Strategic Financial Data Analyst: Hybrid & Growth

Mackie Myers Ltd; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Hybrid working

Private medical

Critical illness

Income protection

Life assurance

Professional training

Career progression

Sabbaticals

Job summary

Mackie Myers Ltd is seeking a commercially minded Financial Data Analyst to join our Finance and Operations team in the United Kingdom. The role is business facing, acting as the data partner to Finance to transform complex information into insights that drive decision-making across the organisation.

You'll work across financial, operational and people data to develop scalable reporting solutions, improve forecasting and support senior leadership with data storytelling and KPI analytics.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years' experience in data analytics within a finance, commercial or FP&A environment
• Strong Power BI experience, including dashboard and report development
• Understanding of financial analysis, KPIs and performance measurement
• Experience with data cleansing, validation and quality assurance
• Knowledge of data governance, security and privacy best practices
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong data storytelling capabilities, able to communicate with both finance and non-finance audiences
• Experience documenting data sources, methodologies and reporting processes
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills

Responsibilities

• Analyse financial and operational performance to identify trends, risks and opportunities
• Define, track and continuously improve KPIs and financial metrics
• Translate business needs into meaningful analytics and reporting solutions
• Present insights through clear data storytelling and impactful visualisations
• Support forecasting, budgeting and scenario modelling with robust analysis
• Design, develop and maintain engaging Power BI dashboards and reports
• Create scalable reporting solutions that support business decisions
• Build and optimise data models to improve reporting accuracy and performance
• Automate reporting processes and improve data accessibility
• Consolidate data from multiple systems and ERP platforms, including API integrations
• Develop a single source of truth for consistent and scalable reporting
• Improve data governance, quality, security and reporting standards
• Streamline processes through automation and optimisation
• Utilise advanced Excel tools including Power Query, Power Pivot and VBA
• Apply programming skills such as Python to automate workflows and deepen analysis
• Explore emerging technologies, including AI-driven automation and intelligent workflows, to enhance efficiency and business insight

Skills

Data analytics

Data storytelling

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in quantitative field

Tools

Power Query

Power Pivot

VBA

Python

APIs

Job description

Mackie Myers Ltd is seeking a commercially minded Financial Data Analyst to join our Finance and Operations team in the United Kingdom. The role is business facing, acting as the data partner to Finance to transform complex information into insights that drive decision-making across the organisation.

You'll work across financial, operational and people data to develop scalable reporting solutions, improve forecasting and support senior leadership with data storytelling and KPI analytics.