Business Analyst - Process & Automation

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients Salary range: Rs 500000 - Rs 1500000 (ie INR 5 - 15 LPA) Min Experience: 3+ years Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India JobType: full-time ROLE SUMMARY: Work directly with the owner to map business processes, find and fix gaps, design improved systems, and execute them in software (Python / pandas / Excel). Act as the quality filter between the owner and the team — reviewing all incoming analytical work (quotations, Excel models, formulas) for errors, structure and logic. Requirements KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Understand business processes by talking to people across departments and asking the right questions; map current process flows (production planning, forecasting, costing, and similar areas). 2. Identify gaps in processes, design improved systems, and implement them using Python/pandas/Excel or equivalent tools. 3. Build and maintain automation for recurring analysis and reporting. 4. Review the team's Excel work — quotations, formulas, models — as a filter before it reaches the owner: check for errors, structure and logic. 5. Translate the owner's requirements into working, tested solutions and execute end to end. MUST-HAVE SKILLS: - Strong Excel: formulas, structuring workbooks, auditing other people's sheets - Python with pandas (or equivalent data tools — must be able to deliver the same outcomes) - Analytical, structured, logical mind with strong error-catching ability — accuracy is critical in this role - Good communication skills — comfortable talking to people to extract process knowledge; personable and easy to talk to, not a silent back-office profile GOOD TO HAVE: - Business/commercial awareness (costing, quotations, planning) - Manufacturing or SME exposure - Graduate in engineering / statistics / commerce with a strong quantitative bent Must-have skills Python, Business Process Mapping Good-to-have skills Computer Science, engineer