Senior Data Analyst

Position: Senior Data Analyst
Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire (20 Mins from Central London)
Salary: £26,00 - £36,000 DOE + Bonus Scheme & Other Benefits

The Company:
Our client works with many of the UK’s leading brands – from John Lewis, M&S and Asda, to O2, River Island, and Arcadia.

They are proud to have won recent MRS and AURA awards following nominations from their clients, including being short-listed for Agency of the Year 2017 – evidence of their high standing in the industry.

Due to their continued success, they are now looking for a Senior Data Analyst, with the drive to work on challenging and high-profile projects

The Senior Data Analyst Role:
As the Senior Data Analyst, you will have the opportunity to develop your technical and management skills, while still getting hands-on experience with data processing techniques.

Key Responsibilities of the Senior Data Analyst:

• Extracting, processing and transforming data collected through market research into a variety of outputs, from Excel tables to dynamic reporting dashboards
• 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
• 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
• Involved in supporting the training/mentoring and workload management of more junior team members
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Opportunity to grow and develop within the team, working on statistics/analytics, working with Tibco Spotfire to produce complex reporting dashboards, or continued development of leadership and management skills

The Ideal Candidate:

• 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
• 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
• Capacity to plan and prioritise effectively in order to manage your own and others’ work
• Ability to work in a thorough, precise manner
• A great team player
• Fantastic communications skills
• Keenness to develop people management skills – including training, mentoring, and managing ongoing performance and career development of more junior team members

Pay & Benefits:

• 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
• Buddy scheme, paid-for lunches and an interest-free season ticket loan
• A generously funded social committee run by employees
• St Albans location, just 20 minutes from central London and well connected to further afield

What’s Next?
If you are interested in this exciting Senior Data Analyst position, simply apply via the button shown, including a Cover Letter and CV.


Keywords: Senior Data Analyst, Scripting, MS Excel, VBA, Spotfire, R, SPSS, QPSMR, Merlin, Snap Surveys, SendGrid, SmartFocus St Albans, Hertford, London

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