Business Analyst II

What you will do
The Pricing Analyst / Business Analyst is responsible for developing pricing, researching various dimensions of ratemaking, and comparing cost factors. This role will often work independently, but within a collaborative team environment. May also interact with other teams such as Engineering, Sales and Customer Service.

How you will do it

• Exhibit strong critical thinking, problem solving, and technical knowledge to challenge business assumptions and develop new methods, statistical models, and analyses that inform JCI’s policies, pricing, and customer programs.

• Demonstrate a continuous learning mindset and customer-centric approach to synthesize large datasets and translate analyses into insights.

• Establish scalable, efficient, user-centric, and automated processes for large scale data analyses to support business processes and decision-making.

• Analyze and review current and future state pricing models.

• Examine competitor pricing and suggest pricing structures and models.

• Track pricing and price changes based on commodity and material input changes.

• Apply statistical modeling methods to determine the potential impact of pricing strategies on current and future state pricing.

• Collaborate with sales and marketing departments to develop and implement competitive pricing strategies.

• Develop dynamic pricing tools to effectively respond to changing market needs and trends.

• Pricing Insights & Perspectives: Develop research and analysis on various dimensions of ratemaking and pricing strategy, which will be used to create a series of connected narratives and principles to engage a broad set of internal and external audiences.

• Problem Solving & Decision Support: Support cross-functional teams across the company to resolve complex issues that typically require verbal, written, and visual communication with proposed recommendations presented to leadership in a simple, logical, and succinct manner.

What we look for

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics or other quantitative related fields

• Minimum of 8 years relevant experience working in a pricing and statistical analyst role

• Experience conducting quantitative analysis and developing analytical models, dashboards, data visualizations, and decision-making tools

• Experience using statistical computer languages (R, Python, SLQ, etc.) to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets

• Experience in developing and optimizing Excel macros, VBA and Power BI dashboards

• Experience with experimentation (i.e., A/B testing experiment design)

• Ability to synthesize data, research, and analyses into simple, concise, accessible, and actionable insights.

• Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical skills

• Strong verbal, written, and presentation communication skills

• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills

• Experience interfacing and collaborating with peers, management, and other departments
   

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics or other quantitative related fields.