Job Title: Sales Operations Analyst
Client Location: London hybrid working 3 days on site, 2 days remote
Starting: ASAP
Pay: up to £39.90p/h PAYE + holiday pay
Hours: Full-time
Duration: until 31/01/2027
Job Description:
Join a globally recognized enterprise at the forefront of innovation, where your strategic insights will directly influence critical business decisions and drive significant growth. This organization is committed to maximizing performance through objective partnership, data-driven strategies, and cross-functional collaboration. We are seeking a highly quantitative, process, and detail-oriented individual to become a pivotal part of a central team focused on strategic planning and operations. You will play a crucial role in shaping the future of business performance by transforming data into actionable strategies and optimizing operational rigor.
**About the Role**
As a key partner to the business, you will be instrumental in delivering robust operational strategies and data-driven insights that directly impact business growth and efficiency. Your work will involve analyzing complex data, identifying market and product opportunities, and driving operational excellence across various processes and systems. This is an exciting opportunity to combine your analytical prowess with strategic thinking to solve complex business challenges and influence leadership decisions within a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
**Key Responsibilities**
* Provide critical analytical support to propel initiatives essential for the growth of advertising sales channels.
* Uncover key trends and insights regarding product opportunities, delivering data-driven feedback on market nuances to product teams.
* Generate vital insights for business leadership to inform and support strategic decision-making processes.
* Collaborate closely with sales leadership and cross-functional stakeholders on strategic projects aimed at enhancing efficiency, discovering new opportunities, optimizing resource allocation, and refining operating models.
* Present compelling findings and recommendations, backed by data, to leadership teams.
* Drive the rhythm of business with operational rigor, support service models, lead operational reviews, and track performance against regional goals and priorities.
* Identify opportunities and key roadblocks through a data-driven approach, working efficiently across teams and time zones to resolve them.
* Regularly communicate with and influence leadership, highlighting progress towards goals, key risks, and dependencies.
* Translate and execute global initiatives at a regional/local level, fostering alignment through partnerships with regional, local, and cross-functional teams.
**What You'll Bring (Must-Have Qualifications)**
*Solid professional experience in a quantitative field (e.g., investment banking, private equity), a consulting environment, a corporate strategy/operations team, or a similar technology company.
* Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, with proven proficiency in addressing complex and diverse business challenges (commercial, operational, organizational).
* Demonstrated experience in leading and influencing stakeholders at all levels of an organization, including designing, leading, and executing analysis, and effectively communicating insights.
* Proficiency in SQL, with extensive experience extracting and manipulating data from large and complex databases.
* Proven ability to communicate complex or technical ideas and concepts clearly and concisely to an executive-level audience.
* Experience navigating a complex, ambiguous environment with the agility to drive results through effective problem-solving, collaboration, and communication.
* Strong SQL coding abilities for data analysis.
* Advanced proficiency in spreadsheet software and presentation tools.
* Excellent public speaking skills.
**What Sets You Apart (Nice-to-Have Qualifications)**
* Advanced qualifications in a technical or analytical field (e.g., Business, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or Economics).
* Prior experience working within a large, multi-unit enterprise.
* A solid understanding of the digital advertising landscape.
Client Description:
Our Client is the largest social media company in the world. They have substantial B2B and B2C advertising and media platforms, as well as a nonprofit initiative. With the mission of bringing people together, they now boast over 2 billion users, and are rapidly developing as they influence the world around us.
