Senior Operations Business Intelligence Analyst

About us

Founded in 2015 in Athens, Greece, Welcome redefines the way people travel by going above and beyond the commoditized transfer service and being the first company to deliver a complete, personalised, in-destination travel experience. From the moment a traveler arrives at a new destination, until their return journey home, Welcome accommodates all their travel needs, including transfers, sightseeing trips, and local information, in the easiest, friendliest, and most personalised way possible. Welcome's drivers are experts in the area and share their local know-how to make travellers feel at home wherever they are. The company has also introduced contactless rides, thorough cleaning protocols, and protective equipment to make every journey safe.

Being a travel tech startup, Welcome continues to grow and scale its operations and is quickly becoming a global category leader for in-destination travel services.

• One of the highest-rated global transportation companies with a rating of 4.9/5 stars.
• Expanded from 200 destinations last year to 350, achieving our ambitious 2024 growth target.
• Over 4,000 travel partners including 2,500 hotels, numerous vacation rentals, and travel agents, adding 50+ new ones every month.
• Over 2.5 million happy travellers every year.

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The Team

We are a group of vibrant, diverse people who love travelling and never settle on quality. Each one of us didn't join Welcome by chance and believes deeply in what Welcome is trying to achieve, so we work relentlessly to make that happen. We challenge common logic, focus on design, put simplicity and usability first, and create memorable experiences. We keep learning and exploring better ways to serve our community and grow personally and professionally in our respective fields. We stay humble along the way, with a "pay it forward" mentality, but with big and bold goals.

As a
Senior
Operations Business Intelligence Analyst
, you will be at the forefront of coordinating multiple projects within the operations landscape. This role combines strategic business acumen with data analytics proficiency, requiring a solid understanding of business and technical aspects. Reporting to the Operational Excellence Manager you will play a crucial role in optimizing operations and enhancing data-driven decision-making processes.

Responsibilities

Operations Analytics:

• Translate business needs into actionable, data-driven solutions that enhance operational decision-making.
• Design, develop, and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports that provide clear visibility into key operational, tactical and strategic KPIs on Operations.
• Leverage data to track performance, highlight risks, and identify opportunities for efficiency and growth.
• Partner with operations leaders to guide decisions through insights, ensuring recommendations are grounded in accurate data.
• Collect and organize feedback from stakeholders to continuously improve dashboards and streamline performance tracking processes.

Reporting & Insight Delivery:

• Analyze and interpret operational performance data, identifying key trends, bottlenecks, and opportunities across the end-to-end Operations lifecycle (supply, fulfillment, quality, and cost).
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights that guide management decisions and enable proactive interventions at both strategic and operational levels.
• Develop automated and scalable reporting solutions in Power BI that reduce manual effort and ensure every team, has access to consistent, up-to-date information.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define data narratives that connect metrics to real-world performance outcomes, empowering non-technical audiences to act confidently on insights.
• Conduct root-cause and variance analyses when performance deviates from forecasts or targets, providing clear explanations and actionable recommendations.
• Partner with the central Analytics team to improve data availability and dashboard performance, ensuring reliability and scalability as data volumes grow.
• Establish reporting best practices (documentation, version control, data validation) to foster consistency and trust in analytics outputs across the organization.

Data Governance & Quality:

• Ensure consistency and accuracy of key operational KPIs by adhering to company-wide data definitions and governance standards.
• Collaborate with the central Analytics team to validate data sources, transformations, and metric logic, ensuring a single source of truth across all dashboards.
• Perform data quality checks and reconciliation to detect and resolve discrepancies between different reporting layers (Power BI, BigQuery, and source systems).
• Contribute to the KPI documentation and data glossary, maintaining clarity around metric definitions, owners, and calculation methods.
• Champion a culture of data ownership and accountability within the Operations function by promoting best practices in documentation, validation, and change management.
• Provide feedback on data model and semantic layer improvements, ensuring the operational reporting layer remains efficient, well-structured, and aligned with evolving business needs.

Stakeholder Co-ordination:

• Coordinate analytical projects within the Operations department, from concept to delivery, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
• Manage timelines, communicate progress, and ensure analytical outputs translate into concrete business impact.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Commercial, Product, and Finance teams to ensure consistency and alignment across operations metrics.
• Ensure alignment with company goals and timely delivery of projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Business, Math, or a related quantitative field
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in Operations analytics, Business analytics, Consulting, or Finance, ideally within a fast-paced, data-driven organization.

• Analytical Skills:
  Strong quantitative fundamentals and the ability to adapt work to different platforms and tools.

• Strong command of SQL

• Experience with at least one BI Platform - PowerBI, Tableau, or Looker

• Solid experience with Excel and/or Google Sheets for quick analysis and model building

• Insight Generation:

• Translates complex data into clear, actionable business insights that guide operational and strategic decisions.

• Identifies trends, risks, and opportunities, providing data-driven recommendations that directly influence business performance.

• Craftsmanship:
  Willingness to go the extra mile to get things done, with the ability to find different ways to reach the desired outcome

• Ownership:
  Ability to operate independently and bring projects to fruition regardless of circumstances. Proactive in finding solutions and seeking guidance when needed
• Adaptability:
  Flexibility and adjustability in a rapidly growing and transforming operations organization
• Communication:
  Expert communicator, adept at explaining processes with clarity through both spoken and written communication

Our Tech Stack

• Data warehousing & transformation
  : Google Cloud BigQuery, DBT, Airbyte
• Data visualization & reporting
  : Power BI, Microsoft Power Suite
• Project & workflow management
  : Atlassian Suite
• Version control & CI/CD
  : GitHub CI/CD

Benefits

• Vibrant and fresh work environment
• Flexible work-from-home policy
• The tools you need to perform your daily tasks successfully
• L&D personal budget
• Private Insurance Plan
• +4 extra PTO days annually
• The unique opportunity to join "the next big thing" at ground level

Interested?
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