Data Analyst

Data Analyst - 6 months FTC

Full time

London - Hybrid

Who are Just?

We’re a FTSE 250 Financial Services company who specialise in retirement solutions and right now, our world is moving pretty quickly. With the defined benefit buy in / buy out space growing each year, Just continues to annually grow its business by over £4bn of assets.

We are a purpose driven company with compelling and credible goals. Quite simply, we help people achieve a better later life. We achieve this by providing competitive and innovative products, services, financial advice and guidance to help our customers achieve security, certainty and provide them with peace of mind in retirement.

That’s who we are. We’re a company on a mission: to become a beacon for the entire retirement industry. Because we believe everyone deserves a fair, secure, and fulfilling retirement.

Purpose

The primary purpose of the Data Analyst is to work collaboratively with business users to develop report, dashboards and other data that provide actionable insight for internal decision-making, support our regulatory reporting and deliver partner reports.

To enable this, the Data Analyst will work to specify, develop, deploy and maintain data/business intelligence products. The Data Analyst will also work to have a deep understanding of the source systems and business processes at Just as this will enable the production of high quality and valuable data products. Alongside this, the Data Analyst will work to elevate the data culture at Just by evangelising tooling, best practice and innovation using advanced analytics methods and tooling.

Job Role Accountabilities

• Technical Subject Matter Experience– To be a subject matter expert regards to the data analytics subject area relating to data product design, data modelling, Purview and other technologies such as the Azure Data Platform. SME experience with SQL Server Solutions is a stretch.

• Requirements Gathering – To work with business stakeholders to gather requirements which can be used for the purposes of data modelling and data product design and development.

• Develop Bespoke Solutions - To develop high-quality bespoke data solutions using appropriate, industry-standard tools, technologies and languages aligned to the organizational target architecture and data strategy.

• Technical Documentation - To ensure that high-quality documentation is developed, maintained, regularly reviewed and stored for all solutions developed and all operational processes.

• Metadata Management – To work to collect metadata which can be added to relevant systems and solutions to improve usability.

• Continuous improvement – Innovates by driving continuous improvement relating technical solutions, making appropriate use of new technology and recommending process improvements that will let the team to meet and exceed expectations.

• Quality Assurance - To perform peer reviews of solutions and documentation in order to ensure that procedures and standards are followed consistently. Continuously work towards the objective of building in quality and provide appropriately tested solutions.

• Operational Process Support - Support, execute and administrate weekly and monthly processes within the bespoke Financial Data Warehousing solutions.

• Service Desk Requests - To act as second and third-line support in undertaking tasks assigned via Service Desk.

• Stakeholder Engagement and Support – To engagement with stakeholders through various channels (e.g. surgeries, communities of practice) with a view data platform adoption and improve data maturity within the organisation.

• Cross Platform Knowledge- To be able to support, develop and maintain the Azure Data Platform and the legacy SQL Server Data Platform (SQL Server platform is a stretch).

Examples of Key Activities

• Business/process analysis based with support of business analysts.

• Creation of requirements documentation based on business analysis which will be used to enable data modelling, data mapping to source and data product design

• Creation of data product wireframes as part of requirements gathering process.

• Definition of semantic models that enable report development and self-service reporting

• Creation of measures and calculations within semantic models base don KPI definitions

• Gathering metadata from the business to add to both purview and Power BI.

• Participation in warehouse/data mart design collaborating with other team members.

• Creating high quality data products which enable end users to consume insight easily.

• Developing, testing and maintaining Power BI Reports, Paginated Reports and dashboards; PBRS/SSRS reports and Power BI Dashboards.

• Development of SSAS cubes as required.

• Evangelising the use of advanced analytics, best practice, and innovation using data tooling with the end users

• Creating and maintaining the wiki and documentation for all development and analysis activities

• Creating and maintaining documentation to enable end users to better use the services provided by the data team.

• Supporting BAU operations as required on a rota basis which includes morning checks, managing the service desk queue and supporting out of hours testing as required.

• Monitoring performance and usage of BI products and resolving any performance issues or outages in a timely manner

• Providing support to business users through the Analytics Community or Practice framework including regular surgeries.

• Carrying out ad hoc SQL queries for analysis and investigation

• Engagement as Data SME on projects to provide expertise on data requirements and BI development timelines.

• Supporting the business by flagging data quality issues and passing them to the Data Governance team for investigation and remediation.

• Attendance of all SCRUM ceremonies (stand ups, retros, refinements, PIP Planning, etc).

• Presenting to stakeholders as required.

• Continuous Improvements of the data platforms at Just; Collaborating with the wider data department on innovative experiments.

• Releasing developments and code into production environments.

Skills and Experience

• ​Experience of supporting end users in the adoption and effective use of Data, Data Platforms and Data Products

• Demonstrable experience with Microsoft, Azure and cloud applications and platforms.

• Demonstrable skills in the Azure Data Platform namely Fabric, Power BI, Data Bricks, ADLS Gen 2 Storage

• Experience with IT development processes and delivery lifecycles; development methodology; release strategy and configuration management; development tools, and applications across full project lifecycles.

• Experience working within an Agile environment

• Experience in the use of data catalogues and data quality technologies

• Expert knowledge in the Power BI platform relating to support, administration and security

• Demonstrable skills in Data warehousing, data lakes and big data solutions.

• Proven skills relating to business analysis and requirements elicitation and documentation.

• An aptitude for data development and the ability to understand and manage complex concepts

• Excellent data visualisation and presentation skills using commercial and/or open source software.

• Operational familiarity in the use of meta-Data Management, data quality, and data stewardship tools and platforms.

• Can quickly understand business problems and requirements and derive workable actions

• Strong communication and relationship building skills.

• Ability to constructively challenge requirements and current state to increase overall value to the organisation.

• Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Management or equivalent experience in a Data Management/Business Intelligence profession

• Azure Foundation Certs (AZ-900, DP-900)

Company Benefits

• A Competitive Salary, Pension Scheme and Life Assurance

• Along with 25 Days Annual Leave plus an Additional Day on us for your Birthday

• Private Medical Cover and Income Protection, just in case

• A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme – paid annually based on individual and company performance against targets

• Opportunity to progress within your career both in-role and within the company

• FREE access to the Headspace App, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Helpline and Trained Physical & Mental Health First Aiders (On-Site)

• A variety of Employee Funded Benefits available to you via our Online Benefits Portal

• Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones

Why Just?

We are committed to building a more sustainable business and have publicly committed to reduce our scope 3 emissions to Net Zero by 2050 and our scope 1 and 2 emissions to Net Zero by 2025. We’ve made good progress so far and encourage our people to make small and meaningful changes in their everyday lives, so that we can protect our planet for future generations.

Diversity, Equity and inclusion (DE&I) is a key priority for Just as part of our overall strategy and ensuring all of our people feel proud to work at Just. We have joined a number of initiatives including the Race at Work Charter, designed to improve outcomes for employees from underrepresented backgrounds. We also run a Reciprocal Mentoring scheme for employees from a BAME background, those with a disability and those who identify as LGBTQ+. There are multiple employee network groups, which champion issues including race, gender, social mobility and neurodiversity.

What’s clear about working at Just is that we care. We care about our customers, our purpose, our environment, inclusivity, wellbeing and most importantly - each other.