Senior Consultant - Field Business Intelligence

St. James's Place
Bristol
1 year ago
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St. James's Place (SJP) works inpartnership to plan, grow and protect our clients’ financial futures. Wedeliver personalised, face-to-face financial advice to our clients, who trustus to manage their money to reach their goals. We provide this service via thePartnership, a network of qualified, expert advisors. We put financialwellbeing and responsible business choices at the heart of everything we do. Webelieve in the value of difference and know that diverse teams can help usproblem solve and innovate for clients.

We look for people to join SJP to make animpact and to contribute to our culture which is based around long termrelationships, doing the right thing, and being the best version of ourselves.

Location: Bristol Office

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent 

Seniority: Entry Level

We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Specialist to join the St James's Place Business Intelligence team. The Business Intelligence team exists to equip our internal customers with the tools and business intelligence required to support the SJP Partner Community. You will be part of a small but influential team equipping the SJP Leadership team with the data and insights required to drive business growth.
The role holder will be required to lead in the application of SJP data quality and governance standards to ensure accuracy and resilience, and to support in the development of a robust data pipeline, and consolidation and automation of key business intelligence to customers in the field.
Responsibilities
Responsible for supporting the development of a robust data pipeline using repeatable methods for consumption and modelling by team, avoiding the need for dependencies and complex lineage
Champion and uphold high documentation standards required to ensure resilience within a national data team in pursuit of creating certainty of outcome for customers
Work collaboratively with colleagues and understand data requirements for delivery against team development priorities
Act as an SME In the development of key assets for customers using Power BI and other visualisation tools
Ensure solutions are delivered within time, cost and scope
Special Requirements
Understanding of database principles, conducting ETL, and capturing data lineage
Strong technical skills evidenced by use of SQL, Python, Tableau Prep, and Power BI
Understanding of basic statistical analysis methods such as Linear Regression
Have a strong understanding of the tools used by management teams CRM tools / Salesforce
Ability to translate business questions into intelligence requirements
Translating complex data models into concrete examples and stories to help customers digest insight

What's in it for you?

Private Medical paid for by Company. Meaningful protection benefits with real value, such as 10X life cover, PHI, and critical illness.* Non-Contributory Pension – 10% (increasing with length of service up to 15%) with further pension matching. Parental leave – 6 months full pay 28 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays (based on full-time equivalent) with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days holiday

*Not applicable to Fixed-Term Contracts (standard uplift applies in lieu of the protection benefits)

Flexible Working
We know that everyone works best indifferent ways, at different times and in different environments. We haveintroduced a hybrid working policy to provide greater flexibility for part-timework, job-sharing, remote working, and flexibility on hours. Our people areencouraged to work in a flexible way that suits their lifestyle, so please askthe question and start a conversation!

Research tells us that applicants(especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applyingfor a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extendedcareer-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and candemonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whetheryou tick every box.

Reasonable Adjustments
We're anequal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process isaccessible and inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) atany stage please let us know by emailing us at

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