Sales Data Analyst - Excel Expert

Basildon
1 week ago
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JOB TITLE: Business Reporting & Development Analyst
JOB LOCATION: Basildon, Essex
JOB TYPE: Permanent
JOB SALARY: £27000 - £35000 depending on experience, industry background and Excel skills
JOB WORKING: Hybrid working - in the office 3 days per week, work from home 2 days per week
JOB NOTES: You must have your own transport as our clients site is quite a long walk from the train station and the nearest bus stop. You MUST be an advanced user of Excel (pivot tables, macros etc) and you will be tested as part of your selection and interview process. Our client uses Microsoft 365.

Your new company

Our client was established 35 years ago and works with globally respected companies. They have fantastic feedback from employees on sites like Glassdoor as a great place to work, and they provide outsourced admin services to their clients. This is a unique opportunity to join a great company in a small team where you'll work independently and in a very commercial, dynamic position.

Your new roleYour job will be to look at sales across the country, comparing and finding trends. Then you will present these trends to the clients, explaining how you found this data and why it is important.You will work on Excel all day, every day, so you'll need to be confident in using pivot tables, V lookups and count if statements. The data will need to be exact, and you'll explain, educate and defend your findings when you present them to your stakeholders, who could be senior management and directors, so you'll need to be a confident communicator and presenter. You will be based in the clients offices and there is no public transport to this office, so you will need your own vehicle to get to work.

What you'll need to succeed
Advanced Excel knowledge
Brilliant time management skills
PowerPoint skills
Confidence when presenting to important stakeholders
Able to work independently
Attention to detail (make sure you don't have any spelling mistakes on your CV!)

What you'll get in returnThis is a really fascinating job that provides the hard data for a global brand to make decisions on their production and sales strategies - how exciting is that?!
You'll work in a small team so you won't feel like you're a tiny cog in a massive machine and, in return for your skills, you'll get a good salary, a company pension, travel insurance, life insurance, free eye tests, critical illness cover and 30 days holiday each year (including bank holidays)

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV and we'll come back to you as quickly as we can.

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