Senior Data Analyst

Elsevier; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to enhance data-driven decision-making processes. In this role, you will work closely with diverse stakeholders to ensure data consistency and business impact. Your analytical skills will help in developing metrics and KPIs that assess journal performance. This innovative firm values collaboration and offers a supportive environment, promoting work-life balance and numerous well-being initiatives. If you are passionate about data and eager to solve real business problems, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Home, office, or commuting allowance

Generous vacation entitlement

Sabbatical leave option

Employee Assistance Program

Study assistance

Shared parental leave

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data analytics or business analysis.
• Ability to lead small analytics projects and manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Analyze journal configuration and identify opportunities for simplification.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to establish comprehensive business definitions.

Skills

Data Analysis

SQL

Python

Project Management

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

Tableau

DBT

Snowflake

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About Team:

The successful candidate will join the STMJ Data & Analytics team and report in a dotted line to the Journal Configuration team. You will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders to enhance our data-driven decision-making processes and streamline the configuration management of our extensive journal portfolio.

High-quality connected data on research is at the heart of Elsevier’s mission to advance science and improve healthcare outcomes. The Data Engineering team supports this mission by building and maintaining a comprehensive data platform that underpins all of Elsevier’s data flows and products.

About Role:

We are seeking a curious, meticulous, and innovative Analyst to join our Data & Analytics team. The objective of the role is to ensure consistency, trust, and business impact in our analytics by establishing definitive business definitions for our data. You will collaborate with key stakeholders to agree on a robust data catalog/glossary solution to capture and maintain those definitions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analysing journal configuration and identifying opportunities for harmonization and simplification.
• Partnering with the Journal Configuration Governance team to prioritize changes for over 2,500 journals.
• Developing metrics and KPIs to assess the impact of configuration changes on journal performance and author experience.
• Collaborating with business stakeholders and analysts to establish comprehensive business definitions.
• Facilitating workshops and discussions to gather input and validate definitions, driving teams to consensus.
• Documenting and maintaining a centralized repository of agreed-upon definitions for easy access and reference.

Requirements:

• Passion for working with data and solving real business problems through analytics.
• Proven experience in a similar analytical or technical role (business analysis, data analytics, data engineering, or analytics engineering).
• Identify relevant analyses and metrics for business insights. Steer the business based on an understanding of customers, markets, and trends.
• Understand complex data structures and apply advanced preparation techniques.
• Promote data-driven decision-making by identifying opportunities and suggesting solutions.
• Lead and manage small analytics projects, managing multiple tasks and resolving blockers in a timely manner.
• Advanced knowledge of project management approaches and lifecycles.
• Strong coordination, pragmatism, and resolution management skills.
• Excellent communication skills to engage with business users and end-users at all levels.
• Experience and skill in SQL and/or Python coding are required. Training can be provided for DBT and Snowflake.
• Experience in using or implementing a semantic layer is a plus.
• Tableau experience is a plus; ability to build dashboards.

Why Join Us?

Join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. If you are ready to advance your career and make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous well-being initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working for you

We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Home, office, or commuting allowance
• Generous vacation entitlement and option for sabbatical leave
• Maternity, Paternity, Adoption and Family Care Leave
• Personal Choice Budget
• Internal communities and networks
• Recruitment introduction reward
• Employee Assistance Program (global)

About the Business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare and partner for a better world.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Analyst, Information Technology, and Other

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Media and Software Development

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