Director - Business AnalyticsDepartment

ADP; Cheadle; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company seeks a Director - Business Analytics in Cheadle, UK. This role is pivotal in steering data-driven strategies and ensuring data integrity across platforms. Candidates should have a degree, extensive data analysis experience, and proficiency in Power BI and Excel. The position offers a robust benefits package including a generous pension scheme, significant annual leave, and a commitment to employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Occupational sick pay

Comprehensive training and development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification in a related field.
• Experience of data analysis and data input.
• Proficiency with reporting and visualisation tools including Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal stakeholders to gather and clarify requirements.
• Ensure data accuracy and consistency across reporting platforms.
• Design and maintain dashboards to deliver actionable insights.

Skills

Data analysis

Power BI

MS Excel

SQL

Presentation skills

Project management

Visualisation tools

Education

Degree in a related field

Job description

Job Title

Director - Business Analytics

Department

ESI (Employer Services International)

Reporting To

Senior Director Service Delivery & Business Excellence

Overview

The Director - Business Analytics will play a strategic and vital role within the ESI Business Excellence and...

Responsibilities

• Work with internal stakeholders to gather and clarify requirements, advising on suitable data models and methodology as appropriate to organisational needs
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and security across workforce reporting platforms
• Conduct trend analysis and forecasting, identify patterns and presenting findings via visualisations and written reports
• Design and maintain appropriate dashboards and reports to deliver actionable insights, consolidating data from multiple sources and using a variety of data analysis tools including Excel pivot tables, power queries, and Power BI
• Ensure reporting complies with data protection policies and legislation
• Respond to internal helpdesk enquiries relating to workforce systems issue resolving routine enquiries where appropriate or escalating as necessary
• To support with the management of workforce systems
• Undertake any additional project work or ad hoc tasks - as assigned by senior colleagues

About You

• Degree level qualification in a related field (project management qualification / Business/ Data Analyst qualification is desirable)
• Experience of data analysis and data input
• Proficiency with reporting and visualisation tools including Power BI
• Excellent knowledge of MS office Suite particularly MS Excel
• Familiarity with SQL is desirable
• Knowledge of a variety of IT packages e.G. Excel access (expert ECDL or equivalent level of IT skills)
• Extensive experience of collating and interpreting complex data for presentation
• Experience of delivering briefings and training to staff and managers
• Understanding of workforce KPIs and metrics
• Willingness to learn and acquire new skills

Benefits

• Annual Leave 27 day holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years
• Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions initially rising with length of service and up to 6 x basic salary death in service benefit
• Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave
• Reward and Discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
• Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
• We are proud to be a real living wage employer
• Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
• Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday
• Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home

We welcome applications from individuals who have the right to work in the UK. Currently, we are not providing sponsorship for overseas staff. Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience. If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you.

The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy.