Data Analyst

Free-Work; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Free-Work is seeking a Data Analyst in Holborn, London, with 5+ years of proven experience. You will ensure data quality and enable analysis through systems to produce actionable reports and dashboards for stakeholders.

Responsibilities include overseeing data sources (CRM and others), cleaning and processing data, and collaborating with IT on APIs and data mining to drive business growth. The role requires strong English communication and organisational skills.

Qualifications

• Relevant higher education qualification in data analysis, including programming languages such as Python and SQL.
• Substantial experience working in data analysis within an organisational setting.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical and business intelligence skills, especially working with large datasets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the English language.
• Ability to manage multiple projects adhering to logistics, timescales and deadlines.
• IT literate and experience of using MS Dynamics and Office (including Word, Excel and Outlook).
• Experience of using visualisation tools such as PowerBI.

Responsibilities

• Day to day implementation and overview of the data strategy to optimise BI and decision-making.
• Clear knowledge of all data sources within the organisation, including the CRM and other information systems.
• Knowledge of data cleaning, analysis and processing to ensure quality.
• Put in place robust systems of quality to ensure data integrity.
• Work with IT on data analysis, including developing formulas, APIs and data mining for growth insights.
• Enable production of reports, visuals, dashboards to support decisions.
• Transform data into information and share knowledge across the organisation.
• Support BI with key data to underpin decisions.
• Collaborate across departments on data usage to maximise impact.
• Minimise data risks and ensure compliance with legislation and frameworks.
• Foster a data culture to meet stakeholder needs nationally and internationally.

Skills

Analytical thinking

English communication

Project management

Education

Relevant higher education qualification in data analysis

Tools

Python

SQL

PowerBI

MS Dynamics

Job description

Data Analyst - Holborn London

Our Client is looking to recruit a Data Analyst with at least 5 years proven experience.

As a Data Analyst you will ensure that all data is processed and quality assured so that it can be analysed through appropriate systems with a view to the production of reports that can assist the Client services and other stakeholders make effective decisions and support the assessment of indicators and other business intelligence processes.

Key responsibilities:

• Day to day implementation and overview of the business's data strategy to ensure that organisational data is systematised with a view to optimising business intelligence and decision-making.
• Clear knowledge of all the data sources within the organisation, including the CRM and other information systems, and ability to work on those sources either individually, together or identify new sources that can inform effective operation.
• Knowledge of all relevant procedures to ensure that optimal data is used, including the cleaning, analysis and processing of data.
• Putting in place effective and robust systems of quality to ensure the highest integrity of data.
• Working with the IT department on data analysis, including developing key formulas, working with APIs and data mining, particularly through appropriate relational and other data bases, with a view to extracting the information that is needed for the growth of the organisation.
• Enabling the effective and accurate production of all reports, visuals, dashboards and other outputs to allow different parts of the organisation to make better individual and collective decisions.
• Facilitating the transformation of data to information and knowledge, and helping the different parts of the organisation to share such information and knowledge so as to maximise collaboration and the aims of the organisation.
• Supporting business intelligence so that the decisions are underpinned by key, effective and relevant data.
• Enabling the organisation to measure key performance and other indicators and score carding, and contributing to the development of metric and indicator-based systems that allow for integration and a system of continuous improvement.
• Collaborating with all departments including the IT department, education and training, marketing and policy and research on data usage.
• Minimising all data risks, security breaches, financial and other risks and working with relevant services to ensure that data is handled in a way that is compliant with relevant legislation and other frameworks.
• Furthering a data culture that enables the organisation to meet the needs of its stakeholders, both nationally and internationally, including its members.

The following skills are Essential:

• Relevant higher education qualification in data analysis, including programming languages such as Python and SQL.
• Substantial experience working in data analysis within an organisational setting.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical and business intelligence skills, especially working with large datasets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the English language.
• Ability to manage multiple projects adhering to logistics, timescales and deadlines.
• IT literate and experience of using MS Dynamics and Office (including Word, Excel and Outlook).
• Experience of using visualisation tools such as PowerBI.

The Client is based in Holborn London.

The salary for this role will be in the range £40K - £45K.