Senior Business Analyst (Hybrid/Toronto Based)

Get to Know our Team: 

The Supply Analytics team delivers data-driven insights and decision support to optimize Agoda’s supply ecosystem. We analyze partner and marketplace dynamics, build forecasts and models, run experiments, and create scalable dashboards and data products that power strategic direction and operational execution. We bring value through rigorous analyses and pragmatic, measurable recommendations that help Supply, Product and other teams prioritize work and drive impact. Our work improves inventory quality, partner economics, and the long-term health and growth of Agoda.

The Opportunity:  

As a Senior Analyst, you will report directly to either the Senior Manager or Associate Director within the Supply Department and this will be an individual contributor role. You will be responsible and fully empowered to work with the partners on the ground. You will be supported by a team within the Supply department and work closely with other Team members within Agoda.   

In this Role, you’ll get to:

• Translate internal briefs into analytical projects (to include refining the initial brief and asking the ‘right questions’, working through potential hypotheses and storyboarding the output)
• Use and analyze data from multiple large-scale data warehouses and present statistically strong analysis to a wide range of business stakeholders.
• Proactively identify opportunities for growth within supply and the wider business.
• Drive new analytical initiatives and projects aimed at improving organizational efficiency and shaping Agoda supply.
• Identify, support, and lead projects aimed at scaling up the way the Supply organization leverages on data, insights, and intelligence.
• Automate manual operational processes and present back on time savings gained through modernization of business operations

What you’ll Need to Succeed:

• At least 2-5+ years of experience working as an Analyst with experience in analytics/data science/insights/strategy/BI
• Advanced working knowledge and hands-on experience in SQL
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in data visualization tools such as Tableau (preferably) 
• Expert domain of data analysis and data visualization tools and software such as Excel, Python (or R)
• Bachelor’s degree ideally in a business or quantitative subject (e.g. computer science, mathematics, engineering, science, economics or finance).
• A good understanding of statistical modelling knowledge or any machine learning technique knowledge (such as hypothesis testing, regression, logistic regression, random forest, etc.)
• Good stakeholder management experience. Comfortable presenting to senior leadership.
• Experience in conducting A/B testing experimentation
• Strong experience in finding data insights and provide business recommendation to the business
• A hacker’s mindset – the ability to build simple but clever and elegant solutions to new problems within significant resource, operational and time constraints through deep understanding of the business, creative problem solving, and a wide range of expertise in data, analytics, automation, programming, and prototyping.
• Excellent communicator with superior written, verbal, presentation and interpersonal communication skills.
• Data driven in both decision making and performance measurement.
• Extreme comfort in ambiguous, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and coordinate resources.
• Willingness and able to work 2-3 evenings per week to meet with the Bangkok office and regional partners.

It’s Great if you Have:  

• MBA or Masters in a quantitative subject (e.g. computer science, mathematics, engineering, science, economics or finance).
• Program management certifications (e.g. PMI, PRINCE2) to compliment your program management experience.
• Asian market experience.
• Travel industry / e-commerce / tech / consulting experience.

There are a variety of factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. In addition to a competitive base salary, roles are eligible to be considered for an annual bonus.

The range for Ontario area is  $80,000-120,000 CAD.

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