Junior Data Analyst (Energy)

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Salary: £28,000 - £32,000

This is a hugely exciting entry‑level opportunity to join UniHomes as the fourth member of the newly formed Data & Analytics team. As a Junior Energy Analyst you’ll become an expert on the Energy (Gas & Electric) usage of our customer base. You’ll work with our Energy Analyst and the Finance team to review supplier invoices each month and ensure we have a strong understanding of any discrepancies from our forecasts. You’ll assist with wider projects and ad hoc reporting for Energy data, applying skills in Python, Excel, SQL, and Tableau. It’s a very supportive, welcoming environment with opportunities to learn and develop in your career.

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• Manage monthly reporting on supplier invoices: summarize the invoice and compare to forecasts, and proactively provide reporting packs to Finance to help understand variances from the forecast.
  
• Complete additional in‑depth analysis as needed to provide further understanding.
  
• Contribute to and lead regular meetings with Ops and other teams to discuss monthly KPIs related to invoicing and related actions for their teams.
  
• Proactively and continuously improve these processes using Python, SQL, Excel, and Tableau to enable the Finance team to query and pay invoices each month most effectively.
  

Contribute to wider projects and ad hoc reporting for Energy data. This will vary but examples include:

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• Building a Tableau dashboard to show how energy usage has varied in the last year from forecast and how this correlates with the weather.
  
• Calculating individual property usage and advising different teams including Legal, Operations and Sales to assist with specific customer or supplier queries.
  
• Updating SQL files within our data pipelines (DBT) to reflect the invoicing status and adding additional details to the final table outputs.
  

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• Strong communication skills. Able to ask effective questions to understand the wider context and provide concise, insightful recommendations.
  
• Aptitude for analysing large, highly complex data sets with high attention to detail to analyse row‑level details, identify trends and segment data for greater clarity.
  
• Experience proactively building out automations and other processes to increase efficiency and improve use of data.
  
• High numeracy; the role involves lots of maths.
  
• Strong capability with Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, multi‑step formulas including IF, XLOOKUP, AVERAGEIFS) and the ability to review data quickly and visualise it.
  
• Experience with Python, including collating data, cleansing data, analysing and identifying trends, writing custom functions, and visualising data.
  

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• Experience with SQL: building queries across multiple tables using CTEs, UNIONs, LEFT JOINS, CASE statements, etc.
  
• Experience with BI tools (Tableau).
  
• Experience working with Finance teams and invoice management.
  
• Experience working with Energy data.
  
• Experience working with Salesforce.
  
• Experience working with DBT.
  

UniHomes has been named the fastest‑growing technology company in Yorkshire and the Northeast in the 2023 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50. We are also proud to be officially certified as a Great Place to Work (GPTW).

Our industry‑leading property search portal and utility management service enables our network of letting agent partners to offer hassle‑free all‑inclusive accommodation to our growing community of university students. We are in over 60 university cities and towns across the UK, with ambitions for 2025.

Founded by three Sheffield property entrepreneurs in 2015, we have seen remarkable growth and now have a team of almost one hundred in our Sheffield City Centre office. With recent minority investment from LDC, we are scaling up to conquer new horizons. This is an exciting time to join us.

We are a team driven and united by our core values:

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• Lead the Way
  
• In it Together
  
• Customers Matter
  
• Keep it Simple
  
• Rise Above Challenges
  
• Make it Happen
  

With people and culture at the heart of our organisation, we are committed to providing a strong employee offer and culture. We are proud to be a Great Place to Work (GPTW) and an accredited Living Wage employer, with all employees earning a fair living wage above the government minimum.

Working in our new office at New Era Square in the centre of Sheffield, you will get complimentary breakfast, hot & cold drinks, snacks, pool table, holidays, length of service days, voluntary day, enhanced pension scheme, pension salary sacrifice, healthcare, Employee Assistance Programme, sick pay, enhanced maternity & paternity pay, career progression, a commitment to personal and professional development, employee of the month award, refer a friend scheme, staff discounts, mental health and financial support, and company social events.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone can thrive and are valued for their unique perspectives. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to make the recruitment process more accessible to you.

Applicants must have permanent and unrestricted right to work in the UK. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship as we do not hold a sponsor licence.

We do not accept CV submissions from recruitment agencies. Direct applications from individual candidates are encouraged. Thank you for your understanding.