 The Sales Operations Specialist role helps IFS to execute business goals by designing and implementing core business reporting for effective business insight across the organization.Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:Business Analysis and Report Development and Preparation  Prepare historical and forward-looking KPI analysis. Understand, use, and combine the different internal data sources, and summarize the results in MS Excel and PowerBI. Discuss measurement approach and share critical business insights with leadership and other stakeholders that support running the business  Develop financial models to support business planning processes. Participate in discussions with executive leadership to draw out key insights and recommendations for them to take forward in the business planning process  Create, maintain, and update relevant files to support the business forecasting process  Support the demand generation process by analyzing pipeline data and extracting insightful information to help the business direct the efforts towards effective actions to generate additional demand  Ad hoc analysis projects in line with business requirementsProcess Definitions and Enhancement  Develop processes and concepts for enhanced operational procedures and tools  Assessment of existing reporting tools and methodologies to simplify and standardize them in line with the IFS Global operating model  Make insightful recommendations to further enhance the business value derived from reporting tools  Drive cross functional initiatives in cooperation with Global and Regional functionsBusiness Partnering:  Act as a trusted business advisor to senior leadership.  Engage with senior leaders to translate data into actionable, high-value business insights that can be used to make business decisions