SR ANALYST DECISION ANALYTICS
The Home Depot
Location – Atlanta, GA
Job ID – Req153739
Category – Finance/Accounting
Bonus Eligible
401(k) Company Matching
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Company Overview
What’s the best place we’ve ever built? The place where we work. At Home Depot, our goal is to provide the highest level of service, the broadest selection of products, and the most competitive prices. As the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, we operate more than 2,200 retail stores across North America. And each of our associates are focused one thing — helping our customers build and improve their homes, businesses, and ultimately their lives.
The Senior Analyst Decision Analytics position assists in the development of advanced analytics to support the company’s strategic objectives. The role works cross-functionally with business partners from Merchandising, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Online and IT to design and implement decision analytics, tools, and new visibility/reporting capabilities. This role has responsibility for creating analytics, translating business questions to actionable insights, supporting ongoing analytical needs, designing new analytical tools, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high quality analytical solutions for The Home Depot. This role is expected to leverage effective communication skills to translate complex analyses into understandable insights, with a passion to learn and develop.
Key Responsibilities:
- 15% Collaborate with stakeholders, business partners, colleagues, developers, and business analysts to deliver high quality analytics solutions
- 65% Data analytics with large volumes of data, using a wide variety of database applications / analytical tools including SQL, SAS, R, and python
- 10% Data cleansing, validation, testing
- 5% Enhancements / modifications to systems & procedures
- 5% Supporting end users, problem solving, troubleshooting
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- Reports to a Manager.
- This position has no direct reports.
Travel Requirements:
- Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
Physical Requirements:
- Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions:
- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be eighteen years of age or older.
- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Analytics, Finance, or Information Systems or related field is preferred
- Two to four years of experience in analytics is preferred
- Experience in SQL, SAS, Tableau, R, python and similar tools preferred
Minimum Education:
- The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
Preferred Education:
- No additional education
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
- 2
Preferred Years of Work Experience:
- No additional years of experience
Minimum Leadership Experience:
- None
Preferred Leadership Experience:
- None
Certifications:
- None
Competencies:
- None
Location – Atlanta, GA
Job ID – Req153739
Category – Finance/Accounting
Role Overview
The Senior Analyst Decision Analytics position assists in the development of advanced analytics to support the company’s strategic objectives. The role works cross-functionally with business partners from Merchandising, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Online and IT to design and implement decision analytics, tools, and new visibility/reporting capabilities. This role has responsibility for creating analytics, translating business questions to actionable insights, supporting ongoing analytical needs, designing new analytical tools, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high quality analytical solutions for The Home Depot. This role is expected to leverage effective communication skills to translate complex analyses into understandable insights, with a passion to learn and develop.
Key Responsibilities:
- 15% Collaborate with stakeholders, business partners, colleagues, developers, and business analysts to deliver high quality analytics solutions
- 65% Data analytics with large volumes of data, using a wide variety of database applications / analytical tools including SQL, SAS, R, and python
- 10% Data cleansing, validation, testing
- 5% Enhancements / modifications to systems & procedures
- 5% Supporting end users, problem solving, troubleshooting
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- Reports to a Manager.
- This position has no direct reports.
Travel Requirements:
- Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
Physical Requirements:
- Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions:
- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be eighteen years of age or older.
- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Analytics, Finance, or Information Systems or related field is preferred
- Two to four years of experience in analytics is preferred
- Experience in SQL, SAS, Tableau, R, python and similar tools preferred
Minimum Education:
- The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
Preferred Education:
- No additional education
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
- 2
Preferred Years of Work Experience:
- No additional years of experience
Minimum Leadership Experience:
- None
Preferred Leadership Experience:
- None
Certifications:
- None
Competencies:
- None
Hybrid – An associate in a hybrid role blends in-office and remote/virtual working to complete their job duties. An associate may be required to work from a designated Home Depot location on some days, and may work from a virtual/remote location on others. We also refer to this as location – flex.
Work From Home – Location Specific – An associate in this role primarily works from home but is assigned a THD location and is periodically required to report to their in-office location. Associates must live within the same state and within a commutable distance of their assigned THD location.
Learn more about our 4 different work locations. Additional information will be provided during the application process.
As part of the application process for this role, there will be an on-line assessment. The assessment usually takes about 17 minutes to complete. You will be directed to the assessment link immediately after submitting your application. Once you click on the link, you will need to complete it within 72 hours after starting it. You may stop and restart the assessment as many times as you like within the 72-hour time frame.
During the assessment, we’ll ask you questions about your approach to work and various work-related situations. The questions are based on characteristics that are related to performing successfully in hourly roles at The Home Depot, including:
- Professional Experience
- Learning Potential
- Responsibility
- Customer Focus
If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation related to the assessment, or you would like to obtain more information about the assessment, click here to learn more.
Healthcare Options
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