MIS Executive Job Description
MIS executives are critical to driving insights and strategic decisions through data. The role involves working closely with different departments, understanding the data, and presenting it in a manner that decision makers can easily understand it. This is an individual contributor role.
Core Responsibilities of MIS Executive:
Gather data from different departments.
Put the data in a format that is easy to read.
Analyse the data from the point of view of the briefing that has been provided vis a vis the goals of the analysis.
Present data to the management in the language that they understand.
Prepare monthly reports on sales, inventory, market share etc.
Skills and Qualifications for MIS Executive
Technical Skills
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel with efficiency in understanding Macros, Pivot and other tools/ formulas.
Strong proficiency in handling multiple projects and multiple tools when it comes to data handling.
Strong proficiency in handling vast amounts of data.
Ability to clean data especially when it comes in multiple formats.
Strong ability to develop mini dashboards for the management as per their requirements.
Strong clarity of thought when it comes to determining what the final output needs to look like.
Ability to understand Excel sheets that are prepared by other department members.
Ability to deduce what is wrong in an excel sheet.
Communication and Presentation Skills
Ability to communicate at top level on the thought and process behind the analysis.
Must understand and unpack briefing given by different departments and other key stakeholders.
Proven proficiency to clearly communicate numbers to the top management in the exact manner that is being asked.
Ability to swiftly distil large amount of data and present in succinct manner to the top management.
Ability to deliver data and reports on time.
Proficiency to understand requirements of management in terms of how they want the data to be presented.
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
Educational Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in any field.
If not a bachelor’s degree in the above, then a certification and diploma in Statistical Analysis from reputed institution.