Business Data Analyst

**Position**: Business Data Analyst

**Location**: Remote in Nova Scotia

**About the Organization**

For more than fifty years RPS Composites has been supplying engineered composite solutions into industrial facilities that process corrosive and often hazardous fluids. Hundreds of piping, tank, and vessel installations in 45+ countries around the world speak to our experience providing composite solutions for corrosive fluid handling, processing, storage, and infrastructure challenges.

Today we provide key corporate services to a group of companies operating across Canada and US. This is an opportunity to work in diverse business sectors.

**Why Join RPS?**

• Great place to grow as a professional - we’re diverse and growing, big but not too big
• Great team culture
• Challenging and interesting work in a welcoming and professional culture

**The Position**

The Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in the collection, processing, and analysis of financial and operational business data. This position is essential for ensuring the company meets its financial and business objectives and providing insights for continuous improvement.

This role will appeal to you if you like to be challenged, thrive in a continuous improvement environment (embrace change), and like to learn. You’ve got very strong business data skills and business acumen with an ability to figure things out from a systems and business perspective. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you

**What You Will Do**

Review monthly financial statements

• Maintain and update monthly financial statements
• Conduct job margin reviews for operations
• Analyze and provide commentary on statement variance reports
• Prepare materials for review meetings with business unit managers
• Support MD&A/Governance reporting for monthly Board packages

Forecasting

• Perform cost analysis and short-term EBITDA forecasting
• Assist in both revenue and backlog forecasting, including analysis

Reporting & Monitoring

• Maintain weekly and monthly operational and financial reports
• Update and enhance existing reports, dashboards and templates
• Support the development of improved reporting capabilities
• Participate in various projects and responsibilities as required
• Handle confidential and private information with discretion

Budgeting Process Support

• Develop budget data templates
• Assist in budget bridge analysis

**What You Bring**

• Relevant post-secondary education, such as a degree in business, finance, sciences, etc., or equivalent experience
• 1-3 years of experience in business analysis
• Proficiency in MS Office, particularly MS Excel and Power BI
• Strong business acumen and understanding of financial statements
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial and operational data into actionable insights
• Highly organized and proactive
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, with the ability to transform data into meaningful information
• Ability to collaborate with distributed team members
• Strong curiosity and a desire to understand and solve problems
• High degree of confidentiality and discretion when working with sensitive information
• Working towards Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or Project Management Institute - Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) certification is an asset
• Willingness and ability to travel to other business locations (Canada & US) if required

**RPS offers an exciting, collaborative work environment within a growing company, a competitive group benefits program and matching retirement savings (RRSP) program. **Learn more about RPS Composites by visiting our website at

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From $60,000.00 per year

**Benefits**

• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Flexible Language Requirement

• French not required

Schedule

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Mahone Bay, NS B0J 2E0