Trading Analyst: Subscriptions Insights & Growth (Hybrid)

Economist Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Work From Anywhere program

Pension plan

Job summary

The Economist Group is seeking a highly analytical Trading Analyst to support subscription performance reporting, analysis, and insight generation. You will partner with the Head of Trading to ensure timely, accurate performance data for customer engagement and retention teams.

You will develop reports, dashboards and insights across global subscription performance, tracking trends from traffic to engagement to retention, and contribute to forecasting, discount efficiency and target setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in trading, commercial analytics or performance reporting in a subscription/digital media business.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills; experience with BI tools such as Tableau, Looker or Power BI.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to distill clear insights for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead weekly reviews tracking engagement, retention and metrics for the Customer team.
• Collaborate with Finance and Data to provide a clear view of subscriber risks and opportunities.
• Build and maintain performance reports and dashboards across subscriber traffic, engagement and retention.
• Support monthly reviews with summaries and insights for senior stakeholders.
• Develop benchmark metrics and internal performance targets to inform decisions.
• Validate performance data with Head of Trading and Data teams and surface actionable insights.
• Partner with teams to evolve dashboards and ensure accuracy across reporting systems.
• Assist in automation and usability improvements of reporting tools.

Skills

Analytics

Excel

BI tools

Communication

Cross-functional

Tools

Tableau

Looker

Power BI

Job description

The Economist Group is seeking a highly analytical Trading Analyst to support subscription performance reporting, analysis, and insight generation. You will partner with the Head of Trading to ensure timely, accurate performance data for customer engagement and retention teams.

You will develop reports, dashboards and insights across global subscription performance, tracking trends from traffic to engagement to retention, and contribute to forecasting, discount efficiency and target setting.