Business Intelligence Analyst

Foods Connected Ltd
Belfast
3 months ago
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Foods Connected is an award winning cloud based software platform that helps retailers and food companies across the world manage their supply chain, quality control and trading and planning management. Our software solutions are currently utilised by 10 of the largest food retailers in the world. As a team, we provide tools that help our customers manage their processes in a fast and efficient way and provide real‑time visibility and reporting on what is happening in their business.

At Foods Connected, we recognise that our employees are our most important asset and we value creating a great working environment to ensure our team enjoy coming into the office every day working together and solving problems for our customers. Whether we are in the middle of a fast and intense development sprint, on a Teams call discussing our project statuses or enjoying a game of ping‑pong or pool in the office, it is important to us that our employees are happy and delivering the best possible result for our customers.

We’re always keen to welcome talented individuals to join our expanding team. So if you’re driven, with a passion for developing simple software solutions, creating great user experiences, designing scalable solutions for real business challenges and ensuring customer happiness then we’re looking for you!

Business Intelligence Specialist

Processing data from large datasets from a wide range of sources and formats across the Foods Connected customer base. Build and support efficient, stable, usable reports (using a variety of data sources to meet user requirements and solve business problems). Performing preliminary analysis of data to ensure relevance, including preliminary modelling and removing compromised or irrelevant data. Interpret data, analysis of results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports. Develop and implement databases, data collection systems, data analytics and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality. Maintenance of Foods Connected databases and data systems. Identify, analyse, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets.

Responsibilities
  • Processing data from large datasets from a wide range of sources and formats across the Foods Connected customer base
  • Build and support efficient, stable, usable reports (using a variety of data sources to meet user requirements and solve business problems)
  • Performing preliminary analysis of data to ensure relevance, including preliminary modelling and removing compromised or irrelevant data
  • Interpret data, analysis of results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports
  • Develop and implement databases, data collection systems, data analytics and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality
  • Maintenance of Foods Connected databases and data systems
  • Identify, analyse, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets
Qualifications
  • Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field and 4 + years relevant experience.
  • Preferred Qualifications: Masters Degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field and 4+ years relevant experience; Experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, performing analyses, drawing valid conclusions, and presenting results.
Experience Required
  • Advanced Knowledge of PowerBI
  • Extensive experience with Database languages such as SQL, Python or R
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
  • Collaboration and communication tools: Microsoft Office Suite and Teams
Benefits
  • Generous Holiday Package - 25 Days + 10 Public Holidays
  • Secure Company Hardware
  • Private Healthcare & Employee Wellness Classes


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