Business Data Analyst

Newcastle upon Tyne
3 days ago
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Equans is looking for an Business Data Analyst to join our team in Newcastle or Leeds on a permanent basis. This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package.

The role of the Business Data Analyst is to design and develop analytics solutions across the UK Business.  The solutions and service provided, which may require swift, data driven solutions to urgent problems with accuracy, will cover delivery to multiple business functions across a full range of service lines and the output must be easily understood.

As a subject matter expert part of the role will also be increasing the overall analytics capability within the UK business driving best practice in ways of working and assisting others with the use of technology.

What will you deliver?

Develop and design of actionable data driven solutions delivering quantifiable benefits to the business
Have a clear vision for how solutions will deliver benefit, taking stakeholders on a journey and aligning the solution development to a “to-be process” that ensures that value is captured in reality and not just in theory
Work with the business to ensure that data sources are accurate and reliable in order to support analysis work. 
Help the business understand what data will be used for in order to advise on system requirements for the future.
Research techniques and methods being used within the industry to ensure that the business is keeping pace with developments regarding data science 

Outcome, Results and Key Performance Indicators:

Enable better business understanding through data driven analytics
Allow informed business change and decision support through data modelling and forecasting
Power BI reports created and updates automated
Enable improvements to data quality and integrity 

Dimensions of Job:

Supporting all verticals of the UK Business 
Data collection, cleansing and transformation using Power Query, python code
Data analysis and interpretation
Data modelling and forecasting
Reporting and visualisation through Power BI dashboards 

What can we offer you?

On offer is a competitive salary benefits package, which includes;

24 days increasing to 25 days after 2 year srvice (+ public holidays)
Life Cover equivalent to 1.5 times annual salary
Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
Gym membership discounts 
Cycle to work scheme 
Holiday purchase scheme
2 corporate social responsibility days per year
Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalized support programmes
Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
Access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), WOMEN TOGETHER (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals.
24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app 

Who are we looking for?

Ability to lead complex deliveries 
Significant knowledge in the application of business intelligence development lifecycle
Broad knowledge and skill in analytical techniques, data technologies and business intelligence tools
Experience managing diverse business intelligence skillsets covering extract, transform, load; data modelling and transformations; data visualisation design; data security and access provisioning; report automation
Excellent planning and organisation skills
Knowledge and experience in multiple data and business intelligence tooling
Strong financial and analytical skills
Ability to build strong relationships at all levels; ability to interface at senior manager level with ease
Skill in developing innovative approaches to problem solving
Strong commercial understanding and awareness including demonstrable business knowledge and insight experience
Passion and drive for improving the business and follow through actions to deliver
Demonstrable experience in a similar analytics role
Ability to drive demonstrable business change through data analysis
Experience taking raw data and creating usable, documented datasets for analysis and reporting
Experience in delivering tangible business intelligence insight driven service 

Who are we?

Equans is a world leader in energy services with nearly 100,000 employees working in more than 50 countries, with an annual turnover of over 17 billion euros.  

In the UK & Ireland, Equans is a provider of technical, FM, regeneration and energy services – with specialist capabilities in smart buildings, green mobility, district & embedded energy and decentralised renewables.

Equans’ 13,500 UK & Ireland employees combine these activities to help businesses, public sector organisations and government to embrace the energy transition towards net zero, and also the digital & industrial transitions that are redesigning the way we move, work and live.

Equans is a Bouygues group company.

What's next?

If this role is of interest to you, please click below to register, apply, and track your progress! A member of our Resourcing Team will review your application and be in touch.

As part our commitment to better reflect the markets within which we operate, we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010. 

At Equans we’re committed to delivering a culture where everyone’s voice is heard and supported. We know the value a diverse workforce creates, delivering better results for our people, customers, and stakeholders. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of what we do, should you join Equans you'll find a welcoming and open workplace where you're supported and encouraged to be your true self at work. 

You'll also have access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), WOMEN TOGETHER (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, Young Professionals, Veterans and Reservists Network (VaR).

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a re-location package with this job role.  Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check, as noted in the role requirements.

The Equans Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to Equans Managers

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