Business Performance Analyst

Job Title: Business Performance Analyst

Career Level - D1

Introduction to role

Are you ready to disrupt an industry and change lives? As a Data Analysis Specialist, you will provide the Business Performance Manager and functional leadership team with accurate analysis of performance that links strategic objectives to key performance indicators. Your insights will highlight areas of risk and opportunities for greater strategic alignment. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise.

Accountabilities

- Support assessment of all aspects of business performance in the functional area: create and design dashboards, evaluate metrics and outputs, and report on business performance.
- Support the functional area’s scorecard, ensuring alignment with the wider IT reporting frameworks. Manage complex data collation across activities and from multiple sources to enable regular scorecard production.
- Champion and support team scorecard production and metrics-based business performance improvement within teams across the business area.
- Ideate, build, and implement new service lines within the business performance team for the core business to operate smoothly and efficiently.
- Understand and measure key business indicators such as productivity, net utilization, efficiency, etc., across various teams.
- Conduct data collection, interpretation, and visualization across various performance-related metrics in a timely manner.
- Diligently work, maintain, and be responsible for certain internally auditable functions.
- Interact with the management team and appraise them of the site’s performance and auditable functions.
- Be open to taking up additional responsibilities and working in other areas like L&D and Demand management.

Essential Skills/Experience

- 7-9 years of experience in business performance or related role
- Strong skills on Microsoft Office
- Strong analytical background
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with strong customer focus and attention to detail
- Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language
- Communicate to Stakeholders to understand business demands
- Excellent Business Presentation skills

Desirable Skills/Experience

- ITIL Foundation
- Experience creating and publishing periodic scorecard metrics/risk indicators
- Working knowledge of Analysis tools (e.g., R, Predictive Workbench, Python)
- 2 years hands-on experience with BI tools with excellent knowledge of Power BI
- Experience in working with vendors and contractors
- Minimum Bachelor's degree is essential; Master's degree will be preferred
- Preferable industry experience in IT Services, Technology Centers, or Consulting
- 6-7 years of similar role experience

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace, and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, our work has a direct impact on patients by transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak by combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. Our dynamic environment offers countless opportunities to learn and grow, whether it's exploring new technologies in hackathons or transforming roles and work processes. Join us to innovate, take ownership, and make a meaningful impact.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.