Data Analyst

Kantar; Reading; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking data insights firm as a Mid-Level Data Analyst, where your passion for transforming data into actionable insights will be valued. This role offers a unique opportunity to work alongside experienced Data Scientists, contributing to innovative projects that shape the brands of tomorrow. You will lead data analysis efforts, enhance existing models, and utilize cutting-edge technologies to derive meaningful insights. With a strong emphasis on collaboration, you will help drive decision-making processes and improve user engagement through data-driven strategies. This is an exciting chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic and inclusive environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Private medical health cash plan

Income protection

Life assurance

Enhanced employer pension contribution

Voluntary flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Proficient in SQL and Python with experience in data mining and analysis.
• Strong analytical skills and a passion for machine learning and statistics.

Responsibilities

• Lead data analysis to improve user acquisition and retention.
• Collaborate with teams to provide actionable insights and build visualizations.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data Analysis

Machine Learning

Problem Solving

Data Mining

Statistical Techniques

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

ETL tools (DBT)

Grafana

AWS

Power BI

Excel

Job description

We’re the world’s leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

Kantar’s Profiles division is home to the world’s largest audience network.

With access to 170m+ people in over 100 global markets, we offer unrivalled global reach with local relevancy. Validated by industry leading anti-fraud technology, Kantar’s Profiles Audience Network delivers the most meaningful data with consistency, accuracy, and accountability – all at speed and scale.

Job Details

Join our Data Science team at Kantar Profiles as a Mid-Level Data Analyst! If you are enthusiastic about transforming data into actionable insights and have a strong programming background (Python and SQL), we encourage you to apply. This role offers a distinctive chance to collaborate with our Senior Data Scientists and contribute significantly to our innovative projects.

What You’ll Do...

1. Lead all aspects of alerts to ensure the ecosystem's functionality, working with existing models for day-to-day operations and performance.
2. Analyze user acquisition and retention data, identifying weaknesses and bugs in existing models for resolution.
3. Run analytics to extract statistics, patterns, and design machine learning models to improve existing technologies.
4. Contribute to data/statistics tasks for improving user engagement, working closely with the development team.
5. Work together with different team members to offer valuable insights and analyses that contribute to decision-making processes.
6. Communicate technical information with both technical and non-technical team members and collaborators.
7. Transform data using ETL tools like DBT to make it more accessible to the broader business.
8. Build visualizations, monitor trends, and identify patterns using time series graphing services like Grafana.
9. Define critical metrics to drive improvements in user acquisition and engagement performance.

What You’ll Bring...

1. Experience with database queries, programming, data mining/wrangling, analysis, and reporting.
2. Strong proficiency in SQL, with the ability to read, write, and query optimally.
3. A keen curiosity about data, statistics, machine learning, and data science.
4. Strong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on product development, logical thinking, and critical analysis.
5. Experience with statistical computer languages such as Python, Scala, R, MATLAB.
6. Knowledge of statistical techniques and concepts, including regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests, and accurate usage.
7. Experience using web services and languages, including AWS, EC2, S3, Redshift, DigitalOcean, etc.
8. Meticulous and committed, with a good work ethic and the capacity to collaborate effectively with diverse teams.
9. Experience in Excel and Power BI is a plus.

Benefits include 25 days annual leave (increasing with tenure), private medical health cash plan, income protection, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contribution; plus award-winning voluntary flexible benefits (lifestyle, health, wealth, wellbeing). We offer a hybrid working arrangement with an office presence of at least 2 days a week in Reading.

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.