Business Analyst

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Planning & Performance Business Analyst, Conferences

As Gartner Conferences continues to grow and expand its portfolio, we are strengthening our Planning & Performance team to support the increasing analytical needs of the business. The Planning & Performance Business Analyst will partner with leaders across the Conferences organization to deliver data-driven insights, performance analysis, forecasting, and business recommendations that support growth and operational excellence. This role combines analytical rigor, business acumen, and modern technology tools to enhance decision-making across the portfolio.

Responsibilities: • Support the annual budgeting process and monthly forecasting cycles across the Conferences portfolio. • Manage and enhance weekly and monthly operational reporting and KPI tracking. • Produce actionable business insights and performance recommendations through analysis of commercial, operational, marketing, and financial data. • Identify trends, opportunities, risks, and performance drivers, and communicate findings to business leaders in a clear and compelling manner. • Prepare executive-level analytics, presentations, and business reviews for senior leadership. • Develop and maintain analytical models to support short- and long-term planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis. • Validate and analyze large operational datasets to develop meaningful KPIs and improve business decision-making. • Conduct root cause analyses to understand performance variances and recommend corrective actions. • Partner with stakeholders across the Conferences business to translate business questions into analytical frameworks and data-driven solutions. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on strategic initiatives and business improvement projects. • Support revenue, marketing, and operational budget reporting requirements. • Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, data quality, and analytical capabilities. • Leverage AI-enabled tools and emerging analytics technologies to improve productivity, streamline workflows, and uncover deeper business insights. • Respond to ad hoc business analysis and operational data requests.

Experience Requirements: • Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred, ideally in Finance, Economics, Business Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, or another quantitative discipline. • 2+ years of experience in business analysis, finance, analytics, consulting, or a related field. • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize complex data into actionable business recommendations. • Demonstrated ability to analyze large datasets, identify trends, and communicate insights to both technical and non-technical audiences. • Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills, including experience developing executive-ready materials. • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power Point and Power BI, including data modeling and data visualization. • Experience building analytical models that support forecasting, planning, and decision-making. • Familiarity with SQL, data querying tools, or other business intelligence technologies is a plus. • Demonstrated ability to leverage AI and emerging analytics technologies to improve business outcomes, streamline workflows, and uncover actionable insights from complex datasets. • Strong attention to detail with a commitment to data accuracy and quality. • Strong core values aligned with Gartner's culture, including integrity, collaboration, objectivity, and a no-limits mindset.

Preferred Qualifications: • Experience supporting forecasting, budgeting, or performance management processes. • Experience working with commercial, operational, or marketing performance metrics. • Experience in conference, events, media, SaaS, or other data-driven business environments is a plus.

Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

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At Gartner, you’ll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients’ AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You’ll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes.

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