Data Analyst

About the Role

Our client is a rapidly growing e-commerce company based in Salford, Manchester, seeking a Data Analyst to enhance their expanding data team. This onsite, full-time position involves utilizing diverse technical skills to analyze and manipulate data across multiple systems, contributing valuable insights that drive business decisions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Extract, analyze, and manipulate data from various platforms to provide actionable business intelligence.
• Identify and challenge business requirements to refine data analysis briefs ensuring clarity and usability.
• Maintain and enhance data security protocols to safeguard vital business information.
• Provide analytical support to cross-functional teams including e-commerce, finance, buying, merchandising, and warehousing divisions through ad hoc analyses and regular reporting.
• Contribute to projects aimed at automating data operations, improving data integrity, and optimizing reporting systems.
• Handle system configurations, bulk data transactions, and assist in manual process management beyond traditional reporting tasks.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong proficiency in SQL and advanced T-SQL for querying and database management.
• Expertise in Power BI development including report creation, DAX, Power Query, parameters, and semantic modeling.
• Advanced Excel capabilities encompassing data connections, Power Query, and Power Pivot.
• Ability to debug and troubleshoot data-related issues effectively.
• Familiarity with systems such as Sage 200, Linnworks, Peoplevox, or Google Analytics 4 (GA4); transferable experience with comparable platforms is also valuable.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of Microsoft Fabric or other cloud-based data services including data lakes, warehouses, pipelines, and business intelligence tools.
• Experience using Power BI advanced features such as calculation groups, bookmarks, and semantic model incremental refresh.
• Familiarity with Tabular Editor and Excel dynamic arrays.
• Programming skills in Python with libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib.

Working Conditions and Benefits

• Full-time position, working onsite five days a week at the Salford, Manchester office.
• Competitive salary package.
• Enhanced vacation benefits with 25 days paid leave plus 8 statutory bank holidays.
• Flexible start and end times to accommodate work-life balance.
• Free parking available at a modern office facility.

Additional Information

This role is ideal for candidates with proven experience in handling complex data environments and a commitment to data quality and security. The employer values diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds and age groups.