Asics Apps - Business Analyst (18-Month Contract)

ASICS Apps lives by ASICS’ founding philosophy, "Anima Sana In Corpore Sano” or “A Sound Mind in a Sound Body.” We believe in the positive benefits of movement and aspire for people all over the world to live healthful and happy lives in both body and mind.
The ASICS Apps provide digital services and goods focused on helping runners and running events every step of the way. To strengthen our commitment to runners, we are expanding our investment in endurance-related digital services, such as endurance event technology (Race Roster), leading mobile running app (the ASICS Runkeeper app), and other exciting platforms that will help us better serve the endurance industry. Combined, these projects and products makeup ASICS Apps.
Our mission―in the past, today, and into the future―is to contribute to a healthful and sustainable society and to bring joy to the people of the world through movement. Movement is an important element in living longer healthy lives, in feeling more fulfilled, and in crossing national and cultural boundaries to bring the world together. If you are looking to join a fun and innovative company focused on the booming digital health and fitness industry, this is the place for you!
Position Overview
As a Business Analyst, you will help Race Roster implement technology solutions in a cost- effective way by determining the requirements of a project or program, and communicating them clearly to stakeholders, facilitators, and partners. Furthermore, you will be the vital link between our information technology capacity and our business objectives by supporting and ensuring the successful completion of analytical, building, testing, and deployment tasks of our software product’s features. You will work with key stakeholders to gather data and input into our critical systems while maintaining the highest quality of data on a day-to-day basis.
This position is open to internal and external candidates.
Contract length: 18 months
Product Line
This role will be working on/with the Race Roster product.
Work Location
The successful candidate for this role can be either a satellite employee (working 100% remotely from a designated location within Canada or US), a hybrid employee (flexibility to work in the office or from home at a location within 75 km/45 miles from the London, ON/Boston, MA office), an in-office employee at our London, ON/Boston, MA office.
Responsibilities

• Process, cleanse, and verify the integrity of data used for analysis
• Analyze and deliver new reports internally and for customers working directly with business stakeholders across all functions
• Perform ad-hoc analysis and present results in a clear manner
• Be proficient at integrating and preparing large, varied datasets and communicating results
• Design rich data visualizations to communicate analysis to other organization leaders
• Prepares analysis summaries, including graphs and PowerPoint documents, and assists with the preparation of documents and presentation materials describing analytic methods
• Data extraction and manipulation utilizing multiple data mining tools
• Identify business trends utilizing real data, compile analysis reports that are delivered to stakeholders, and then follow-up on all results
• Constantly be on the lookout for ways to improve monitoring, discover issues and deliver better value to the customer
• Meaningfully participate in diversity and inclusion initiatives across the ASICS Apps teams

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree
• 1-3+ years’ experience in a professional services environment
• Experience solving complex data problems
• 1 year experience with querying databases using SQL code and developing insights from multisource datasets is preferred

Bonus Education & Experience

• Relevant industry experience

Performance Measures

• Demonstrated ability to problem solve
• Effective completion of assigned tasks
• Efficient use of time and resources
• Continuously learning and improving in your role
• Quality of work performed
• Ability to communicate effectively with other employees at all levels of the organization

The successful candidate for this role will become an employee of Race Roster North America Corporation (doing business as ASICS Apps Canada), a subsidiary of ASICS Corporation, a Japanese multinational corporation. Race Roster was founded in London, Ontario in 2011.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, sex, place of origin, ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, creed, record of offences, genetics, disability, age, marital status, family status, veteran status, or fitness level.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.