Data Analyst: Finance & Commercial Analytics

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

VERSANT Media is seeking a curious and commercially minded Data Analyst to join our Finance & Analytics team. You will help the business understand performance across Sales, Marketing and Finance by producing reliable reporting, analysing trends and supporting planning and forecasting.

This is an early-career analytics role designed to develop commercial and financial knowledge in a fast-paced media environment.

Qualifications

• Some experience in a data, reporting, finance, commercial or business-analysis role; graduate experience, placements or relevant projects are welcome.
• Good Excel skills, including formulas, pivot tables and data manipulation.
• Basic to intermediate SQL skills, ideally SQL Server.
• Experience with Tableau, Power BI or another reporting/visualisation tool.
• Comfort inworking with numbers and able to spot trends or inconsistencies in data.
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach to problem-solving.
• Good communication skills and the confidence to explain findings clearly.
• Organised, proactive and keen to learn.

Responsibilities

• Support the creation and maintenance of Sales, Marketing and company performance KPIs.
• Produce regular reporting on revenue, sales activity, marketing performance, customer behaviour and other commercial measures.
• Build and maintain dashboards and reporting in Tableau.
• Use SQL Server and Excel to extract, analyse and validate data from multiple systems.
• Support analysis of performance against budget, forecast and prior year.
• Help identify key trends, opportunities and risks, presenting findings clearly to stakeholders.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting and financial planning processes.
• Partner with Sales and Marketing teams to assess campaign, pipeline, conversion and return-on-investment performance, constructively challenging assumptions and outcomes where required.
• Use AI tools responsibly to improve analysis, automate repeatable tasks and identify more efficient ways of working.
• Work with Salesforce and other systems to improve reporting quality and consistency.
• Help maintain accurate KPI definitions, reporting documentation and data checks.
• Respond to ad-hoc analysis requests and contribute to wider Finance & Analytics projects.

Skills

Data analysis

Excel

Communication

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Tools

SQL Server

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

VERSANT Media is seeking a curious and commercially minded Data Analyst to join our Finance & Analytics team. You will help the business understand performance across Sales, Marketing and Finance by producing reliable reporting, analysing trends and supporting planning and forecasting.

This is an early-career analytics role designed to develop commercial and financial knowledge in a fast-paced media environment.