Channel Operations Analyst – Business Planning
Job ID 27-0055
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Position Summary
The Channel Operations Analyst – Business Planning supports the end-to-end business planning motion for Global Channel & Alliances (GCA). This role sits at the intersection of fiscal planning, partner business planning, and executive cadence, helping translate strategy into a cohesive operating plan.
Business Planning in this role is not limited to the annual fiscal plan—it also includes Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and the integration of partner-level business plans into a single, rolling view of Channel performance and outlook. The ideal candidate is a strategy minded analyst who can synthesize data, build narratives, and support senior leaders with structured insights.
What you’ll be working on
- Support development and maintenance of the GCA fiscal plan, including annual planning, in year updates, and executive level rollups.
- Help prepare Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) by consolidating performance, pipeline, and outlook data into clear, decision-ready materials.
- Collect, normalize, and integrate partner business planning inputs (e.g., top partners, routes to market, growth initiatives) into the broader Channel plan.
- Partner with Channel leadership, Finance, and Sales Operations to align partner plans, coverage models, and financial targets.
- Build structured analyses and models to support scenario planning, gap-to-plan analysis, and prioritization decisions.
- Develop executive-ready presentations that tell a clear story across performance, trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Act as a connective layer across Channel Ops, Strategy, and Finance to ensure consistency of assumptions and metrics.
What you bring to the role
- 2–4+ years of experience in Business Planning, Sales Operations, Strategy, Finance, or Consulting style analytical roles.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to move from data → insight → narrative.
- Comfort working with ambiguity and evolving inputs, typical of planning and strategy-adjacent roles.
- Ability to synthesize complex partner and channel data into clear, executive-level summaries.
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint