Business Analyst – Spend Analytics, Entry Level

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or 4+ years relevant experience
• 2+ years relevant experience in a data analyst or financial/accounting role
• Accounting, data analytics, light code reading, programming or macro experience
• Analytical mindset, methodical, detail oriented with drive for accuracy
• Willingness to deep dive for answers in the data
• Problem solver

Responsibilities

• The role focuses on preparing spend data for reporting, supporting automation initiatives, and optimizing processes to enhance efficiency and decision-making for internal stakeholders
• Collect and assemble operating data from Ariba, SAP/HANA, Amex, TMNA data lake (TBDP/Redshift), TFS data lake (EDP/Snowflake) and other applications as needed to prepare spend reporting dashboards and reports to Management, Buyers and Analysts (for daily operations/regular reporting and projects)
• Design, maintain and optimize the Spend Model in Alteryx, ensuring proper data handling, accuracy and efficiency and work with Procurement operation managers and staff to resolve any issues with database and reporting
• Drive and support stabilization and standardization of reporting
• Ensure great customer service by using available resources to meet the data needs of our internal customers
• Always strive to ensure quality and accuracy of data and reports prepared, especially considering high-level executive audiences and internal customers who rely on the data to make decisions
• Act as a Business Analyst to identify automation opportunities, develop automations internally using available tools, such as Alteryx and Tableau, and/or pass to RPA bot team for more complex requests
• Challenge current processes by working as a leader to standardize and continually find innovative ways to improve, streamline and automate

Full Description

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Job Summary:

Toyota North America is a leading brand in the mobility industry, seeking a passionate Business Analyst for their Indirect Procurement Shared Services Department. The role focuses on preparing spend data for reporting, supporting automation initiatives, and optimizing processes to enhance efficiency and decision-making for internal stakeholders.Responsibilities:

• Collect and assemble operating data from Ariba, SAP/HANA, Amex, TMNA data lake (TBDP/Redshift), TFS data lake (EDP/Snowflake) and other applications as needed to prepare spend reporting dashboards and reports to Management, Buyers and Analysts (for daily operations/regular reporting and projects)

• Design, maintain and optimize the Spend Model in Alteryx, ensuring proper data handling, accuracy and efficiency and work with Procurement operation managers and staff to resolve any issues with database and reporting

• Drive and support stabilization and standardization of reporting

• Ensure great customer service by using available resources to meet the data needs of our internal customers

• Always strive to ensure quality and accuracy of data and reports prepared, especially considering high-level executive audiences and internal customers who rely on the data to make decisions

• Act as a Business Analyst to identify automation opportunities, develop automations internally using available tools, such as Alteryx and Tableau, and/or pass to RPA bot team for more complex requests

• Challenge current processes by working as a leader to standardize and continually find innovative ways to improve, streamline and automate

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree or 4+ years relevant experience

• 2+ years relevant experience in a data analyst or financial/accounting role

• Accounting, data analytics, light code reading, programming or macro experience.

• Analytical mindset, methodical, detail oriented with drive for accuracy.

• Willingness to deep dive for answers in the data.

• Problem solver.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in data science/analytics or accounting preferred

• 2+ years of hands-on experience with degree or 4+ years without degree

• Proficient in Excel. Alteryx Designer, Tableau or other dashboarding tool preferred

• Additional Certifications: ex. Alteryx Foundation or Designer Certification and/or Tableau Desktop Specialist or Data Analyst Certification preferred

Company:

At Toyota, we’re known for making some of the highest quality vehicles on the road. But there is more to our story. Founded in 1957, the company is headquartered in Plano, Texas, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.