B

Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Business Analyst

Business AnalysisConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeShepherdsville, KY, USANo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Strong analytical, reasoning, and problem-solving skills.
  • A supply chain or logistics background.
  • Very good to excellent Microsoft Excel skills.
  • Strong understanding of end-to-end data flows, including system inputs, outputs, and dependencies that impact operational reporting and analysis.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
  • Strong organizational and planning skills, including the ability to prioritize work, manage multiple tasks simultaneously, set goals, enforce deadlines, and reassess priorities as business needs change.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, customers, and internal and external stakeholders.
  • Ability to create and maintain accurate, detailed records.
  • Strong critical and analytical thinking, organization, attention to detail, and the ability to meet deadlines.
  • A continuous improvement mindset and ability to contribute to process optimization initiatives.
  • A bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, analytics, data science, accounting, finance, or a similar field, or relevant experience.
  • At least two years of working experience in a Business Analyst, Consultant, Business Development, or Project Development role.
  • Ability to support a flexible schedule, including occasional after-hours availability, based on changing business needs and with or without advance notice.

Responsibilities

  • Support invoice billing creation and review for distribution and transportation activities.
  • Create internal and external accrual files for financial month-end close activities.
  • Review material purchases, usage, and operational consumption trends monthly and quarterly to support reporting, billing validation, and safety stock levels.
  • Plan, compile, and deliver recurring and month-end reports to support business needs, financial close activities, and leadership decision-making.
  • Compile, measure, and track client-specific key performance indicators and service-level agreements.
  • Extract, cleanse, transform, validate, and reconcile data from SAP, Power BI, SharePoint, and other operational systems to support accurate reporting and analysis.
  • Maintain reporting tools, dashboards, trackers, and source files used for operational, KPI, invoicing, and customer reporting.
  • Document KPI definitions, calculations, data sources, and reporting requirements; validate KPI outputs and investigate reporting variances.
  • Support Foreign-Trade Zone-related reporting and analytics, including inbound, outbound, appointment, documentation timeliness, and SLA performance metrics.
  • Interpret operational data and recommend improvements to distribution and supply chain processes.
  • Build ad hoc reports in a timely manner to help leadership identify trends and support decision-making.
  • Collaborate with Operations, Service Delivery, IT, and customer stakeholders to translate business requirements into reporting solutions and actionable insights.
  • Assist internal and external auditors, as well as internal stakeholders, with inquiries specific to the client program.
  • Identify and support opportunities to incorporate automation and artificial intelligence-enabled workflows to improve account process efficiency.
  • Develop a strong understanding of business processes and systems to support continuous improvement and recommend best practices.
  • Document current-state and future-state processes.
  • Complete assigned projects, reporting activities, and analysis requests in alignment with management priorities.
  • Perform additional duties as assigned to support an efficient, safe, clean, and goal-oriented work environment.

Desired Qualifications

  • SAP experience.

About the Company

Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Bertelsmann is a global media, services, and education group made up of eight autonomous divisions, including RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, and Arvato. It operates across B2B and B2C markets, with activities in broadcasting, book publishing, music rights management, and business process outsourcing. Its products range from streaming subscriptions and printed books to logistics, CRM services, and AI-powered content and rights-management tools. The company differentiates itself through a decentralized, entrepreneur-led structure that reinvests profits into content and digital infrastructure via its Boost program, backed by private foundations and the Mohn family. It aims to grow organically and through selective acquisitions while leveraging large-scale data and cross-divisional synergies to deliver personalized content and service experiences at a global scale.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.4B
Headquarters
Gütersloh, Germany
Founded
1835

Recently Posted Jobs

Explore more opportunities at Bertelsmann

See more jobs