Data Analyst, FP&A

Oxford University Press; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious educational publisher in Oxford is seeking a Data Analyst to support finance with high-quality reporting on sales and customer debt. The successful candidate will work with Power BI to visualize performance and must have strong data reporting skills, experience in financial reporting, and be adept at working in agile teams. This role supports a hybrid work environment with emphasis on work/life balance.

Benefits

25 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Pension contribution up to 12%

Loans and savings schemes

Local discounts

Discretionary annual payment

Qualifications

• Strong data reporting skills using a visualization tool (Power BI desirable).
• Experience in financial sales reporting.
• Experience working in agile teams or environments.
• Ability to turn non-technical requirements into technical delivery.
• Proven track record of delivering work in a professional business context.
• Experience with SQL or MDX.
• Experience with Power Automate.
• Experience with SAP and/or SAP BW.
• Certification in a visualization tool (PL300 or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality reporting for local and global sales and customer debt.
• Develop and maintain data models, dashboards, and reports primarily using Power BI.
• Collaborate closely with other data analysts to understand reporting requirements.
• Adapt to evolving priorities in an agile environment.

Skills

Strong data reporting skills

Experience in financial sales reporting

Experience working in agile teams

Ability to turn non-technical requirements into technical delivery

Proven track record of delivering work in a professional business context

SQL or MDX

Experience with Power Automate

Experience with SAP and/or SAP BW

Certification in a visualization tool (PL300 or equivalent)

Tools

Power BI

Job description

We’re looking for a Data Analyst to join our data and analytics team, supporting finance by delivering high-quality reporting for local and global sales and customer debt. You will take ownership of the technical delivery of sales and debt reporting, ensuring outputs are timely, accurate, and actionable for finance stakeholders. This includes developing and maintaining data models, dashboards, and reports—primarily using Power BI—to visualize financial performance and support decision-making.

You will collaborate closely with other data analysts to understand reporting requirements and translate business needs into robust technical solutions. Working in an agile environment, you’ll adapt to evolving priorities and contribute to continuous improvement in reporting processes. You’ll also build relationships with divisional data teams to support broader reporting collaboration and ensure alignment across functions.

We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• Strong data reporting skills using a visualization tool (Power BI desirable)
• Experience in financial sales reporting
• Experience working in agile teams or environments
• Ability to turn non-technical requirements into technical delivery
• Proven track record of delivering work in a professional business context
• SQL or MDX
• Experience with Power Automate.
• Experience with SAP and/or SAP BW.
• Certification in a visualization tool (PL300 or equivalent).

We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3‑days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.

We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.

This role comes with the added benefit of a discretionary annual payment.

Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.

Please note this advert may be removed before the advertised end date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.