Job Description

Job Title:Senior Data Analyst

Details

Responsible To: Analytics Manager, Data Services & Analysis (DS&A)

Team: The Analytics team is a new function within Data Services & Analysis which strives to become a centre of excellence within SLC for data analytics.
Key Outputs of the Team: Analytics presentations including high quality professional visualisations, for internal use and publication.
Management Authority:Occasionally stand in for Manager at meetings. Responsible for prioritisation and management of team workload in absence of Manager.
Budgetary Authority:None
We are seeking to appoint an individual who has experience of delivering professional data analytics service to senior managers, decision makers and external customers. The candidate would have experience of understanding information requirements and supporting a business with the aim to better inform the customer and being able to create clear narratives with data that develop an understanding of the issues affecting the company.
Purpose of the Role: To prepare and deliver analytics of existing data about student finance operations and policy outcomes.

Detailed PortfolioAccountabilities & Objectives:

  • Deputise for team Manager on occasion
  • Prepare and deliver in depth analytics of existing data about student finance operations and policy
  • Prepare the final tables in SLC Official Statistics using data provided by the Data Team
  • Use analytics to monitor trends in statistics in between publications
  • Maximise the potential of the corporate Business Intelligence tool, Microstrategy, to deliver the presentations as effective visualisations
  • Help to develop corporate analytics expertise by working with / sharing experiences with analysts around the business using the same system
  • Identify gaps in current data provision and feed that back to the Strategy & Data Accessibility Team for inclusion in future enhancements
  • Quality Assure the work of peer analysts

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

Essential:
  • Minimum 5 years experience of delivering professional data analytics to senior managers, decision makers and external customers
  • Experience using Analytics tools to explore trends in data e.g. predictive analytics
  • Experience of understanding information requirements and supporting a business with the aim to better inform the customer
  • Ability to create clear narratives with data that develop an understanding of the issues affecting the company.
  • Proven ability to analyse complex business processes and understand the data behind those processes
  • Proven ability to take data and present it effectively to a senior audience, including effective use of visualisations
  • High level of accuracy, numeracy and attention to detail
  • Ability to handle large volumes of data
  • Excellent organisational skills
Desirable:
  • SQL skills for data mining
  • Experience of infographics
  • Reputation awareness (for information put into the public domain)