Sr Business Analyst - Data Analytics

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.

The DT&A Department of Louis Dreyfus Company is currently looking for a Senior Business Analyst for its Data & Analytics Service, to be based in Memphis.

As part of a dynamic IT organization currently undergoing a transformational change, you will act as change booster and play a key role on business process transformation to enable innovative and faster decision-making processes driven by analytic application.  We invite you to join our team if you aim to make the difference with your contribution and establish yourself as a key member of our IT organization.

What will be your mission:

• Establish a relationship with your business partners to analyze and understand their data and analytics needs, searching for opportunities to improve and transform business processes
• You will be a key contributor for the successful deployment of various Data & Analytics products for the region/platform
• You will be the change agent in charge of reviewing and deploying the process transformation on various Data & Analytics products for the region/platform
   

Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Management of your solutions/products’ scope, processes and stakeholders
• Monitor adoption measures for processes and applications in your area and propose corrective actions when necessary
• Ensure agile product backlog, roll outs, continuous improvement plan and deployments are defined and constantly updated in sync with the global Business Intelligence strategy
• Ensure support structure is in place for your products and become the “go to person” for traders users’ community driving adoption and removing roadblocks to effectively embed analytics solutions in business processes
• Responsible for gathering and translating business requirements into detailed function specifications and managing requests for changes
• Own the delivery of parts of the projects or programs in your scope and its associated metrics on time and on budget
• Ensure products’ deliverables are properly documented and with adequate reference material
• Highlight to solution manager implementation constraints you may sport as well as dependency with other solutions
• Provide management with accurate and timely status reports of all projects/scope as assigned
• Assist business partners in determining how business requirements are integrated into business processes and generate expected outcomes
• Work closely with the business owners of your application/solution being the intermediary between them and our external delivery partners to develop or support your data and analytics products
• Support business partners in the test phases and organize training sessions as required
• Design and implement dimensional data models, star schemas, and semantic layers optimized for analytics and reporting

Previous Experiences required:

• 3-5 years of proven experience in a business analyst type of role in Analytics projects implementation
• Project management experience in small to medium size projects being able to report status and potential risks
• Previous experience in commodities trading domain on middle office or controlling processes will be considered a strong plus (Position Reporting, Daily P&L, Execution, Risk Exposure etc.)
• Previous experience in KPIs definition and storytelling visual analytics implementation will be considered a strong plus
• Previous experience in a client facing role will be considered a plus

What Technical Skills are required:

• Overall understanding and knowledge of global enterprise data management systems
• Good knowledge of front end and data visualization tools for analytics applications implementation (dashboard, cockpits, reports) with preferably previous experience in one of:
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Tableau
• Design and developments skills on data structure and data flow for Backend implementation, ETL, Data warehousing, data modeling with preferably previous experience in one of:
  • Microsoft Azure Framework
  • MSSQL or similar technologies
• Business rules coding, scripting and BI systems architecture knowledge previous experiences will be considered a plus

What Soft Skills will make you thrive in this role:

• Ability to move easily across different projects and initiatives, to prioritize and manage many open cases at one time
• Curiosity and eagerness for exploring and understanding complex business processes
• Quick learner on new domains, ramp up on knowledge curve easily, ability to work independently and with little prompting
• Excellent teamwork, communication & collaboration skills
• Strong analysis, synthesis, and communication capacity (written and oral), ability to negotiate and influence both internally and externally

Education:

• Higher Education in IT, Engineering, Math, Physics (others only if with previous proven IT experience

Language:

• Fluent in English, oral and written is a must

Why you should apply for this role:

• You will have the possibility to learn about latest cutting edge technologies in the Analytics domains: Microsoft Azure Platform and Azure AI foundry and emerging AI technologies
• You will be the reference contact point for LDC North America’s senior leaders and decision makers
• You will be part of LDC’s Global Digital Technology and Analytics Function and one of our Culture Ambassadors working in line with Agile framework.

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

- Comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental and vision care coverage, flexible spending account plans, employee assistance program, life insurance and disability coverage
- 401k with Company Match
- Family Friendly Benefits including childbirth and parental leave, fertility and family building benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays
- Flexible work available (not applicable to all roles)

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Equal employment opportunity (EEO)

Louis Dreyfus Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us