Business Analyst

Business Analyst - Visit Grand Junction
 

Hiring Range $6,884 - $7,748 monthly
 

New to the City of Grand Junction Team? Receive 40 Hours Paid Time Off with your first paycheck!

This position is in-office. Not a remote role.
 

About the Position:

Visit Grand Junction is seeking a Business Analyst to perform a variety of data, financial, and business analysis duties, including managing the organization’s annual budget, researching, interpreting, and analyzing local and industry data using Visit Grand Junction’s data platform, and identifying meaningful insights to assess overall fiscal, operational, and service impacts. Candidate must possess solid business, financial, and data acumen combined with strong analytical skills and a strategic view of marketing and performance metrics to uncover insights and drive advanced decision-making. The Business Analyst will be an in-office position that will assist in overseeing a fast-paced office, managing and collaborating with the marketing staff on multiple projects with overlapping deadlines, serve as liaison to the Visit Grand Junction Advisory Board of Directors, and manage assigned staff. If you are a dedicated business, finance, or data professional with a passion for research and excel in a fast-paced work environment, we encourage you to apply!

About Our Culture: 

The City of Grand Junction focuses on continuous improvement, collaborative partnerships, and exemplary service. The Core Values are demonstrated by a willingness to challenge the status quo, the ability to work together using all areas of expertise to achieve a common goal, and a commitment to fulfilling the needs of the community through thoughtful interactions. The culture promotes open, honest communication and transparency, emphasizing trust, accountability, and constructive feedback to encourage idea-sharing and direct issue resolution. The City of Grand Junction welcomes employees who share these values.

What You'll Do: 

    Financial and Budget Management 

• Project, formulate, track, and manage the Visit Grand Junction annual budget.
•  Oversee Visit Grand Junction’s contractual obligations and procurement processes, review and administer vendor contracts, and monitor contract expenditures.
• Research, identify, keep abreast of, and report meaningful insights, trends, issues, concerns, and opportunities to mitigate risk and improve business operations and processes. 
• Provide highly responsible and complex financial support to management and staff, including monitoring financial transactions, invoices, and ensuring budget tracking.

     Industry Research and Data Analysis

• Regularly perform detailed financial and business operation analysis , including long-range forecasting of revenue generation, developing strategies to maximize revenue and return on investment, while reducing expenditures. 
• Regularly monitor, conduct, and critically analyze industry and marketing research while evaluating the state of the local and national economy, to determine travel and tourism trends and insights. 
• Analyze, model, and interpret data patterns and trends, and create visualizations using Visit Grand Junction’s Tableau platform to ensure accurate analysis and projections. 
• Conduct competitive research and analyze benchmarking data. 
• Ensure marketing initiatives and financial objectives such as growth, margins, and productivity are appropriately analyzed and aligned with the budget. Write business narratives and create presentations.
• Write business narratives and create presentations.
• Oversee Visit Grand Junction’s contractual obligations and procurement processes, review and administer vendor contracts, and monitor contract expenditures.
• Manage the work and activities of assigned staff, including onboarding and participating in the recruitment and selection of staff; work with employees to correct deficiencies and implement discipline procedures as needed.

      Collaboration and Organizational Support

• Manage and oversee department operations and work closely with the Visit Grand Junction Director and staff to resolve challenges and provide recommendations for quality and process improvement. 
• Manage multiple complex and intricate marketing projects and strategic initiatives with overlapping deadlines. 
• Work with community stakeholders and boards, City and Department committees, City staff, and contracted vendors to problem-solve and implement solutions. 
• Assist with projects, reports, City Council Staff Reports, communications, and presentations, including preparation for board meetings, staff meetings, community programs, agency proposals, contract management, stakeholder services, and annual reports.

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What We're Looking For: 

• Four years of increasingly responsible experience in professional accounting, financial analysis, or business operations analysis; government accounting experience desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in finance, analysis, accounting, business administration or commensurate professional experience.
• Proven analytical ability and high level of mathematical intelligence.
• Ability to analyze, model, and interpret data and produce clear graphical visualizations using Excel, Google Sheets, and Tableau; must be able to write and edit analytical reports proficiently with keen attention to detail. 
• Ability to transform complex facts and figures into visualizations and commentary that can be easily understood. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical copy-editing skills.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and procedures, and financial analysis.
• Ability to manage and direct the work of assigned staff. Proven management and supervisory experience is desired.
• Understanding of or ability to learn platforms such as Tableau along with emerging AI tools; advanced proficiency in all Microsoft Office and Google Workspace applications.
• Understanding of marketing and willingness to learn industry insights.
• Project management experience; capable of independent judgment and strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills. 
• Willingness to acknowledge and implement chain of command principles and protocols when encountering opportunities and challenges that affect the department and/or other departments.
• Manage competing priorities and meet overlapping deadlines in a fast-paced, collaborative, and evolving work environment. 
• Ability to responsibly leverage artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to enhance research, analysis, and efficiency, while maintaining independent critical thinking, professional judgment, and data integrity.
• Comfort balancing high-level analytical work with detailed operational and administrative responsibilities essential to running a public-sector organization.
• Capable of working well independently and collaborating in a team environment.
• Proactively identify and bridge skill gaps through independent study.
• Must foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, trust, vulnerability, and accountability.
• Must be ambitious, conscientious, and curious.
• Must be comfortable with a data-oriented organization and enjoy being challenged.
• Relevant certifications such as Google Analytics 4, Tableau, or related is desired, but not required.

Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted. 

Notice to Applicants:

In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, we kindly request that you do not include the dates of your education to include years of attendance or graduation on your application, resume or attachments.

City Employee Health Clinic:

The City is committed to supporting the health and well-being of employees, and their families. Our near-site Sage Health & Wellness Center offers free or low-cost healthcare services for employees and their dependents enrolled in a City health plan. Services include preventative care, health assessments and coaching, treatment for common illnesses, lab services, physical therapy, a medical massage therapist, and behavioral health counseling. The clinic also offers wellness programs, challenges, and classes that empower employees and their families to stay healthy and thrive.

Explore the Area: 

Grand Junction, Colorado, is the key access point to the mountains and canyonlands of western Colorado and eastern Utah. Centrally located between Denver, CO (250 miles east) and Salt Lake City, UT (270 miles west), Grand Junction was named for the convergence of the Gunnison River and Colorado River. Over 1.5 million acres of public lands connect the area’s alpine terrain with the dramatic high desert, nourished by powerful rivers that sustain the vibrant agriculture industry. Opportunities for outdoor adventures are abundant in every season due to the year-round temperate climate. Home to “Nature’s Trifecta,” Grand Junction is surrounded by the Colorado National Monument – a mini-Grand Canyon, Rattlesnake Arches – the second-largest concentration of natural arches in the world, and the Grand Mesa – the largest flat-top mountain in the world. Agritourism, art and history, boutique shopping, and trendy restaurants complement the outdoor recreation scene. With a population over 160,000 in Mesa County (over 70,000 within the City limits), Grand Junction has all the city amenities you expect with a hometown atmosphere that is friendly and comfortable. See Visit Grand Junction for more information.

At the City of Grand Junction, we proudly operate as an Equal Opportunity Employer, purposely building an inclusive workforce representative of various cultures, perspectives, and experiences. We believe in respect for all and do not discriminate based on hair, race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

If you have any questions or need assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please contact our Human Resources office at 970.244.1512.