Lead Analyst

RWS; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

RWS is seeking a Lead Analyst to join the Data and Analytics team in the United Kingdom. You will build strong stakeholder relationships, gather requirements, design SQL data structures, and develop dashboards using Sisense and other BI tools.

You will translate business needs into data-driven solutions and guide cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality insights. You will engage with stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement, present findings, and ensure that data outputs

Qualifications

• Experience gathering requirements and documenting business needs.
• Ability to design and model data structures for reporting.
• Experience with data visualization and dashboard design.
• Strong stakeholder liaison and communication skills.
• Experience with data governance and security considerations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build strong stakeholder relationships to define business requirements.
• Lead information gathering and present findings to stakeholders.
• Design and build SQL data structures to prepare reports.
• Develop dashboards in Sisense and other BI tools.
• Collaborate with business teams to enable data-driven decisions.
• Identify performance and reporting challenges and propose improvements.
• Liaise with clients to understand data content.

Skills

T-SQL

BI tools (Sisense/Power BI/Looker)

Data warehousing

Cloud platforms (GCP/Azure)

Excel

Analytical thinking

Communication & presentation

Project management

Tools

Sisense

Power BI

Looker

Tableau

Excel

SQL Server

Job description

An exciting opportunity to join an expanding Data and Analytics team and contribute towards intelligence-led change and innovation.

The Lead Analyst will contribute to delivering an effective and high-quality Business Intelligence and Reporting service to Data & Analytics’ stakeholders. The Lead Analyst will help the business to leverage the data to identify trends, opportunities for improvement, and potential issues. They will be able to gather requirements, manage stakeholders and schedule data projects.

About Product & Technology

Product & Technology plays a pivotal role in aligning the organization with its strategic objectives and enhancing shareholder value. Product & Technology is responsible for establishing unified standards and governance practices throughout the company. Additionally, we oversee the development and maintenance of core applications essential for the seamless operation of various functions across the organization. We are committed to driving and executing future roadmaps that are in line with the overall strategic direction of RWS.

With a global reach, Product & Technology provides support services to over 7500 end users worldwide. We take pride in managing the information security operation and safeguarding all our assets. Our core functions encompass Enterprise & Technical Architecture, Network & Voice, Infrastructure, Service Delivery, Service Operations, Data & Analytics, Security & Quality Compliance, Transformation, Application Development, Enterprise Platforms, With a dedicated team of over 500 staff, Product & Technology ensures a strong presence across all regions, enabling efficient and effective support to our global operations.

Key Responsibilities

Job Overview

• Build strong stakeholder relationships in order to understand business challenges and collaboratively define and document precise business requirements for specific projects
• Provide leadership and independent initiatives in facilitating information gathering, structured documentation, and presentation of findings to all levels of the business
• Design, develop, model, and create SQL data structures to integrate, prepare, and generate reports
• Develop and build dashboards and visualizations in Sisense or similar BI tools. (Power BI, Looker, Tableau, etc)
• Work with the Business to ensure they can utilize the output of your projects to enable data-driven decisions
• Break down requirements, simplify architectures, and collaborate with other business teams to deliver intelligent data solutions in line with defined objectives and results
• Liaise with internal and external clients to fully understand data content.
• Identify performance, visualization, and reporting challenges, and suggest code and architecture improvements.

Skills & Experience

• Great knowledge of TSQL is a must.
• Good command of BI tools such as Sisense or similar ( Power BI, Looker, Tableau, etc).
• Data Warehouse experience.
• Cloud server experience is advantageous, such as GCP or Azure.
• Very good command of Excel.
• Strong problem-solving abilities involving identifying the root cause of problems, assessing risks/impacts, and determining and implementing effective solutions.
• Strong presentation skills and an ability to communicate complex findings to non-technical audiences in a clear, simple way, both written and verbally.
• Analytical aptitude and interest in interrogating data to develop hypotheses and insights.
• Excellent attention to detail and high standards of presentation, especially in relation to written work.
• Ability to manage multiple projects to completion.
• Proactive and forward-thinking.
• Must work well in a team environment.
• Ability to contribute both independently and as part of a team.

Life at RWS

If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about growing the value of ideas, data and content by making sure organizations are understood , then you’ll love life at RWS.

Our purpose is to unlock global understanding. This means our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong. We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career.

In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner, putting clients fist and winning together to pioneer, innovating fearlessly and leading with vision and courage, to progress, aiming high and growing through actions and to deliver, owning the outcome and building trust with our colleagues and clients.

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.

RWS Values

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we’ll Deliver together as RWS.