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Sr Business Analyst, Portfolio Analytics

Switzerland - Geneva

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At Expedia Group, our mission is to revolutionize travel through the power of technology. With $90BN in gross sales in the past 12 months alone, we are operating at a massive scale; data and analytics is naturally at the heart of everything we do.

Do you want to work in a passionate analytics team that has access to state of the art tools and technology? Are you looking for a diverse international function to work in? Are you looking to move into a business that offers a wide range of developing career paths for you? To join our growing team, we need curious, data driven analytical thinkers with a dedication for learning and self-improvement.

Expedia’s Analytics and Revenue Management group, ARM, supports the lodging organization by analyzing business trends, deriving insights, and guiding management’s focus based on findings.

As a Business Analyst of Portfolio Analytics in the ARM team, you will work closely with stakeholders to support and help steer the strategy of Strategic Accounts.

The Strategic Accounts group is a commercial team that is in touch with the large hotel chains with which Expedia Group is partnering to pursue mutual strategic value. You will be supporting this global team by providing robust analytical skills to help shape their strategy and support communication during partner meetings.

Your role consists of running adhoc analysis (e.g. measuring the value of a project, explaining variance in partner performance), as well as building automated performance reporting.

You will be sitting within Expedia’s global ARM group, with the opportunity to evolve into a range of exciting roles to help steer Expedia’s success globally. Given the high visibility and wide exposure to Expedia’s business, ARM also serves as a talent pool for the wider organization.

To be successful in this position you need to be entrepreneurial and able to operate with minimal guidance while owning end-to-end deliverables. As part of this, you will handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, establish priorities, and drive delivery of high quality outputs in a dynamic work environment with overlapping deadlines and short time constraints.

Responsibilities

You will partner with the Strategic Accounts group to understand business needs

• Establish trust and a collaborative working relationship


• Understand management needs and hypothesis


• Communicate factors affecting performance to senior management

You will create information flows to support business execution

• Establish and maintain accurate and robust senior management reporting


• You will assist the business decision-making process by developing analytical models to size various business opportunities


• Create compelling presentations for both internal and external customers


• Clearly and concisely present strategic recommendations


• Fulfill ad-hoc requests for data and analysis

Analyze information to help navigate the business

• You are aware of micro and macro-economic trends and their impact on the business


• Illustrate key business trends through effective data interpretation and visualization


• You help drive business impact through analytical guidance and reporting


• Develop an in-depth knowledge of relevant data sources and business intelligence

We offer:

• Clarity and no politics. Doors stay open here, and we welcome questions that challenge our thinking


• Smart, collaborative colleagues. We’re not interested in hiring cowboys (who don’t think they need a team) or jerks


• A work environment where you can grow your career. We have high employee retention because we invest in our employees’ learning, and prioritize making Expedia a great place to work


• An equal opportunity work-environment, where we value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

Requirements

• Bachelor’s/Master’s or other advanced degree in Engineering/Computer Science/Maths/Hotel Management or other technical field desired


• Two or more years of experience in an analytical role


• Demonstrated high performance in prior roles, with increasing levels of responsibility and independence


• Experience handling projects with leaders based in multiple countries and time-zones within a matrixed environment


• Excellent problem-solving skills, self-motivation and the capacity to work in a high performing team and to tight deadlines


• Excellent written and oral communication skills; strong presentation skills (Powerpoint)


• Hands-on analytical experience, including experience in SQL database querying, and analysis through analytical tools such as Tableau, Excel, R, Python or other equivalents

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.APPLY NOW