Senior Data Analyst
Kainos
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Belfast • United Kingdom
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About the role
- As a Senior Data Analyst at Kainos, you’ll be responsible for matching the needs of data insight with understanding of the available data.
- Data analysts work closely with customers to produce insight products including reports, dashboards and visualisations but also contribute to project understanding of existing data structures so that inputs and outputs are fully understood.
- Most of our work comes through repeat business and direct referrals, which comes down to the quality of our people.
- You will manage, coach, and develop a small number of staff, with a focus on managing employee performance and assisting in their career development.
- You will also provide direction and leadership for your team as you solve challenging problems together.
Requirements
- Facilitating workshops and discussions to effectively gather requirements and achieve a joint understanding of data and insight needs
- Able to understand the client’s business challenges and recommend data visualisation and dashboard approaches to help address customer needs.
- Able to identify missed opportunities for data insight
- Able to review and comment on data models– for example pointing out why models are defective and suggesting improvements
- Clear written and verbal communications; able to communicate with a wide range of people
- Familiar with the production of data analysis outputs such as profiling reports, data quality reports and data visualisations.
- Confident in summarising and presenting conclusions for senior stakeholders, telling the ‘data story’ without using jargon
- Experience in manipulating or wrangling data for analysis
- Proficient in more than one reporting or data visualisation platform
- Strong SQL knowledge; able to read and understand XML and JSON
- Able to produce proposed implementation plans for data analysis work, including estimated effort and technical implications of data insight products
- Strong leadership, analytical and communication skills with a passion for data-driven decision making and for establishing best practice
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
data analysisdata visualisationdashboard developmentSQLXMLJSONdata profilingdata quality reportingdata wranglingimplementation planning
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationanalytical thinkingcoachingperformance managementproblem solvingcollaborationcustomer understandingpresentation skillsfacilitation