Consultant, Advanced Analytics

About the role

Rakuten Advertising, part of Rakuten Group, provides advertising technology and consumer insights to brands and retailers, working with agencies and brands worldwide. Based in Singapore's Central Business District, Rakuten Asia Pte. Ltd. acts as the regional headquarters for Asia, covering advertising product development, product strategy and data management. The company is looking for a data-driven Consultant, Advanced Analytics who will turn complex business requirements into actionable insights, deliver high-impact client reporting and drive analytical innovation.

Key responsibilities

• Own the development and delivery of client analytics and reporting for assigned accounts, managing the lifecycle of externally focused analytical deliverables.
• Translate client business needs into analytical questions and design and run analyses to address them.
• Present findings and recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders to support decisions.
• Develop and refine methodologies, tools and templates for consistent, efficient delivery of analytical work.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, automation and efficiency in recurring analytical tasks.
• Share solutions with the wider team and guide Analysts on Advanced Analytics capabilities.
• Contribute to internal documentation and training on analytical approaches, metric definitions and tool usage.
• Take part in client discussions to set analytical objectives and scope, and design custom analyses such as benchmarking, publisher optimization and program performance.
• Keep recurring reports accurate, resolving discrepancies at the source.
• Assess and forecast analytical potential for new accounts to support Sales and Client Services.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• At least 2 years of experience in analytics or reporting, with client-facing work or significant project ownership.
• Strong verbal and written communication, able to adapt messages for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to plan, organize and prioritize multiple concurrent deliverables in an ambiguous environment.
• Proficiency in English; Cantonese is a plus.

Required skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel (formulas, Pivot Tables, structured workbooks).
• Experience with a major Business Intelligence tool such as Tableau, Power BI or Looker for dashboards and visualisation.
• Familiarity with Python or R for analysis and automation is highly beneficial.