Sales Analyst

HomeAway, an Expedia brand, is the world's leader in vacation rentals with sites representing more than 1 million online bookable vacation rental listings. Through HomeAway, owners and property managers offer an extensive selection of vacation homes that provide travelers with memorable experiences and benefits, including more room to relax and added privacy, for less than the cost of traditional hotel accommodations.

Are you someone that loves working with data, building reports, solving challenges, and adding value through analysis? HomeAway is looking for a dynamic Sales Analyst on the Global Sales Operations team to dive in and provide expertise in our sales, customer, and operational data. Having a reporting and data-centric background will be critical in this position. Your expertise and insight will help increase sales performance and develop new data-driven sales strategies.

* Proactively utilize advanced technical skills to extract data from multiple sources & provide clear output for decision making * Apply your expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining and the presentation of data to drive actions * Provide data driven recommendations to sales leadership * Identify report automation opportunities and proactively provide solutions * Illustrate key business trends through effective data visualizations * Present clear findings and insights via presentations and meetings to facilitate informed decision making for the senior sales leadership team * Provide inputs such as user stories, metrics, & KPIs for data services requests to operationalize reporting and automate recurring analyses * Fulfill ad-hoc requests for data and analysis * Support questions from the sales team regarding report output &ensure data accuracy * Work with multiple stakeholders to gain commitment on project requirements, timelines, and desired output while providing clear and frequent communication updates on project status * Contribute new insights to ad-hoc analytics and modeling projects * Maintain documentation on reports& queries while partnering with the team to drive consistency in data sources, metrics, best practices, and report value

* 5+ years in an analyst role (business, sales, data, systems, finance) * Highly proficient in SQL, specifically for data extraction * Expertise in report building & presentation development utilizing a BI application (Tableau preferred * Experience with SalesForce.com * Experience with data validation methodologies * Strong analytical,conceptual, and problem-solving abilities paired with excellent communication skills * Experience working within an agile/scrum framework * Hadoop experience is highly desired * Experience translating high-level directions into practical projects and lead/drive their completion with minimal supervision. * Bachelor’s degree or higher (Technical degree preferred ie: math, stats, finance, etc…)