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Business Intelligence Analyst – New York, NY

Location:

New York, NY

Overview
Do you want to have a direct effect on the future success of a fast growing company? One that is experiencing 135% year over year growth in the fastest growing industry on the web?

If you have the talent and dedication to strive for excellence while also taking initiative in your respective position…Yodle is looking for you.

Yodle is a leading provider of local online advertising services that provides businesses with a simple and affordable way to get more phone calls and new customers.

Yodle is looking for an analytical powerhouse who can take mountains of data and turn it into meaningful business insight. The Business Intelligence Analyst is perfect for someone who loves working with numbers in a business setting, wants to drive business results and is comfortable working regularly with top-level executives. This role reports into the Chief Financial Officer.

Responsibilities
• Use superior analytical skills and business judgment to identify, prioritize, structure and solve various complex business problems
• Analyze large data sets and derive key, actionable business insights and communicating them to senior management
• Ensure rigorous quality control over data, analyses and metrics, and organizational clarity and alignment for key business metrics
• Owning the reporting function/skillset for the whole company and lead the standardization of all reporting metrics (KPI and other)
• Work closely with executives and other finance team members on the financial modeling and forecasts

Qualifications:

General:
• Superior analytical/problem-solving abilities
• Ability organize and present data in a way that tells compelling stories and drives decisions.
• Keen intuition about data analysis - you can distinguish what matters from what doesn't and you understand thoroughly the ways in which data can mislead.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken, particularly when interacting with executives.
• Ability to work as a team player
• Ability to manage multiple project in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment
• Strong work ethic
• Bachelor's or Master's degree from a leading business or computer science program.
• Some academic background in statistics, mathematics and economics preferred
• Background in online advertising or search engine marketing a plus

Technical
• Exceptional SQL skills with 2+ years experience writing complex queries. We use PostgreSQL, but a background in MySQL, MS SQL, etc is just fine.
• Exceptional Excel skills - you will need to transform large data sets into easy-to-digest summaries and charts.
• Experience with scripting or statistical languages like VBA, Python, Perl, Java and R a plus.
• Experience with financial modeling and forecasting a plus

Compensation
What we offer to you:
• An opportunity to further enhance your skills and refine your talent
• Competitive base
• Attractive Stock Option Plan
• Health/Dental benefits, 401 (K) plan
• Great work environment - we have fun!
• Accessible and open-minded leadership
• Opportunity to work with smart people and learn a lot about one of the fastest growing industries

To Apply
Please send your resume and cover letter to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and reference “Business Intelligence Analyst – New York, NY” in the subject line.

About Yodle
Yodle is a Bessemer Ventures funded company in the midst of a major national roll out that will grow our client base dramatically over the next several years. We provide search-engine advertising and online lead generation services to small businesses. Yodle has developed an integrated approach to signing up and serving local businesses that are transitioning their marketing budgets online. We provide local businesses with a simple way to cost-effectively acquire more customers by advertising on the major search engines including: Google, Yahoo, AOL, Ask, and MSN.

Local Search is considered the new frontier in paid search marketing, the fastest growing area of both technology and advertising and the key driver of Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Over $100 billion is spent on local advertising in the U.S alone. $3 billion of that has already transitioned online. A significant opening exists to devise, build, and capitalize on this opportunity within the next 2-4 years.

Yodle Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate based on age, gender, religion, disability, marital status, race and also adheres to laws relating to non-discrimination on the basis of national origin and citizenship status.

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