Data Analyst

Posted 20 September 2022
Salary £45000 per annum
LocationLichfield
Job type Permanent
Discipline DevelopmentInfrastructure ​
ReferenceML-39
Contact NameMorgan Lingard

Job description

Data Analyst
Salary - £45,000
Location - Lichfield / Hybrid (Once a month in the office)

A great opportunity has come up to work for an organisation that takes pride when it comes to helping others and genuinely making a difference for the better when it comes to people's health and wellbeing.

They have set out exciting plans to go onto the Azure cloud, but don’t worry if you don’t have the experience working with Azure, as they are also open to the idea of learning together, as well as providing training, so you can start working on exciting projects related to the cloud-like, Data Bricks and Data Lakes.

For this opportunity, the data analyst will join the client's in-house team and assist them with their aim of delivering a ‘best in industry’ suite of reports and dashboards across the business.

Tasks in the role:
  • To assist users with queries about their data, reports, or dashboards and to assist with training, ensuring that end users understand how to use new tools and resolve any issues they may encounter
  • To help define and document key business metrics
  • To liaise with internal database experts to ensure the timely, accurate, and complete provision of information
  • To act as a key interface between the IT Team and the wider business
  • Take user requirements and specifications and create useful reports and dashboards
  • Help users understand their data, reports, and dashboards
    Key responsibilities:
  • Taking input from agreed specifications and/or directly with users, create meaningful and usable reports and dashboards
  • To act as a champion for IT solutions, helping to drive engagement, adoption, understanding, and development of new systems and processes
  • To help raise the overall IT and Data Literacy of the organisation
  • To identify risks of current processes and find opportunities to improve them
  • To relay any user feedback to technology teams

Experience and Skills required for this role:
  • Determination and tenacity to see things through to completion Ability to prioritise and administer multiple tasks o Knowledge of IT systems, architecture, and methodologies
  • An organised, methodical, thorough, and logical approach
  • Competence in building reports and dashboards in one or more recognised technologies such as (preferred): Power BI including DAX, or SSRS / Qlikview Experience in operating in an Azure reporting / Data Warehouse environment
  • Ability to communicate clearly across a range of stakeholders including technical experts, Senior Management, Head-Office support teams, and non-technical/operational users Ability to gather, summarise and disseminate information effectively Ability to present information both verbally, and visually (for example in presentations), and in written form Excellent team-working skills
    Problem-solving mindset
  • Time management skills Understanding of GDPR legislation
    Desirable: Knowledge of SQL relational databases and queries