Senior Data Analyst - dbt, BigQuery & BI Insights

WATCHFINDER; West Malling; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Dental

Competitive pension scheme

Holiday scheme - Increasing annual-lea

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistant programme

Income Protection

Life Assurance

Job summary

Watchfinder is seeking a data-focused professional to join our BI team, delivering analytical solutions and scalable data models. You will transform requirements into robust dbt models and dashboards within our BigQuery environment.

Ideal candidates bring advanced SQL skills, hands-on GCP experience, and a proactive, collaborative mindset. You will translate business needs into scalable data architectures while mentoring peers and promoting CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Advanced SQL expertise with complex joins, CTEs, and window functions.
• dbt data modelling using medallion architecture, testing and documentation.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), especially BigQuery.
• Git version control and collaborative development practices.
• Ability to translate business requirements into well-structured, scalable data models.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking with clarity and impact.
• Excellent communication skills to simplify technical topics for stakeholders.
• Proactive, independent worker able to manage priorities and document work clearly.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in cross-functional teams (Data, Tech, and Business) to deliver analytical solutions.
• Translate business needs into scalable data models and semantic layer.
• Build and maintain data transformations and models in dbt for the BigQuery environment.
• Deliver dashboards and KPIs that drive data-driven decision-making.
• Identify, collect, and transform data from multiple sources for analytics.
• Promote best practices in data development, version control, and CI/CD workflows.
• Proactively identify data quality issues and opportunities, guiding priorities.
• Communicate insights clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior stakeholders.
• Mentor colleagues and contribute to team knowledge sharing.

Skills

Advanced SQL

dbt data modelling

BigQuery

GCP

Git version control

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Data storytelling

Tools

dbt

BigQuery

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Watchfinder is seeking a data-focused professional to join our BI team, delivering analytical solutions and scalable data models. You will transform requirements into robust dbt models and dashboards within our BigQuery environment.

Ideal candidates bring advanced SQL skills, hands-on GCP experience, and a proactive, collaborative mindset. You will translate business needs into scalable data architectures while mentoring peers and promoting CI/CD practices.