Senior Business Analyst

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Job description

About Houzz

Houzz is the world's leading platform for home remodeling and design, helping more than 2.5 million home professionals in over 100 categories to grow and manage their business. Through Houzz, a community of more than 65 million homeowners and home design enthusiasts find ideas, hire professionals, source products and access tools to update their homes from start to finish. Houzz is available in every country around the world with localized platforms in more than 10 countries across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

About the Role

Houzz is looking for world-class business analysts to join our Marketplace Analytics team. Our mission is to assist Houzz growth initiatives with data driven insights. Our team is working on discovering information hidden in vast amounts of data to make intelligent business decisions to improve Marketplace Operations. This individual will have exceptional communication skills and the ability to quickly establish a rapport with all levels of internal staff. They are detail-oriented, tech-savvy, have exceptional problem solving skills and the ability to multitask.

The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a fast paced, dynamic environment and thrives on finding solutions to daily challenges.

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What You'll Do

* Using advanced analytical skills, interpret and analyze data, identify trends, and generate actionable recommendations to guide strategic decisions to management

* Develop key performance metrics and dashboards that help the Marketplace team focus on performance drivers

* Work cross-functionally with other teams to define, develop, build and implement key performance metrics, reports, and dashboards to effectively manage, drive and support critical business priorities

* Build an understanding of Houzz data/systems and leverage tools (e.g. SQL, Tableau) to independently query data and run ad hoc analyses to drive insights and inform business strategy

* Design and development of internal analysis tools

* Evaluate existing templates/tools and enhance functionality/capabilities

* General administrative duties ensuring process adherence by all departments

* Identify, streamline, and resolve data gaps by improving data collection methodology end to end with minimal guidance and oversight

* Subject matter expert at a departmental level across Marketplace Organization- Understand all operational connections, recommend best practices, effectively plan and communicate any changes

At a Minimum, We'd Like You to Have

* B.A./B.S. degree in technical or business fields or equivalent practical experience

* 6-8 years of working experience with 4+ years in a business/data analytical role with proven record for delivery of data-driven insights to inform strategic decision making

* Solid business acumen to be able to identify and create key metrics that measure and drive decisions

* Understanding of and experience using analytical concepts: analyzing data, drawing conclusions and developing actionable recommendations

* Proven problem solving skills, project management skills, and ability to influence others

* Experience presenting and communicating findings to management/executives

* Be self-driven and show ability to deal with ambiguity and competing objectives in a fast paced environment

* Advanced SQL skills querying relational databases
* Strong proficiency in writing complex SQL queries; you should feel comfortable using aggregate functions, window functions and all types of joins

* Expert Excel skills - comfortable with VLOOKUP functions, SUMIF formulas, Pivot tables and performing data models

* Advanced Tableau or other Business Intelligence platform skills

* Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills

* The ability to work independently and deliver quality results

* The ability to adapt in a dynamic work environment

* The ability to prioritize multiple projects simultaneously

* The ability to maintain confidentiality of private and sensitive information, records and reports

* The ability to create a roadmap based on current data trends and future business plans for responsible departments

Ideally, You'll Also Have

* Experience with modern distributed data technologies (Hadoop, Hive, Impala, Teradata, Presto, etc.)

* Proficient in relevant Analytics Programming Languages (Python, R, etc.)

* A firm understanding of Salesforce

* VBA/Macro

* E-commerce experience

* Demonstrated success in collaborating across different departments and roles

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Be Who You Are and Do What You Love at Houzz

We're a Family

At Houzz, we strive to create and foster a strong family environment in our workplace. We collaborate to accomplish our goals, always working as a team. We aim to build a culture of inclusion - celebrating and leveraging our differences for the betterment of one another, our products and our community.

Houzz team members come from many backgrounds and bring diverse experiences to the company. We take pride in making each person feel at home.

We Build the Future

Join Houzz in revolutionizing the home remodeling and design industry and have an impact on our community of more than 65 million homeowners and home design enthusiasts who use our platform and the 2.5 million-plus home professionals around the world who grow and manage their business with Houzz Pro. Houzz has been named one of the most innovative companies in the world by CNBC and others, and is backed by top venture capitalists. At Houzz, you can help drive the future of an industry worth over $1 trillion in the U.S. and Europe alone.

We Make Things Happen

Our team members play a key role in guiding the direction of our company and are able to work across multiple groups to implement fresh ideas that allow Houzz to be the industry leader. If you are interested in applying your passion to create products that will transform the lives of millions of people who are designing, remodeling and decorating their homes, welcome to Houzz.

Benefits & Perks

* Competitive salary

* Excellent benefits package (Start day 1)

* Paid Time Off

* Full training & development

* Career growth & opportunity

* Casual & fun work environment

* Healthy work/life balance

* Contests & incentives

Houzz is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. When applying for a role at Houzz, we guarantee your application will be considered regardless of your sex, race, religion, color, gender, national origin, height or weight, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.

We embrace and celebrate the value that diversity brings to an organization and understand that diverse backgrounds and different points of view are essential components of helping Houzz in our mission to provide the best experience for home renovation and design. Houzz is committed to fostering an inclusive environment through projects and initiatives such as employee resource groups and diversity workshops.

Houzz celebrates differences and strives to create a comfortable and authentic climate for Houzzers to feel supported, where they are welcomed to think creatively and contribute to innovative ideas, while having the freedom to be themselves and share their lives at work.

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