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Data Analyst 12- 24 month FTC

Middlesex
6 days ago
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Data Analyst - 12- 24 month FTC- the client is unable to consider visas due to the nature of the role
Middlesex offices/Home - hybrid working 3 days p/w in the office
Salary negotiable dep on experience £35,000 - 45,000
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Candidates must have working rights to cover up to 24 months employment without sponsorship.

Fantastic opportunity for a graduate with 1 + years' proven commercial application experience in an Analyst role to join a highly respected global company. This can either be post university, or a placement completed during studies.

Initially being offered on a 12 month fixed term contract however, opportunities to extend to 24 months may be possible. Degrees such as Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, MORSE, Economics etc are suitable - with a strong numerical and problem solving content. You should have experience delivering business insights and stakeholder engagement. You will be expected to provide analytical expertise and communicate technical data to non-technical audiences to develop the data agenda in line with business priorities. A positive thinker with plenty of curiosity would be ideal for this role.

Duties
• Partner with core business areas to gain a deep understanding of their data, reporting, visualisation and analysis needs
• Manage a portfolio of dashboards, visualisations and data sources, and the continuous improvement of these
• Deliver robust and accurate data sets and visualisations within expected timescales
• Structure problems and design and develop numerical models to inform decisions
• Proactively consult and bring together multiple stakeholders and gain buy-in to ideas and approaches
• Provide deep insight for critical business questions using a variety of analytical tools e.g., SQL, Tableau, Python and Excel

Skills
• Proven advanced analytical skills
• Comfortable challenging and influencing senior management with conflicting views
• Creativity in recommending solutions and commitment to driving delivery
• Proven ability to lead the direction of analytical projects
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Strong business acumen and commercial awareness
• Proven technical skills including SQL, Excel and Python (or similar)
• Experience in design and creation of data visualisations and dashboards e.g., Tableau

Experience
• 1+ year in an Analyst role
• Analysing complex issues, packaging findings and presenting effectively to stakeholders
• Managing databases and/or blending data
• Designing data for management information purposes
• Visualising data and presenting trends and findings for broad audiences

If this sounds like the role for you then please apply today!

Alternatively, you can refer a friend or colleague by taking part in our fantastic referral schemes! If you have a friend or colleague who would be interested in this role, please refer them to us. For each relevant candidate that you introduce to us (there is no limit) and we place, you will be entitled to our general gift/voucher scheme.

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