Sr Business Ops Analyst – Westchester, IL

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position Overview

Join the Follett Team where employees are valued, respected, and offered career paths throughout its many campus locations.

Follett serves over half of the students in the United States and works with 80,000 schools as a leading provider of education technology, services, and print and digital content. We’re higher education’s largest campus retailer and a hub for school spirit and community as we operate nearly 1,200 local campus stores and over 1,600 virtual stores across the continent. We take pride in the fact that for more than 140 years, we have been helping to improve people’s lives by supporting a lifetime of learning and education.

The Senior Business Operations Analyst leads the financial analysis of existing contracts, provides complex modeling, and has strong strategic business acumen. The senior analyst is responsible for the timely delivery of financial results and driving the forecasting, strategic planning, and operational planning processes. This individual will partner with the operations organization and finance leadership to drive results on critical initiatives, ongoing projects, and new opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Prepares monthly reports and business analyses to support the organization with ongoing enhancements.
• Supports the overall forecast, strategic plan, and operating plan development while providing insights into key business drivers and identifying risks and opportunities.
• Partners with RM’s and GVP’s to develop specific store-level strategies to meet organizational goals.
• Performs financial modeling to support existing business initiatives/opportunities resulting in better decision making and improved overall performance.
• Performs data mining and other forms of research to identify trends and relationships that drive results.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or equivalent required (MBA Preferred).
• 5-7 years of equivalent work experience.
• Advanced Computer Skills; MS Office, MS Excel, and financial reporting systems.
• During periods of peak activity (e.g. strategic plan, operating plan, etc) additional hours may be required.