Data Analyst

Role overview

What you'll be responsible for

• Write and maintain SQL queries to prepare Group business-system data for analysis and reporting.
• Build and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards for asset utilization, demand, availability, and performance.
• Analyze asset, resource, and demand-planning data to identify trends, capacity issues, under-utilization, and efficiency or cost opportunities.
• Work with business teams to understand their questions and deliver useful analysis and reporting.
• Check and reconcile data, investigate anomalies, and work with data owners to resolve issues.
• Support consistent data definitions, standards, and quality checks for asset and master data.
• Document reports, dashboards, calculations, and recurring analysis.
• Work with IT on reporting needs involving systems, data access, or integrations; IT retains responsibility for architecture, security, access controls, and technical infrastructure.
• Highlight gaps, inconsistencies, or unclear data ownership in operational systems.
• Provide regular and ad hoc analysis for S&OP, asset planning, investment decisions, business cases, and improvement activities.
• Improve reporting through automation and appropriate AI use, checking outputs and protecting company data.
• Follow company policies, information-security requirements, and relevant processes and controls.

Requirements

• Relevant degree, professional qualification, or equivalent practical experience, plus at least 2 years in a data analyst, BI analyst, or similar role.
• Strong SQL skills for querying, combining, and manipulating data.
• Experience building and maintaining Power BI dashboards and reports, with knowledge of data modelling, measures, and clear presentation.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, formulas, and larger datasets.
• Experience cleaning and checking data, including duplicates, missing information, and inconsistencies.
• Understanding of databases and data structures sufficient to work with IT and system specialists.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to interpret data and explain findings clearly.
• Able to understand stakeholder information needs and communicate with non-specialists.
• Attention to detail and practical organization of reports, calculations, and documentation.
• Commercial awareness of asset utilization, demand, capacity, and investment decisions.
• Comfort using AI and productivity tools where useful, checking outputs and following data-security requirements.
• Able to manage priorities, work across teams and countries, and respond calmly to time-sensitive work.

General responsibilities

Right to work

• Applicants must have full right to work in the UK; the employer cannot provide sponsorship.