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- This role is Belfast-based but we are hybrid with 2 days in office
- Pension
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Income protection & Critical illness
Purpose of the role
This leading role in the growing data and analytics team will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of individual initiatives within Ocorian’s long-term data strategy.
The required candidate will have a value-first approach to work, managing the rapid delivery of initiatives and ensuring they lead to economic gains.
This will involve close collaboration with stakeholders across the organisation on a range of projects from tactical to strategic, leveraging and developing a broad spectrum of skills – from technical, through quantitative, to communication and change management.
Main Responsibilities
- Lead initiatives within Ocorian’s data strategy
- Work with the data team and other internal stakeholders to support the management of projects in Ocorian’s data strategy
- Manage the delivery of analytics use cases projects within the wider data strategy by:
- Gathering and distilling use case requirements into target outputs
- Working with 3rd party data engineers/consultants to develop any required data infrastructure
- Coordinating BI analysts to deliver quality outputs with the desired outcomes of each use case
- Identifying and mitigating project risks, raising the most significant with the CDO
- Developing strong relationships with internal stakeholders to oversee the adoption of outputs
- Feedback data quality, process, or system concerns to data leadership
- Feedback learnings from the delivery of analytics use cases to data leadership, helping to shape the iteration of the wider data strategy
- Set up and maintain best practice frameworks for data analysis tools (e.g., Power BI), data modelling, and storage
- Enforce the adoption of these best practices across the organisation
- Lead the delivery of training in data analytics tools and information security to the data team and wider business
- Maintain an exemplary standard of data governance and security
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Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- 3+ years’ experience operating in business intelligence / analytics
- Excellent understanding of data in context and the business benefits and risks associated with high-quality analytics and reporting
- Expertise in data visualization tools, specifically Power BI
- Strong skills in relational databases (specifically Microsoft SQL Server) and data management (specifically dbt)
- Experience with object-oriented programming (e.g., VBA, R, Python)
- Exposure to cloud-based technologies (specifically the Fabric suite)
- Advanced planning, analytical, and conceptual skills to evaluate business problems and identify appropriate solutions
- Experience developing plans from scratch, gathering requirements from varied stakeholders, working autonomously, and making decisions
- Experience partnering with senior managers and employees at senior levels to achieve success across the wider business
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, for engaging with senior stakeholders
- Ability to coordinate cross-functional problem-solving teams effectively
- Ability to provide expert guidance and knowledge within wider team settings
Additional Information
Our core values are:
- CLIENT CENTRIC – Clients are at the centre of our world, and we’re committed to providing expertise and solutions for their complex challenges.
- AMBITIOUS – We aim high, think and act globally, and seize opportunities to delight clients and support colleagues worldwide.
- AGILE – We act on our initiative to get things done for our clients, keeping things simple, efficient, and effective.
- COLLABORATIVE – We ask questions to find the right solutions faster and share successes to win together.
- ETHICAL – We behave with integrity, build trust through responsible actions, and foster honest relationships.
We are an equal opportunity employer. Please contact us at [email] if accommodations are needed during the application process.