Analyst, Business Intelligence job at Wayfair

Job Description

Business Intelligence is an exciting blend of business, big data, and technology. At Wayfair, the Business Intelligence team empowers people in every part of the company to make better decisions with data.

Each Business Intelligence Analyst is aligned with one or more groups, such as Marketing, Logistics, or Customer Service, and partners with those teams to help them achieve their goals. Whether you’re measuring site performance, analyzing customer behavior and trends, data mining, or optimizing SQL queries, you will be working with cutting edge technology and multi-terabyte datasets. Working in the Business Intelligence team is a premier opportunity to further develop your career in business and big data analytics.

At their core, Business Intelligence Analysts at Wayfair are strong in quantitative analysis, enjoy SQL coding but also want to balance that with their interest in business. They think critically to tackle complex challenges, thrive in a fast-paced environment and are seeking a high-growth opportunity where they will have an immediate impact on day one. Business Intelligence Analysts are strong communicators who are eager to learn, endlessly curious, take pride in hard work and are committed to rapidly advancing their careers.

A rapidly growing team, there is significant opportunity for new BI team members to emerge as leaders, taking on additional projects and responsibilities with strong performance. This is a great opportunity for a really ambitious new grad who is searching for a position that provides visible leadership opportunities early on in their career.

Check out this video for a flavor of our team:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-m9A9tshzg

Responsibilities include:

Consulting with internal customers (e.g., Marketing, Logistics, Customer Service) to develop analyses that lead to actionable insights that accelerate profitable growth
Wrangling data from multiple sources including sales, inventory, product, and customer databases to create integrated views that can be used to drive decision making
Working with several large and complex SQL databases
Designing and building reports and analyses in Excel

Qualifications:

Highly analytical data junkie who enjoys coding - but doesn’t necessarily want to be a software engineer
To that end, experience coding in at least one programming language is required. Be prepared to discuss coding projects you've worked on and things you've BUILT
Positive, people-oriented, and energetic attitude
Analytical, creative, and innovative approach to solving problems
Strong written and verbal communication
Entrepreneurial spirit
Degrees represented on current Business Analyst Team include: Economics; Computer Science; Engineering; Physics; and Music

About Wayfair:

Wayfair, founded in 2002, is the largest online-only retailer of home furnishings and house wares in the United States. The company owns and operates Wayfair, AllModern, and Joss & Main. Wayfair ended 2012 with over $600 million in revenue and currently employs over 1,200 employees in offices located in Boston (HQ), Utah (Customer Care & Distribution), Kentucky (Distribution), the U.K, Germany, Ireland and Australia.

Wayfair was named Private Company of the Year by Mass Technology Leadership Council, and selected by Glassdoor.com as a Top Company To Work For and Top Company For Well Balanced Life, and #16 on Forbes list of America’s Most Promising Companies. It's a great time to join and help build the next great ecommerce company!

Wayfair is located in the Back Bay section of Boston, MA.

Visit our Site: http://wayfair.com
Read our Engineering Blog: http://engineering.wayfair.com
Find us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/wayfair
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayfair
Check out our YouTube Channel: http://youtube.com/therealwayfair

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