Junior Analyst, Business Process Reengineering (NYC Hybrid)

Overview

HarperCollins Publishers is seeking a Junior Analyst for Business Process Reengineering to be part of the Strategy and Operations team a corporate team that supports HarperCollins businesses worldwide.

This is the perfect opportunity for someone who is organized ambitious analytical and is interested in learning about the publishing industry on a strategic and global scale!

The job: The Junior Analyst will have three main areas of activities all focused on co-ordinating and assisting with strategic initiatives that range across a broad set of areas:

• Business Process Reengineering
• Innovation / Technology
• Ad hoc projects

Responsibilities

Business Process Reengineering:

• Conduct employee interviews and provide analysis of business processes and identification of innovative ways to use technology and/or process change to address business needs and improvement opportunities.
• Help draft IT project requests and business requirements so that IT can articulate BRD and technical / system solutions
• Deliver cost saving/process improvement/system improvements
• Track performance against identified opportunities and KPIs (both efficiencies and growth) in conjunction with Finance
• Surface innovative business reengineering initiatives across the media landscape particularly where emergent technologies are in use.
• Carry out regular reporting on transformation progress

Innovation / Technology

• Provide research for annual reviews of innovation trends and resulting core strategic imperatives
• Participate in programs with a particular focus on emerging technologies and automations
• Monitor and provide regular updates on emerging technologies
• Participate in meetings with the business about innovation

Ad Hoc Projects

• Provide ad hoc analysis as identified by global CEO CDO or individual business units.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Management or a related field.
• Internship or college coursework in business process reengineering or process improvement.
• 1-2 years of work experience in business process reengineering or process improvement roles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess complex situations and develop practical solutions.
• Proficiency in process mapping and modeling tools.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. Ability to work effectively with all levels of management
• Extremely organized and pays strong attention to detail
• Proficiency in advanced Excel including model building pivot tables and a working knowledge/ or understanding of business intelligence platforms
• Proficiency in MS PowerPoint
• Skill in translating analytics and statistics to marketing-style presentations and documents
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams in particular ability to relate to IT and business partners.
• Interest in publishing a plus
• Experience with toolsets such as Power Automate and Power BI a plus

HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position we want to know why you want to work here and why you are interested in the job. Thats why cover letters are strongly preferred.

The salary for this position is $65000-$75000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

In addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse our careers webpage for more information.

HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer.

HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at . Note: we will only respond to accommodation requests.

Required Experience:

Junior IC