working to recognize streamlining and improvement opportunities for internal and external reporting. This position requires a high attention to detail, the ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize. This is an ideal position for a motivated individual who is looking to support strategic initiatives in analytics activities and the implementation and support of business information systems in a dynamic and fast-paced team.

This role is primarily remote, with the successful candidate able to visit a branch 2-3 times monthly, and also as needed for projects or meetings.

What We Do:

At Russell Hendrix Foodservice Equipment, we’re passionate about providing high-quality equipment, supplies, and services to the foodservice industry. For over 80 years, we’ve been a trusted partner to restaurants, hotels, and institutions across Canada. Our mission is to help our customers succeed by providing them with the tools they need to run efficient and profitable operations.

Working For Us:

We’re a team of dedicated professionals who take pride in our work and value collaboration, innovation, quality, and customer satisfaction. Our culture is one of respect, integrity, and accountability, and we’re committed to providing our employees with the support and resources they need to reach their full potential.

As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest people in the industry, and to make a real impact on the success of our customers. We offer competitive compensation packages, comprehensive benefits, ongoing training and development opportunities, as well as opportunities for growth and advancement within the company.

What You’ll Do:

• Perform business analyses and develop KPIs for various departments in support of company/department goals and objectives, largely through MS Power BI.
• Understand, maintain, and validate datasets and measures in MS Power BI using both MS Power BI and stored datasets accessed via SSMS.
• Locate and define new process improvement or optimization opportunities.
• Support financial and operation reporting requirements, including, but not limited to, building, and maintaining KPIs, exception reporting, financial planning & budgets/forecast analysis, via MS Power BI, Excel or SSMS.
• Develop and present ad hoc reports in support of various business initiatives.
• Serve as a liaison between stakeholders and technical experts.
• Assist with implementing effective change management strategies for new systems and processes.
• Define business requirements and communicating them back to stakeholders.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• A university degree in computer science, business admin, IT, finance, or related discipline with a technical focus (or equivalent).
• You have at least 3 years of experience working with Microsoft Power BI.
• You have at least 3 years of experience working with business analysis techniques and methodologies.
• You have at least 2 years of experience working with relational databases.
• You have a thorough comprehension of business analysis principles, methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• You have strong analytical skills with ability to retrieve, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of data with attention to detail and accuracy.
• You have advanced knowledge of MS Power BI, setting up datasets and measures, building reports designed for daily summaries, as well as interactive drill-down reports.
• You have expert knowledge of working with SQL queries, views, stored procedures, SQL Server Agent in SSMS and SSIS.
• You have demonstrated adaptability in changing business environments.
• You can manage multiple projects while also managing competing priorities.
• Your verbal and written communication skills are outstanding.
• You have advanced skills with MS Office Apps (Excel, Power Automate, Forms, Word, PowerPoint, Visio).
• You are able to efficiently work independently or in a cross-functional team environment with minimal supervision.
• Experience with Traverse a bonus.
• You have a desire to expand skill set and experience.
• Comfortable with giving and receiving feedback.

What’s In It for You:

• Extended health benefits
• Life Insurance
• 400$ per year gym subsidy
• Dynamic work environment
• Paid sick days
• Excellent employee discount
• Opportunity for growth

Russell Hendrix is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Russell Hendrix is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Store discount
• Vision care
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person