Business Analyst – Operations

Job description

Business Analyst – Operations
$25/HR
Chesterfield, MO Business Analyst Overview:
The Business Operations Analyst supports business partners across Operations, Engineering, Procurement, Finance, and PMO teams by delivering clear, accurate, and timely business insights. This role is responsible for developing Excel based financial summaries, project status reports, operational dashboards, and standardized reporting tools used to support decision making. The ideal candidate is analytical, organized, and comfortable working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic project environment based financial summaries, project status reports, operational dashboards, and standardized reporting tools used to support decision making. The ideal candidate is analytical, organized, and comfortable working with cross functional teams in a dynamic project environment. Business Analyst Responsibilities:
• Build and maintain Excel based financial summaries for project status reporting, including budget tracking, actuals, forecasts, cost rollups, and variance explanations based financial summaries for project status reporting, including budget tracking, actuals, forecasts, cost rollups, and variance explanations. • Create project dashboards, pivot tables, and data views that help PMs and leadership clearly understand project &/or operations health. • Consolidate data from SAP, Ariba, Manage, Time Tracker, SmartBuy, and other internal systems.  • Ensure reporting accuracy, version control, and consistency across all PMO reporting artifacts.  
• Support analysis of business processes, helping identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for standardization or automation.  • Assist with project-related purchasing activities (e.g., coordinating purchase requests, tracking order status, and supporting vendor transactions). related purchasing activities (e.g., coordinating purchase requests, tracking order status, supporting vendor transactions).  • Monitor operational spend, track key performance indicators, and help teams understand cost trends. • Partner with Finance, Procurement, Engineering, and Operations teams to align reporting needs, clarify requirements, and maintain accurate data flow.  • Provide data insights that support planning discussions, capital project submissions, and operational reviews. • Support communication of business needs to technical teams when improvements or system integrations are needed.  • Maintain clear documentation of processes, templates, reporting logic, and workflow standards. • Assist in implementing new processes or tools, including training documentation and rollout support.  • Contribute to the development of consistent reporting structures across PMO teams. Qualifications
• 2+ years of experience in business operations, project analysis, financial reporting, or related roles. • High proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, advanced formulas, lookups, data modeling, creating summaries, interpreting data). • Experience supporting or learning systems such as SAP, Ariba, or other enterprise tools used in purchasing and financial reporting.  • Strong analytical thinking, problem solving skills, and attention to detail solving skills, and attention to detail. • Ability to work cross functionally and communicate clearly with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders functionally and communicate clearly with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders. Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience working with PMO or project-based teams. • Familiarity with forecasting, cost accounting concepts, or operational budgeting. • AI familiarity / certifications.