Senior Data Analyst

loveholidays
London
1 year ago
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At loveholidays, we’re on a mission to open the world to everyone, giving our customers’ unlimited choice, unmatched ease and unmissable value for their next getaway. We are a super fast growing travel-tech business who have been on an amazing journey from start-up to scale out - with over 400 people, and selling amazing holidays to over 4 million passengers!

We have big ambitions over the next 5 years - with a vision to be Europe’s #1 holiday provider. Come join us on this exciting journey!

 

Why loveholidays?

At loveholidays, we’re on a mission to open the world to everyone, giving our customers’ unlimited choice, unmatched ease and unmissable value for their next getaway. Our team is the driving force behind our role as our customers’ personal holiday expert - the smart way to get away.

The impact you’ll have:

Reporting to the Principal Analyst for Managing, the Senior Data Analyst will work closely with stakeholders in the Customer Experience, Customer Strategy, Finance and Technology teams to build out a picture of end to end processes, automate data delivery and reporting, and to analyse performance, advising and supporting day to day decision making.

Your day-to-day:

  • Exposing and analysing operational and financial data, building out a clear picture of metrics such as profit movement, margin and payment performance
  • Building out clear and clean visualisations and reports in order to support stakeholders to understand the key drivers and levers of their KPIs.
  • Working with stakeholders to help define the metrics that best enable us to understand the wins and opportunities within the business.
  • Participate in knowledge sharing, coaching colleagues and team members, playing a key role in driving a culture of continuous development within the analytics team.
  • Working closely with the Data Engineering and Engineering teams in order to ensure data products meet the needs of stakeholders and reporting.

Your skillset:

  • Experience with analytics and reporting with a focus on commercial and financial data
  • Strong SQL capabilities
  • Experience using a visualisation tool such as Tableau, Power BI or Looker
  • Collaborative approach and good relationship builder - with proven experience of stakeholder engagement
  • Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills and an ability to communicate at all levels
  • Ability and desire to own projects from brief through to delivery

Desirable

  • Experience of a programming language (such as R or Python).
  • Experience working with a version control system such as git.
  • Experience building out data models/products.

Perks of joining us:

  • Company pension contributions at 5%.

  • Individualised training budget for you to learn on the job and level yourself up.

  • Discounted holidays for you, your family and friends.

  • 25 days of holidays per annum (plus 8 public holidays) increases by 1 day for every second year of service, up to a maximum 30 days per annum.

  • Ability to buy and sell annual leave.

  • Cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan and eye care vouchers.

At loveholidays, we focus on developing an inclusive culture and environment that encourages personal growth and collective success. Each individual offers unique perspectives and ideas that increase the diversity and effectiveness of our teams. And we value the insight and potential you could bring on our continued journey.

The interview journey:

  • TA screening - 30'

  • 1st stage with Hiring Manager over video - 45' 

  • Take home task 

  • Final stages with key stakeholders and peers, including a task to present, in office for 1 hour


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