Principal Business Analyst

Job Description

Are you driven by the challenge of translating business complexity into clarity and actionable insight? Join the OCI Compute organization as a Principal Business Analyst, where you’ll partner with business operations leaders to shape decisions that fuel organizational success. You will work at the intersection of people, process, and data—transforming headcount, hiring, and financial information into the dashboards, narratives, and recommendations our executive team trusts to make informed decisions.

You’ll thrive in ambiguity, leverage your analytical acumen, and present data for leadership, paving the way for operational excellence.

• Data to Insight:
  Synthesize headcount, hiring, and financial data from disparate sources into clear, actionable intelligence and business recommendations.
• Dashboard Development:
  Develop compelling, interactive dashboards (e.g., Oracle Analytics Cloud, Tableau, Power BI) with executive‑ready summaries and detailed drill‑downs.
• Executive Communication:
  Deliver high‑impact presentations, reports, and insights to senior leaders, translating complex analytics into clear, data‑driven stories.
• Ambiguity Champion:
  Confidently navigate uncertainty and evolving business priorities—proactively clarifying objectives, finding patterns amidst chaos, and proposing effective solutions.
• Process Discovery & Optimization:
  Analyze, document, and refine business processes, identifying constraints and areas for improvement, automation, or improved efficiency.
• Cross‑Functional
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Act as a trusted business partner—liaising between business units, technical partners, and leadership to gather requirements, clarify goals, and ensure outcomes align with strategic objectives.
• Ad Hoc Analysis & Reporting:
  Respond to rapidly‑changing business needs with quick‑turnaround analyses and reports that provide value and clarity.

• 6+ years of experience in business analytics, operations analysis, or a similar role in a large, matrixed organization.
• Proven success developing dashboards, executive reports, and data visualizations using tools like Oracle Analytics Cloud, Tableau, or Power BI.
• Advanced knowledge of SQL; experience with data modeling and blending diverse data sets for actionable insights.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex analytical findings to non‑technical and executive audiences, both verbally and in writing.
• Experience with ambiguous, dynamic environments—comfortable shaping direction where processes are new or continuously evolving.
• Adept at root cause analysis, critical thinking, and rapidly mastering new data sources.
• Strong stakeholder management skills—able to foster trust and build consensus across diverse audiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Analytics, or related field.

Certain US customer or client‑facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

US:
Hiring Range in USD from: $75,000 - $178,100 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity. Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&DD
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre‑tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off:
  Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non‑overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent…