Senior Data Analyst

ABA Market Research Ltd has a unique opportunity available for a Senior Data Analyst to join the team in St Albans. The role is a full time, permanent position offering a salary of £26,000-£36,000 depending on experience plus benefits.

ABA Market Research Ltd works with many of the UK’s leading brands – from John Lewis, M&S and Asda, to O2, River Island, and Arcadia. ABA is proud to have won recent MRS and AURA awards following nominations from our clients, including being short-listed for Agency of the Year 2017 – evidence of our high standing in the industry. ‘ABAers’ not only enjoy this success but also use their expertise for the wider good – helping to run our shop, ‘Raindrops on Roses’, whose profits all go to charity

Due to our continued growth and success, we are seeking a Senior Data Analyst with the drive to work on challenging and high-profile projects. You will be given responsibility from early on and have a mandate to innovate and find your own way. Your commitment will be matched with the encouragement and support needed to maximise your potential

What are the responsibilities of the Senior Data Analyst?

- You’ll be joining a close-knit team responsible for extracting, processing and transforming data collected through market research into a variety of outputs, from Excel tables to dynamic reporting dashboards

- You’ll be enhancing your skills in data processing for quant research: scripting surveys and running data tables – seeking out best practice to efficiently produce complex outputs to match specifications

- You’ll be working across various pieces of technical software, providing logical and efficient solutions to problems, and designing and building new processes

- From early on, you’ll be given responsibility for project managing data processing for high profile clients

- You will also be involved in supporting the training/mentoring and workload management of more junior team members

- You’ll have the opportunity to directly line manage members of the team, being responsible for their progress and development opportunities, supporting their growth and helping them do a great job

- You’ll input into the future direction of the team, with opportunities to build new techniques, test new software, and help define the best ways of integrating new challenges into our work

- You will work closely with multiple teams in the business, from the Insight researchers to the IT Development team to get complex projects up and off the ground

- You will have the opportunity to grow and develop within the team, perhaps working on statistics/analytics, working with Tibco Spotfire to produce complex reporting dashboards for our clients, or continued development of leadership and management skills

What do we look for in a Senior Data Analyst?

- 2-3 years’ experience in a data processing team – preferably in a market research firm, including:

- Scripting online surveys using routing and piping to ensure the best respondent experience, with a detailed knowledge of any industry standard software (eg: Snap Surveys, Confirmit, Askia, or similar)

- Cleansing data and producing complex data tables from specifications using any industry standard software (eg: QPSMR, Merlin, Snap Surveys, or similar)

- Experience working with a bulk email service provider (such as SendGrid or SmartFocus) desirable but not essential

- Advanced skills in MS Excel and VBA for Excel are absolutely essential – be able to process large amounts of data confidently using a variety of functions and formulas (including logical, text, reference and nested formulas); as well as being able to write and debug dynamic, best practice macros from scratch to automate manual tasks

- Knowledge of any of the following a bonus but not essential: Spotfire, R, SPSS

- Keen aptitude to identify process improvements and efficiencies, and the tech knowledge to find, build and test an automated and dynamic solution; or help more junior team members do the same

We offer a fantastic benefits package!

- Competitive salary of £26-36k dependent on experience plus performance-related bonus scheme

- 28 days holiday plus your birthday and bank holidays

- Flexible working

- Internal and external training courses – a commitment to your personal development

- ABA ‘specials’ include a buddy scheme, paid-for lunches and an interest-free season ticket loan

- A generously funded social committee run by our employees

- St Albans location, just 20 minutes from central London and well connected to further afield

Why not click ‘apply’ today? Don’t miss out on this opportunity to join one of the UK’s leading market research companies as our Senior Data Analyst.