Associate Business Analyst

Our Office of the CEO is comprised of experienced leadership, project management, and administrative professionals. The CEO's office will initiate, orchestrate, and execute interdependent projects to enable the organization to achieve its respective OKRs. Each role requires cooperation with different functions, the different blockers they carry, and different stakeholders.  The CEO’s Office has various teams for Group Black, including Strategic Initiatives, Special Projects, and Administrative support. 

The Role: 

Reporting to our Senior Director, Corporate Strategy the Associate Business Analyst will support design, documentation, implementation, and monitoring of strategic cross-departmental initiatives. The role requires the ability to understand complex financial profiles, analyze operational efficacies, and support observations with data. 

A member of the Office of the CEO, the Associate Business Analyst is a proactive thinker with exceptional communication skills, enabling them to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders. The position will also partner closely with our CEO and  Senior Director, Business Operations to produce project specific deliverables related to our core operations. 

The ideal person will excel in a high-impact role that works confidently with leadership on key operations and business initiatives. The Associate Business Analyst role is the perfect opportunity to develop your analytical, and operational skillset.  This role requires a proactive mindset with extreme discretion and willingness to manage highly confidential information.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Partner closely with the Office of CEO team to assist with the analysis, development, and execution of all the initiatives (or projects) across the business
• Access, pull, revise, and analyze data from a variety of data sources; gather new data, link disparate forms of data, and creatively use existing data to propose solutions and present them in an intuitive and compelling way
• Collaborate with the CEO and Senior Directors to create analyses and reporting for various initiatives
• Assist in meetings by taking notes and recalling notes for subsequent follow-up activities
• Collaborate to facilitate critical thinking, solution-making, and effective communication
• Oversee dashboards, KPI collection, operating meeting agendas, and action item tracking
• Drive operational excellence and efficiency by identifying opportunities to improve processes, systems, and tools
• Ensure timely communication and flow of information among key stakeholders for projects and initiatives
• Develop complex financial models related to operations, valuation, capital raising, and GTM strategies.

Key Projects:

• This role will facilitate communication and coordinate strategic and operational activities among internal and external stakeholders, helping drive key projects critical to the success of the business.

What you bring to the team: 

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics or a related field
• 1-3 years experience in M&A Investment banking, financial analytics, and/or private equity preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in excel, powerpoint, and the Google Suite of products
• An extreme sense of organization that enables efficient execution
• Ability to conduct presentations in front of an audience (could include Executive Leadership)
• Aptitude to juggle multiple projects and stakeholders at once
• Confidence in  analyzing data and using insights for storytelling and influencing change
• Ability to work independently and deliver measurable results in a timely manner
• Experience finding solutions to problems in a collaborative environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excitement and ability to learn new tools and skills quickly 
• Comfortable engaging with senior-level colleagues on strategic initiatives with the guidance of the Sr Director, Corporate Strategy and Sr Director, Business Operations and other cross-functional team members
• Commitment to the mission, vision, and objectives of the organization

At Group Black we believe in leveraging our hiring process as a way to support transparency. The annual base salary band for this opportunity is $78,000-$110,000. Our job offer compensation philosophy, which impacts actual compensation, is based on a number of important factors including, but not limited to, internal and market equity, financial budgets, and the individual’s skills, qualifications, experience, and education. Published annual base salary bands do not include individual variable compensation opportunities, such as annual merit increases, bonus eligibility, commission, or equity incentives.

Group Black also offers employees a comprehensive, flexible and competitive benefits program. We offer medical, vision and dental coverage, health savings accounts, paid time off to relax and recharge and attend to personal matters, Company paid holidays,  family and personal sick and safe time, and a 401(k) plan.