(Rakuten Advertising) Consultant, Advanced Analytics

Rakuten Group, Inc. is a global leader in internet services and has a diverse ecosystem spanning across e-commerce, fintech, communications and more serving approximately 1.8 billion members worldwide. Founded in Tokyo in 1997, the Group operates in over 30 countries and regions with more than 30,000 employees.

Based in Singapore's Central Business District, Rakuten Asia Pte. Ltd. serves as the regional headquarters for Asia, driving value through areas such as advertising product development, product strategy, and data management to support Rakuten Group's global ecosystem.

Learn more at: https://global.rakuten.com/corp/

Rakuten Advertising provides advertising technology and consumer insights to the world’s leading brands and retailers. Working with agencies and brands around the world, Rakuten Advertising unites technology, client strategy and consumer insights to deliver advertising experiences that drive increased brand awareness and marketing performance. With access to Rakuten’s diverse media properties and audiences, combined with an award-winning performance network and proprietary consumer research, Rakuten Advertising creates the right conditions to reach new customers and sustain long-lasting loyalty.

Summary

We are seeking a data-driven Consultant, Advanced Analytics to translate complex business requirements into actionable insights, deliver high-impact client reporting, and drive analytical innovation within our performance-driven advertising ecosystem.

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 well-defined analytical questions and design/execute analyses to address them.
• Present analytical findings and recommendations directly to clients and internal stakeholders to support decision-making.
• Develop and refine methodologies, tools, and templates to support consistent, efficient execution of analytical deliverables.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, automation, and efficiency within recurring analytical work.
• Support the development of Advanced Analytics capabilities by sharing solutions with the wider team and providing guidance to Analysts.
• Contribute to internal documentation and training content regarding analytical approaches, metric definitions, and tool usage.
• Participate in client discussions to define analytical objectives and scope; design custom analyses (benchmarking, publisher optimization, program performance).
• Ensure data integrity and accuracy of recurring reports, resolving discrepancies at the source. Assess and forecast analytical potential for new accounts to support Sales and Client Services.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in analytics or reporting, with exposure to client-facing work or significant project ownership.
• Strong analytical skills: ability to synthesize complex information, identify root causes, and propose practical solutions.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency (formulas, Pivot Tables, structured workbooks).
• Practical experience with a major Business Intelligence tool (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker) for dashboard development and data visualization.
• Familiarity with Python or R for analysis and automation is highly beneficial.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adjust messaging for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize multiple concurrent deliverables in an ambiguous environment. Proficiency in English; Cantonese proficiency is a plus.

Rakuten is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, marital status, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religious belief or age.