Business Analyst (Recovery Operations)
SPS COMMERCE
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Initiate business-focused analyses, communicating compelling findings across various domains, inspiring trust even with time-sensitive and imperfect data.
- Take a leadership role in cross-functional teams, actively contributing subject matter expertise to drive data requirements and analyses linked to the teams’ goals.
- Define and monitor key metrics, establishing guidelines for measurement and interpretation, and analyzing their trends and underlying drivers.
- Build sources of truth for metrics and analysis processing raw data (SQL) while rethinking data architecture for efficiency.
- Identify and source new data streams, seamlessly integrating them into our data warehouse to enrich our analytical capabilities.
- Build “scrappy” short-term data procurement solutions for high-priority data while long-term foundations are built.
- Documenting as you go to ensure what we build is future-proofed.
- Proven Experience – At least 2+ years of relevant experience and a bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, economics, engineering, or similar); bonus points for demonstrating impact in fast-paced, high-growth startup or software environments.
- Data Analytics Fluency – Proficient in SQL, spreadsheet modeling, and dashboarding tools; able to translate complex data manipulation into scalable, resilient solutions that are intuitive and audit-ready
- Exceptionally Attentive to Detail – thrives in solving problems of higher complexity and relishing the opportunity to dive deep into intricate data challenges
- Critical Thinking – experienced in scrutinizing data and evaluating validity vs prior knowledge and related data
- Pride in Accurate Output – ability to systematically define accuracy in analysis, reliability in supporting data pipelines, and critically assess findings to enable persistently trustworthy metrics & recommendations
- Decisive Action Taker - asses situations rapidly and make confident, well-informed decisions, ensuring timely execution and follow-through on key initiatives
- Remarkable Communication – distill complex ideas into clear, engaging storytelling for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong Business Acumen – ability to quickly grasp new business models allowing seamless context integration into data requirements, prioritization and exploratory data analysis with minimal guidance
- AI-Enhanced Productivity - instinctively uses AI tools to work smarter, not harder