Business Intelligence Analyst - Confused.com

More generally, you‘ll help promote an ethos of data-informed decision-making throughout Confused.com by:

• Investigating – providing timely expertise and analysis of our data, and telling a coherent story
• Visualising – developing and maintaining dashboards to give accessible answers to business problems
• Predicting – using analytical and data science techniques to make predictions based on our data and making recommendations to improve the business and optimise strategic decision-making
• Enabling – providing training, guidance and support on how to understand existing reports as well as self-serve, in order to improve overall analytical capability and autonomy across the business

The ideal candidate

• You’ll have a real passion for data and a commitment to shift the industry towards forward thinking using data analytics.
• You’ll have experience in cleaning and processing data, both structured and unstructured.
•  Although not required, previous experience with categorising banking transactions is desirable.
• You’ll be comfortable using business judgement and analytical tools to drive the best results for the business, as well as answering a wide range of high-impact business questions.
• You’re self-driven and able to use a combination of data, analysis, knowledge sharing and business acumen to identify and lead new opportunities and establish yourself as the subject matter authority in your own field of expertise.
• You’ll know how to enhance the existing advance analytics models and methodologies. You’ll also be able to contribute new ideas on how we can develop our models, algorithms and visualisations.
• You’ll have a proven ability to shape, design and lead the execution of data changes.
• You’ll understand product strategy and business goals and will be able to present your insights in a concise and effective manner. You’re also an effective communicator, capable of independently driving issues to resolution and communicating insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A degree in a mathematical or analytical subject is highly desirable.
• Experience in partnering with business teams to develop metrics and related insights is a big plus.

Technical skills

Essential:

• SQL for querying our databases
• Ability to parse, manipulate and review large quantities of complex data, and then interpret that data and translate complex material into easily understandable conclusions
• Ability to understand, translate and map business and product questions into analysis projects
• Professional experience is important, but it’s paramount you share our belief in disruptive innovation that puts customer needs first. From day one, your key skill will be to perceive new and better ways of doing things for Confused.com to help our customers
• Desirable - previous experience in these specific technologies isn’t essential, but you should at least have experience in related technologies.
• Ability to influence diverse audiences and build strong partnerships with stakeholders
• Experience using Tableau for developing dashboards and data sources, and for use in diagnostic analysis
• A financial services background in data analytics
• Experience categorizing banking transactions
• Experience of languages such as Python, R and SAS would be advantageous
• Experience in dimensional modelling

About Confused.com

As the first ever price comparison site in the UK, we’ve been trailblazers in the industry and in the technology sector since we began. Yet our success is built on more than tech. We’ve developed a strong and vibrant culture, where people who enjoy doing what they do are constantly finding ways to do it even better. Our passion, our honest and open approach and our focus on collaboration mean that we were recently named the fourth best large marketing place to work by Campaign. So come and join us! We look forward to your application.

Some of our benefits

• Discretionary cash bonus based on personal and business performance
• 28 days holiday, including Bank holidays, plus extra time for good health
• Group pension scheme
• Flexible working patterns
• Group Life Assurance
• Training & Development opportunities
• Subsidised gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff discounts scheme
• Discounted insurance offers
• Discounted health care schemes

If you think this role is for you and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please click “apply now” to complete an online application form. If you have any questions please email recruitment@confused.com 

Please note, we are unable to accept CVs via email and from agencies. 

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