Job Title: Data Analyst
Location: Plymouth (On-Site)
Job Type: Fulltime, permanent
Salary: up to £35,000 depending on experience
Benefits include: 25 days holiday / Flexible Working / Training / Pension
Job type: Full Time
The Barden Corporation is recognisaed as a world leader in the design and manufacture of super precision ball bearings.
Barden bearings are produced using advanced technology to the highest standards available. That’s why our bearings are used in virtually every sector of industry where there is a need to meet critical tolerances, high speeds and reliable performance under the most demanding operating conditions.
We’re currently looking for someone with a good grounding in Power BI, SQL and other data tools who is looking to develop their data and Business Intelligence skills in a data analyst role.
You will help support an increasing volume of business intelligence requests, primarily using Power BI to create and update dashboard reports and will also develop into the go-to team member for SQL related requirements. You’ll be working closely with an experienced business intelligence analyst as part of an IT team of 12 people across two companies in the UK and Germany.
You will work with a wide range of stakeholders, gathering requirements and providing insight which will be used to make key decisions and implement changes.
This opportunity allows you to produce analytics work that will make a difference – it will be used to make important decisions and improve a wide range of areas within the business.
The Candidate:
- Must hold the right to work in the UK to be eligible for the role.
- Strong Power BI skills including DAX
- Strong SQL knowledge and experience creating and editing complex queries
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to talk and present to a range of audiences, sometimes acting as a technical translator between parties
- Ability to work under pressure on multiple projects within your project timeframes
- Passion for creating solutions with a positive attitude to change
- Excellent analytical skills and an informed, evidence-based approach
- Strong interest in business and business development
- Good understanding of information technology
Main Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- communicate with internal colleagues to understand the needs of departments and the organisation as a whole
- work with external stakeholders to understand and investigate feedback into the service, function, or product provided
- use data modelling practices to analyse your findings and create suggestions for strategic and operational improvements and changes
- consider opportunities and potential risks attached to suggestions you make
- identify the processes and information technology required to introduce your recommendations
- understand and validate the data you’re using and the reports that are being created
- communicate the benefits of your recommendations across departments and help to address any uncertainty and concern
- produce written documentation to support your work, report on your findings and to present to stakeholders when necessary
Additional Info:
This role is on-site only. The successful candidate is required to be in the Plymouth office Monday to Friday.
Applicants who require a sponsorship visa either now or in the future will not be considered, so please only apply if you have a permanent UK right to work.
The following behavioural competences are key: collaboration, communication, determination and persistence, problem solving, emotional intelligence and resilience.
In addition to the duties listed above, the position holder must carry out tasks assigned by his/her Line Manager that are essentially related to their duties.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: BI Developer, Data Analyst, Data Analyst, Reporting Analyst, Power BI Developer, Power BI, SQL, Business Intelligence may also be considered for this role.
