Strategic Analytics Analyst

Title: Strategic Analytics Analyst

Location: United States - Texas - Houston

Requisition ID 5318

Job Description:

Job Summary

Join Murphy Oil as an Analyst, Strategic Analytics, and turn complex data into actionable business insights. You’ll develop and support Power BI solutions, help advance data and AI initiatives, automate reporting, strengthen data quality, and collaborate with Strategy, Global Supply Chain, Marketing, and IT. This role is ideal for an analytics professional who is ready to broaden their technical expertise and business impact.

The Analyst, Strategic Analytics will work in our Houston Corporate office and may work up to two (2) days a week remotely, as business needs allow.

Responsibilities

Business Intelligence Solutions

• Business Intelligence, analytics, reporting, and dashboarding subject-matter expert for Strategy, Global Supply Chain, and Marketing organizations
• Power BI solution development and ownership
• Intake, requirements gathering, solution design, and new-development prioritization
• Translation of business processes and requirements into reporting logic and technical solutions
• Coordination with business stakeholders, IT teams, data owners, and third-party system owners
• Ad hoc reporting and analysis

Data Strategy

• Development and execution of data and analytics strategy aligned with business priorities
• Evaluation of emerging technologies, AI, and modern data platforms to identify opportunities, risks, and potential business value
• Identification and implementation of process-improvement and reporting-automation opportunities

Data Architecture, Integration, and Governance

• Data-source identification, evaluation, integration, and business-rule definitions
• Data engineering and automation pipeline development for non-SAP data
• SAP HANA view testing and coordination with SAP data engineers
• Data validation, reconciliation, quality assurance, and user-acceptance testing

Reporting Operations and Lifecycle Management

• Reporting systems support, troubleshooting, bug triage, and enhancement delivery
• Report refresh monitoring, failure resolution, and manual refresh execution when required
• Reporting portfolio maintenance, modernization, migration, and legacy platform decommissioning, including Spotfire
• Power BI end-user training, documentation, and adoption support

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, analytics or another technical field
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in analytics

• Experience in the following Enterprise Applications: SAP ECC / S/4HANA (FI, MM, PM, and PRA modules), SAP Ariba Spend Management and Business Network, Icertis, ISNetWorld, and Allegro
• Microsoft 365 including SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, Copilot, Copilot Studio and Copilot Cowork

• Experience with SAP BW/HANA, SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Datasphere, Microsoft Power BI, DAX, Power Query / M, Microsoft Excel, Excel Power Query / M , SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office, Azure Data Factory, Databricks and Genie AI, Spotfire, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and REST APIs

The individual is required to follow all applicable safety precautions.  Work is performed almost entirely in a controlled (i.e., inside) environment and does not typically subject the incumbent to any hazardous/extreme elements; some positions may require regularly moving or transporting items weighing up to 25 lbs. around the office for various needs.  The successful candidate must be able to complete all essential physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Desired/Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in computer science, analytics or another technical field

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PURPOSE 

We believe in providing energy that empowers people.

MISSION

We challenge the norm, tap into our strong legacy and use our foresight and financial discipline to deliver inspired energy solutions.

VISION

We see a future where we are an industry leader who is positively impacting lives for the next 100 years and beyond.

VALUES & BEHAVIORS

Do Right Always

• Respect people, safety, environment and the law
• Follow through on commitments
• Make it better

Think Beyond Possible

• Offer solution
• Step up and lead
• Don’t settle for “good enough”
• Embrace new opportunities

Stay With It

• Show resilience
• Lean into challenges
• Support each other
• Consider the implications