Job Description

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., (ACT) is a global Fortune 200 company. A leader in the convenience store and fuel space, ACT’s retail network includes 16,700 convenience stores, and has footprint across 31countries and territories primarily under the Circle K brand. The India Fuels & Logistics Global Capability Centre (F&L GCC) is an integral part of ACT’s Global Fuels & Logistics Team, and the Logistics Data Analyst will be a key player on this team supporting with logistics financial and performance analytics and reporting and help grow F&L globally at ACT.

The hired candidate will partner with multiple departments, including Global Technology, Business Units and Support functions. 

About the role

The incumbent will be responsible for validation, verification, and visualization of the tasks performed by third-party and in-house vendors. Primary duties include working with systems and financial partners to evaluate program performance and provide regular status reporting, and identifying process inefficiencies and opportunities for process optimization.

Roles & Responsibilities

Data Analysis

Verify order data sets with invoices received and account codingGuide cost analysis process by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecastsAnalyze results, monitoring for variances, identify trends, and provide recommended actions to key partnersDevelop scalable and sustainable reporting tools for both financial metrics and vendor performanceCollaborate actively with immediate and cross-functional teams throughout the organization and with vendor partners

Operational Excellence

Develop and standardize analytical tools, frameworks, and processes, to up-level and democratize analytically grounded decision making at all levels of the businessChallenge the status quo to advance and evolve how ACT thinks about and executes solutions across retail, marketing, merchandising, and other areas of the businessIdentify key metrics, conduct rigorous explorative data analysis, create executive-facing dashboards and build business cases that drive decision-making and business prioritizationSynthesize large volumes of data with attention to granular details and present findings and recommendations to senior-level stakeholdersAchieve best in the industry standards by delivering actionable, data-driven insights that help understand opportunities for optimization and enable decision makingAnalyse in-market strategic initiatives and business performance using test and control analytics, benchmarking, statistical concepts, and financial measures to guide decision making

Stakeholder Management

Work collaboratively across multiple sets of stakeholders – Business functions, Global F&L Team, to deliver on project deliverablesProactively recommend multiple approaches along with their pros & cons to the business stakeholders and support making the right decisionsCollaborate closely with colleagues inside and outside Global Fuels and Circle K, to drive business resultsServe as first point of contact for the Business stakeholders for any technical/non-technical activities/ escalations within the project

Education  

Master’s, or Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Industrial Engineering, Data Analytics, or Data Visualization

Relevant Experience 

2+ years of relevant work experience in financial reporting or data analyticsProficient in Power BI and MS ExcelExperience with SQL server and Databricks

Behavioural Skills  

Ability to delivery, strong disposition towards business and strong interpersonal communicationIndividual must be organized, dependable, able to multi-task and manage priorities, display initiative, and must have the ability to work independently in a demanding, fast-paced environment

Technical Skills 

Data Analytics, modelling & reportingData VisualizationBusiness IntelligenceProcess & Data GovernanceMDM – Tools & ImplementationProgrammingProject ManagementContinuous Process ImprovementMDM – Strategy & ConceptsAI & Advanced AnalyticsDistribution PlanningDemand Planning

Knowledge 

Financial ReportingData AnalyticsPowerBi and MS ExcelSQL ServerDatabricks

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