Retirement Consultant

🗂 We’re Hiring: Retirement Consultant🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time💼 Level: Entry-Level to Mid-LevelWe are seeking a strategic, analytical, and data-driven Data Analyst & Strategic Plan Manager to transform business data, market intelligence, and customer insights into actionable strategies that support business growth. This role will combine data analysis with strategic planning, working closely with cross-functional teams and senior management to identify opportunities, monitor performance, and drive business initiatives. The role aligns closely with the current Malaysia posting, which emphasizes strategic planning, market and customer analysis, KPI dashboards, data-driven recommendations, and cross-functional implementation. (Hiredly)🎯 Key Responsibilities• Develop and execute strategic plans to support business growth and long-term organizational objectives.• Collect, analyze, and interpret business, sales, customer, operational, and market data.• Conduct market research and analyze industry trends, competitor activities, customer behavior, and business opportunities.• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights and strategic recommendations.• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and KPI tracking systems for management review.• Monitor business performance against strategic objectives, KPIs, targets, and milestones.• Identify performance gaps, risks, trends, and opportunities for improvement.• Support senior management in strategic decision-making through data-driven analysis.• Develop business forecasts, performance models, scenario analysis, and strategic projections where required.• Collaborate with Finance, Marketing, Operations, Sales, Merchandising, IT, and other departments to gather and validate business information.• Coordinate the implementation of strategic initiatives and monitor progress against agreed plans.• Prepare management presentations, business reviews, strategy papers, and analytical reports.• Establish structured data-collection and analysis processes to improve reporting accuracy and efficiency.• Identify opportunities for business expansion, cost optimization, operational improvement, and revenue growth.• Analyze customer trends and purchasing behavior to support product, pricing, marketing, and commercial strategies.• Conduct competitor benchmarking and market-performance analysis.• Support annual business planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic review processes.• Track strategic initiatives, action items, dependencies, risks, and expected outcomes.• Develop data-driven recommendations for improving business performance and operational efficiency.• Continuously improve analytical models, dashboards, reporting processes, and strategic-planning methodologies.✅ Requirements• Experience in Data Analytics, Business Analysis, Strategy & Planning, Business Intelligence, Commercial Analysis, or a related field is preferred.• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to convert data into meaningful business insights.• Strong understanding of strategic planning, business performance management, and KPI analysis.• Experience conducting market research, competitor analysis, customer analysis, and business performance analysis.• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualization tools.• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, or other data analytics tools is an advantage.• Experience developing dashboards and management reports to monitor business performance.• Strong understanding of data collection, cleansing, validation, interpretation, and reporting.• Excellent presentation and communication skills with the ability to explain analytical findings to senior management and non-technical stakeholders.• Strong project management and cross-functional collaboration skills.• Ability to manage multiple strategic initiatives, analytical projects, and deadlines simultaneously.• Strong problem-solving skills with a commercial and business-oriented mindset.• High attention to detail and strong numerical ability.• Ability to identify trends, patterns, risks, and opportunities from large or complex datasets.• Knowledge of retail, FMCG, consumer behavior, commercial strategy, or business operations is an advantage.• Familiarity with financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and business planning is preferred.• Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Business Administration, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Information Systems, Business Intelligence, or a related field is preferred.• Relevant certifications in Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Power BI, SQL, Strategy, or Business Analysis are an advantage.🌟 What We Offer• Opportunity to combine Data Analytics, Strategic Planning, Business Intelligence, and Commercial Strategy.• Exposure to market research, customer analytics, competitor intelligence, business performance, and strategic decision-making.• Opportunity to work directly with senior management and cross-functional business teams.• Hands-on experience developing dashboards, KPI frameworks, analytical models, and strategic initiatives.• Opportunity to contribute to business growth, optimization, expansion, and digital transformation projects.• Career progression into Senior Data Analyst, Business Analyst, Strategy Analyst, Strategic Planning Manager, Business Intelligence Manager, Commercial Strategy Manager, or Head of Strategy & Analytics roles.• A data-driven, analytical, and collaborative working environment.• Professional training, technical certifications, mentorship, and continuous career development opportunities.• Competitive compensation, performance incentives, and comprehensive benefits package.