Business Analyst

The candidate is a business analyst who has been in this position for more than 5 years in commercial practice. He has also dealt with IT analysis, but as he said he is not a coding type, he rather enjoys business analysis. He created business plans for Sales people, calculated KPI's and what they were paid for, designed and proposed solutions and also handled litigation, As a business advisor he had 10 people under him and handled complex business solutions for the Italian and Scandinavian market (communicating with clients on a daily basis). He was also involved in internal audit on a marginal basis, which he enjoyed and would perhaps like to take this further. He has a lot of experience working in Excel and has also used Cognos (reporting tool). He can communicate in English without any problems.

End to End analyst - MEA (Sept 2017 - June 2020): Responsible for quota calculation and territory analysis, providing advisory on complex cases to a team of incentive analysts and sales management. Resolved incentive issues and conducted deep analysis of commissions. Generated ad-hoc reports for executives regarding achievements and payments.

Business Adviser for Italy (Apr 2017 - Nov 2017): Provided business directions to a team of incentive analysts for Italy. Offered advisory in complex cases and handled escalations. Advised on effective usage of sales plan schemes. Reconciled monthly achievement and payment reports and supported top management with ad-hoc reports. Served as a contact point for HR and Internal Audit.

Incentive Analyst (Oct 2014 - Apr 2017): Managed end-to-end incentive process for various business units. Calculated incentive payments based on defined targets. Acted as the primary contact for sales managers regarding variable pay inquiries. Ensured timely and accurate incentive payments on the seller level.

Reporting Business Analyst (Dec 2012 - Oct 2014): Designed, developed, and deployed analytic solutions using Cognos BI for internal customers. Analyzed customer requirements and provided technical recommendations. Worked primarily with Cognos Report Studio, Cognos Query Studio, and Cognos Framework Manager. Communicated with clients to meet their needs and received feedback.