Advance Your Business Analyst Career

Advanced business analyst roles typically involve more robust data skills, business expertise, and greater leadership within your organization. Explore the resources below to learn what you can do to expand your career in business analytics.

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Advance your business analysis skills

ESSEC Business School

Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Business Analytics, Forecasting, Peer Review, Statistical Methods, Data Presentation, Predictive Analytics, R Programming, Customer Analysis, Information Technology, Digital Transformation, Advanced Analytics, Statistical Analysis, Communication, Market Research, Complex Problem Solving, Analytics, Business Analysis, Data Analysis, Value Propositions

Skills you'll gain: Business Intelligence, Data Modeling, Dashboard, Database Design, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Integration, Stakeholder Engagement, Data Warehousing, Databases, Data Presentation, Performance Tuning, Data Pipelines, Database Systems, Data Visualization Software, Business Reporting, Data Integrity, Business Analytics, Real Time Data, Requirements Elicitation, Scalability

Skills you'll gain: Business Intelligence, Data Integration, Stakeholder Engagement, Dashboard, Data Modeling, Business Analytics, Real Time Data, Requirements Elicitation, Data Storytelling, Data Analysis, Business Metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Data Pipelines, Project Implementation

Advancing your career in business analysis typically involves sharpening your advanced analytics and business intelligence skills, demonstrating a deep business expertise, and showing strong leadership. In senior roles, business analysts often use predictive analytics to forecast market trends and develop business strategies. They may also manage a team of analysts and lead communications with business executives.

To qualify for more positions and highlight your dedication to growth and development, it can help to pursue a graduate degree, such as an MBA with a business analytics concentration or a master’s in data analytics.

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