Systems Capacity Analyst jobs in Virginia

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Reporting to the Manager, Workforce Optimization (WFO), the Analyst works closely with Workforce Management (WFM) staff, contact center management and operations/project management to develop demand forecasts, analyze drivers of performance and develop capacity plans that meets project performance goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain accurate forecasts to predict staff need under a variety of intake volumes, and conditions using data/statistical analysis, simulation modeling and other mathematical methods.
• Establish daily, weekly and monthly metrics and monitor performance against metrics and ensure meaningful deviation is detected early and incorporated in operation planning efforts.
• Review forecasting accuracy (forecasts to actuals) and schedule effectiveness (staff paid/ staff need/ staff scheduled/staff available) with WFM staff and work together to reduce variations in order to ensure performance and productivity goals are met.
• Develop operational production plans to efficiently allocate staff resources against workload.

- Analyze data and other information in order to conceptualize and define operational problems and/or improvement opportunities. Plan and execute analysis - often interrogating data and other information to perform root cause analysis and develop an impact assessment.

• Develop knowledge of daily operations and collaborate with supervisors, managers and front-line staff to uncover operational problems as they occur and formulate solutions and improvement opportunities.

Minimum Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience
• Experience with conducting and interpreting mathematical or statistical studies.
• Exceptional proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, specifically Excel.
• Ability to define data requirements, gather and validate data and other information, and apply judgement to statistical tests.

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