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Rakuten was founded in 1997 and is the world’s first successful merchant-focused e-commerce marketplace. Rakuten now encompasses over seventy businesses worldwide spanning e-commerce, digital content, communications and fintech that reach more than 1 billion members around the globe.
You may have seen our logo as sponsors, on the jerseys of FC Barcelona or The Golden State Warriors who won the 2022 NBA Championship or that we were awarded Gold at The Best in Biz Awards for being the best Large Company to work at in 2021.
Rakuten Advertising is the marketing and advertising arm of Rakuten, focused on helping the world’s leading brands find new customers and maximise the returns from their advertising budgets.
We now have a great opportunity for an Intern, Advanced Analytics to join the team.
The Role
The Intern, Advanced Analytics will be responsible for the execution of analyses that address specific client issues or initiatives. Produce client and operational reports, identifying trends and issues utilising a range of analytic techniques and tools. Liaise with client services, network development, and operational personnel to ensure the appropriateness of underlying assumptions and interpretations. Provide direction internally as it relates to client analytics solutions/services.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver client analytics and reporting activities, support client relationship building, and overall project management of externally focused analytic deliverables.
- Maintain and update Advanced Analytics methodologies, tools and templates to allow for the successful execution of analytic deliverables. Support the ongoing development of the Advanced Analytics group capabilities by sharing innovative approaches and solutions with the broader team
- Participate in various activities to support the growth of the Advanced Analytics group including:
- Development and maintenance of appropriate documentation regarding analytic approaches, metric definitions, etc.
- Other Advanced Analytics group projects as directed by Advanced Analytics leadership.
Required Skills and Experience
Bachelor’s degree required (or expected), preferably within a numerate or technical field.
- Analytical Skills – Analysing and synthesising information to understand issues and identify options. Able to translate business requirements into reporting/analysis requirements. Ability to utilise / expand prospective business models.
- Technical Abilities - Expertise in Excel and PowerPoint. Strong experience with Pivot Tables, macros, VBA and SQL. Experience with Oracle Business Intelligence, Python and/or R Studio a plus.
- Managing Diverse Relationships – Ability to relate well to a wide variety of diverse styles of people, types, and classes; open to differences; effective up, down, sideways, inside, and outside; builds diverse networks; quick to find common ground; treats differences fairly and equitably; treats everyone as a preferred customer.
- Organising and Planning - Ability to plan, organise and prioritise work, balancing resources, skills, priorities and timescales to achieve objectives.
- Adaptability - Ability to respond and adapt to changing circumstances and to manage, solve problems and provide solutions in a climate of ambiguity.
- Communicating Effectively – Writes and presents effectively; adjusts to fit the audience and the message; strongly gets a message across.
- Team Player – Proven ability to manage strong working relationships within the company. Able to complete tasks and work cooperatively with others.
We believe that our differences make us stronger and that all voices should be heard and valued across our community.
We embrace diversity and strive to instil our internal and external brand with our founding Shugi principles.
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