Data Analyst: Turn Data into Actionable Insights

Jacobs; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Holiday allowance

Flexible working

Mentoring

Training opportunities

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Data Analyst to join our Data & Digital team, helping organisations turn data into meaningful insights that drive operational and strategic decision-making across government, defence and regulated environments. You’ll gather, cleanse and transform data, create dashboards in Power BI or Tableau, apply analytics to identify trends and present findings to stakeholders.

Eligibility for SC Clearance is required; we offer hybrid working and opportunities to develop in a global

Qualifications

• Strong SQL skills and data validation techniques.
• Experience building dashboards in Power BI or Tableau.
• Advanced Excel skills for analysis.
• Experience cleansing and reconciling data from multiple sources.
• Ability to communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Eligibility for SC Clearance.
• Experience delivering reporting in agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Gather, cleanse, validate and transform data from multiple sources to support reporting and analysis requirements.
• Create, develop and maintain reports, dashboards and visualisations using Power BI, Tableau or equivalent tools.
• Apply analytical techniques to identify trends, patterns, anomalies and opportunities for improvement.
• Produce regular and ad hoc analysis to answer business questions and support decision-making.
• Write efficient SQL queries to extract, manipulate and analyse data.
• Support the creation and maintenance of performance measures, KPIs and management information reporting.
• Document analytical methodologies, assumptions, calculations and data sources.
• Present findings and recommendations clearly to stakeholders.
• Support data quality, governance and information management activities.
• Work within agile, multidisciplinary delivery teams.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Data Visualization

Analytical Thinking

Communication

Task Management

SC Clearance

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Data Analyst to join our Data & Digital team, helping organisations turn data into meaningful insights that drive operational and strategic decision-making across government, defence and regulated environments. You’ll gather, cleanse and transform data, create dashboards in Power BI or Tableau, apply analytics to identify trends and present findings to stakeholders.

Eligibility for SC Clearance is required; we offer hybrid working and opportunities to develop in a global