Business Intelligence Analyst

Spire Healthcare Group plc
Reading
11 months ago
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We now have an exciting opportunity for a Business Intelligence Analyst to join our team on a full time basis, for a minimum fixed term of 12 Months. Here, you will support our Business Intelligence Manager by assisting in the provision and control of financial and non-financial management information needed to support Spire Healthcare PLC.


Working within Hospital Finance, you will ensure that a seamless efficient service is delivered to our internal customers, providing relevant and accurate information to the appropriate audience.


We are one of the UK’s leading independent hospital groups and the largest in terms of revenue. From our 38 hospitals and eight clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, we provide diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care in areas including orthopaedics, gynaecology, cardiology, neurology, oncology as well as general surgery. We are the principal independent provider by volume of knee and hip operations in the United Kingdom and we also own and operate sports medicine, physiotherapy and rehabilitation brand, Perform.


We work in partnership with c7, 500 experienced consultants and our hospitals delivered tailored, personalised care to 750,000 inpatients and day case patients in 2020. Since April 2020, Spire has played a crucially important role in supporting the NHS nationally in the fight against COVID-19; we are a trusted partner of the NHS and, have received several awards for our work. 98% of our patients are 'likely' or extremely likely' to recommend Spire Healthcare.


We now have an exciting opportunity for a Business Intelligence Analyst to join our team on a full time/permanent basis. Here, you will support our Business Intelligence Manager by assisting in the provision and control of financial and non-financial management information needed to support Spire Healthcare PLC.


Working within Hospital Finance, you will ensure that a seamless efficient service is delivered to our internal customers, providing relevant and accurate information to the appropriate audience.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Responding appropriately to ad-hoc requests from internal customers for information needed to support understanding and analysis of BAU areas of the Business
  • Developing self -service or scheduled reporting using BO tools where appropriate
  • Documenting requests for larger pieces of new reporting requirements in line with the process developed by the BI Technical Analyst
  • Liaising with the BI Technical Analyst for any new requirements requested where data is missing or not held in BW or where existing BW structures are not utilised for reporting requirements
  • Ensuring data integrity and data security across all reporting and adhere to the principles of Data Governance
  • Shaping the development of SAP and any other business systems to ensure that we can continue to collect, store and analyse data in a way that can best used to support the current and future needs of the business


Key Requirements:

  • PC skills and high standard of skill within data manipulation and reporting
  • Experience of developing reports using SAP Business Objects and Business Warehouse
  • Knowledge of all Microsoft Office products but with advanced skills in Excel
  • Demonstrable numeracy skills with ability to interpret results and appropriate course of action


Benefits:

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

  • 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
  • Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
  • ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
  • Free Bupa wellness screening
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance


Spire Healthcare is committed to creating an environment that will attract, retain and motivate its people. We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to the health and wellbeing of all our colleagues and consultants.


We firmly believe that it is our people that make the business successful and everyone should have the opportunity to work in a motivated team, free from discrimination on any grounds. We therefore, are keen to receive and review applications from all candidates of under-represented groups who feel they offer the requisite skills.

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