Business Data Analyst

Markerstudy Ltd; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in Sunderland is seeking a Business Data Analyst to support data-driven decision-making. In this role, you will analyze and process large data sets, contributing to product and process improvements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mathematics or a related field and excellent communication skills. You'll work closely with Data Scientists and Managers to deliver insights and value to the business.

Qualifications

• Strong maths or related science degree, or significant commercial experience.
• Passionate about data with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate results clearly and concisely.

Responsibilities

• Load, process, and analyze large data sets.
• Prepare data sets for modeling.
• Maintain data products using statistical techniques.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strong communication skills

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Data storytelling

Education

Strong maths / related science degree

Job description

Overview

As Business Data Analyst, you will use your analytical skills to support data-driven decision making. Your ideas and solutions will enable improvements to products, prices and processes, giving Markerstudy a critical advantage in the increasingly competitive insurance market. As part of your Data Science career you will be expected to advance a wide range of modern statistical, machine learning and data science methods. This knowledge will be applied to a wide range of business problems and deliver demonstrable commercial value. You will aspire to become an experienced, 'commercially focused' data analyst/scientist.

Responsibilities

• Load, process, analyze, evaluate and document (large) data sets
• Preparing data sets for modelling
• Contribute to designing (with support) data frame structures for efficient data manipulation and information retrieval
• Assist in developing tools for data processing, information retrieval and insight
• Maintain data products using machine learning and statistical techniques
• Contributes to project & concept presentations (creation and presenting)
• Working with other Data Scientists & Managers to interpret analysis results

Qualifications

• Strong maths / related science degree or demonstrable commercial experience
• Passionate and curious about data. Loves solving problems
• Strong communication skills and the ability to "story-tell" to our stakeholders and customers, making it relevant to your audience
• Selfless when it comes to sharing findings, experience and advice. We work as a team not separate individuals!
• Resilience, can work independently to deliver projects
• Proactively share insights, results and identify risks, without prompting
• Proficient at communicating results in a concise manner both verbally and written

Desirable

• Insurance or financial services experience
• Knowledge and awareness of the latest tools, techniques and technology across the analytics marketplace

Behaviours

• Team player
• Self-motivated with a drive to learn and develop
• Logical thinker with a professional and positive attitude
• Passion to innovate and improve processes
• Value differences and people from all walks of life, both colleagues and customers