Job Description
Location: 1 N Wacker Drive, Chicago Illinois Job Summary The Business Analytics Senior Associate applies advanced tools and technical expertise to deliver actionable insights that drive strategic decisions. By conducting complex analyses, mapping processes, and creating impactful data visualizations, they identify trends and recommend solutions to business challenges. The role involves direct collaboration with executive leadership across business units, technology, operations, and finance, ensuring clear and effective communication with all stakeholders. Success in this role requires strong business acumen, critical thinking, industry insight, trend recognition, and the ability to anticipate business needs. Essential Functions Independently deliver moderate to more complex analyses and reports; Work with large datasets – using standard tools such as Python, Hadoop, R, SQL, SAS and Google Cloud – to solve business problems; Analyze and resolve anomalies discovered when using quantitative tools and techniques Lead conversations with business partners; Effectively communicate key points to respective stakeholders; Develop and deliver presentations, tools and visualizations that include the right data and “tell the right story” to business partners Identify and anticipate business needs and understand how to obtain information Review work product of junior staff; Provide input, direction, and mentorship Manage integration/coordination of activities typically within own team Ensure solutions are appropriately documented. Create procedures/processes to ensure ongoing testing/validation of solutions Performs other duties as assigned; duties, responsibilities and/or activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice C