Business Analyst; Smartsheet & Excel Expert

Business Analyst (Smartsheet & Excel Expert)

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This role is for a Business Analyst (Smartsheet & Excel Expert) in Salt Lake City or New York (preferred), with a 6‑month contract at $50.00 - $75.00 per hour. Requires advanced Smartsheet and Excel skills, internal audit experience, and U.S. work authorization.

• Advanced Smartsheet Administration & Automation:
  Manage complex Smartsheet environment, including templates, live sheets, references, email automation, workflow automations, sheet‑based automations, reports, dashboards, and architect multi‑sheet systems.
• Strategic Excel Analysis & Insights:
  Conduct rapid‑turnaround analysis for business reviews and leadership visibility; build complex integrated formulas, custom analytical frameworks, and propose insights under tight deadlines.
• Executive Presentations & Visual Storytelling:
  Create compelling executive decks and visual narratives that drive leadership decisions.
• SharePoint & Confluence Project Administration:
  Handle project‑level administration, access management, rapid changes, and build no‑code automation workflows between tools.
• Project & Portfolio Governance:
  Coordinate tracking of action items and commitments across global internal audit teams, manage quarterly functional inventories.
• Knowledge Management:
  Establish and maintain a centralized Confluence repository with documentation standards and accessibility.
• Technical Backlog Management:
  Centralize intake requests, govern prioritization, and liaise as business analyst translating business needs into technical requirements.
• Meeting Coordination & Operational Support:
  Manage meeting minutes, agendas, business review data compilation, and support Chief of Staff.
• Relationship Management:
  Build stakeholder relationships across technical teams to senior leadership, support training initiatives and team engagement.

• Smartsheet Expertise:
  Comprehensive proficiency with templates, live sheets, references, email and workflow automations, sheet‑based automations, reports, dashboards.
• Excel Expertise:
  Advanced mastery of complex integrated formulas, independent analytical thinking, data intuition, rapid turnaround capability.
• Executive Communication:
  Strong presentation, visual design, and efficient deck development skills.
• SharePoint & Confluence:
  Administration proficiency, rapid implementation of changes, no‑code automation workflows.
• Seasoned Professional:
  Proven track record in complex global organizations juggling multiple priorities.
• Internal Audit Knowledge:
  Experience supporting audit teams and understanding function‑specific processes.
• Communication & Relationship Building:
  Effective at all levels, proactive self‑starter.
• U.S. work authorization without sponsorship required.

Hourly rate: $50.00 - $75.00 per hour.

Contract length: 6‑month initial term with conversion potential.

Expected hours: 40 per week.

Work location:

Salt Lake City, UT 84101 or New York, NY (preferred); on‑site, 5 days a week.

Ellofant is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, termination, and other conditions of employment.

We welcome and value different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds—including but not limited to race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status, and neurodiversity. Accommodations are available upon request during the application and interview process.

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