Senior BI Analyst MAT Cover

QS Quacquarelli Symonds; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global education consulting firm is seeking a Senior BI Analyst to analyze complex data and produce insights that enhance business performance. The role involves mentoring junior analysts, defining metrics for consistency, and collaborating with stakeholders to implement data-driven solutions. Candidates should have a solid background in data analysis, proficiency in SQL, and experience with BI tools like Tableau and Power BI. This position offers a hybrid working arrangement in London, UK, and is a fixed-term contract for 6 months.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Diversity and inclusion programs

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a Data/BI Analyst or in a Data Science role.
• Strong ability to analyze and present data accurately.
• Technical expertise in data mining and segmentation.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data to produce insights improving business performance.
• Guide and mentor junior analysts.
• Define metrics and methodologies for data analysis.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement analytical needs.

Skills

Analytical skills

SQL

Experience in Tableau

Mentoring

Data analysis

Education

BS in Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

R

Python

Job description

Role : Senior BI Analyst - MAT Cover

Location : London UK

Job type : Fixed term contract (6-month)

Working arrangement : Hybrid

Why QS

At QS we believe that work should empower you. Thats why we foster a flexible working environment that encourages every employee to own their career whilst thriving personally and professionally. Our company values underpin everything we do we collaborate respect and support each other.

Its our mission to empower motivated people around the world to fulfil their potential through higher education ensuring that everyone has access to opportunities that change lives.

Our diversity makes us stronger. By sharing our experiences we learn from one another and achieve more together driving progress across the sector.

At QS youll be responsible for implementing real change in the international higher education landscape. Youll take on meaningful challenges that see a positive impact across the business and the wider sector.

Were confident youll feel right at home here. QS was named as one of Newsweeks Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces in the UK (October 2023) recognising the respect trust and appreciation that drive our culture every day. And as a gold-accredited Investors in People organisation putting us among the top 28% of workplaces globally its official : QS is a place where everyone can thrive.

As a Senior BI Analyst this is what youll be doing

The Senior BI Analyst role for QS will analyse large volumes of complex data to produce insights that can improve business performance. They will help identify stakeholder requirements and develop insightful dashboards and reports to support business decisions and provide customer collaboratively with global stakeholders the Senior BI Analyst will identify and adopt best practices to solve complex problems in a data- driven manner and use strong analytical skills and business acumen to support leadership in influencing critical business scope of this role will be diverse from ad-hoc pieces of analysis to ensuring timely regular reporting enhancing existing reporting pipelines and working on long-term strategic projects to enhance BI & role will be required to collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their data requirements and analyse outcome as necessary.

Role responsibilities

• Data analysis using statistical techniques identify analyse interpret trends patterns in new and existing datasets to present insights.
• Guide and mentor the junior data analysts in the team.
• Be responsible defining standardised metrics methodologies and models to ensure consistency and accuracy across all analytical and reporting activities.
• Make recommendations about the methods and processes in which QS obtains and analyses data to improve accuracy and the efficiency of data processes.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify prioritise and implement new data sources and analytical needs of the business.
• Compile reports and provide insights to internal stakeholders to measure and improve business performance.
• Specification and documentation of new reporting requirements.
• Benchmarking and trend analysis against performance targets.
• Write and execute SQL queries to extract and manipulate data for the purpose of analysis and reporting.
• Testing and documentation of data models.
• Check and verify data and analyses to ensure accurate reporting.
• Identify and resolve the root cause of data quality issues and develop solutions to improve data quality.
• Support cross-functional teams on day-to-day execution and support ad-hoc requests.
• Perform data operations activities such as matching formatting and mapping data to ensure a global common data set.
• Promote Self-serve analytics by mentoring internal stakeholders in the interpretation and use of analytical reports and models.
• Assist the team with any other duties as required.

Key skills and experience

• BS in Mathematics Economics Computer Science Information Management or Statistics or a closely related field or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Experience working in Data / BI Analyst or Data Science role.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect organise analyse and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience in formatting analysing and presenting data in Tableau Power BI or other BI reporting applications.
• Experience in mentoring a team of analysts.
• Ability to write complex queries in SQL and model data from data processes.
• Experience in maintaining or conceptualising analytical models using R or Python.
• Technical expertise regarding data models data mining and segmentation techniques.
• Experience of working within a RDMS and Data Warehouse environment.
• Highly developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills with an ability to conceptualise and think creatively.
• Experience of working in a small high impact teams required to meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent communications skills both written and verbal and the ability elicit reporting and analytical requirements and to present difficult concepts into understandable terms to all levels of the organisation.
• Able to work autonomously and within a team including managing own workload.
• Proactive attitude with the ability to use initiative to identify potential issues and offer creative solutions.
• Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills with an aptitude to work under pressure.
• Willingness to offer and discuss opinions whilst considering those of others in the team and the wider business.

Like what youve heard

Great apply now!

As a candidate we know the application and interview process can be daunting and so its important that you have a great experience with us. Our dedicated Talent Team will work hard to ensure you are fully informed at all stages and you are really excited by this opportunity to do meaningful work in the education space.

Equal opportunities

QS Quacquarelli Symonds is proud to be a fair and equal organisation where everyone has the same opportunity to achieve their full potential irrespective of their background or personal attributes. We celebrate our diversity and believe through sharing our experiences we can learn from one another be stronger together and enable our business to thrive.

Required Experience :

Manager

Employment Type : Contract

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1