Senior Data Analyst
Thames Water is looking for a Senior Data Analyst to join the Analytics and Reporting team. As the UK’s largest water company, we are taking action for a new world of water - fixing the problems of today and building resilience for tomorrow.
The scope of the role encompasses all Customer Service, Financial Customer Care and Wholesale units and also encompasses wider Thames water requirements for service organisation reporting.
What you will be doing as the Senior Data Analyst: You will provide client managers with specialist information and advice related to a specific area of the business, either through regular operations or in a project environment. Collecting (ETL), organising, visualising, analysing and disseminating data and reporting back insights compellingly and succinctly to the business.You will also play a strong role in data migration from legacy on-premise servers to Azure Cloud.
Duties to include but not limited to:
- Provide relevant and effective operational data analysis and interpretation.
- Provide expert advice to help influence and inform colleagues/managers on operational decisions.
- Daily reporting and analysis, interpreting data into insight.
- Driving key business priorities and decisions through data, supporting operational teams to make informed decisions.
- Conduct modelling and interpretation of the company's operational data, working closely with colleagues in other functions at all levels, and providing insight and challenge into the operational and process owner teams or project managers.
- Monitoring, controlling and reporting on risk and opportunity profiles.
- Produces consolidated reports across the Business.
- Prepare insight from analysis of complex data to identify skills gaps or broken processes & procedures making recommendations for possible improvements.
- Supporting other managers and departments with effective data capture for both regular and ad-hoc reporting.
The position is Hybrid – Based out of Walnut Court Swindon SN2 8BN.
Hours are 36 hours per week.
What you should bring to the role:
- We are looking for someone with an established track record of Data, Analytical and Insight experience to a very high standard.
- Strong Azure and Azure Data Factory skill set.
- Power BI & SQL experience including PL-SQL.
- Strong programming background including experience in Python.
- Ability to deal with key stakeholders within the business.
- Previous commercial experience, or equivalent.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills, including statistical modelling.
- Numerical, application experience, Insight and high-level messaging capability.
- High level of relationship management ability.
- Offering a starting salary of £45,000 and up to £52,000 per annum depending on skills and experience.
- Annual Leave -26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (Plus bank holidays)
- Contributory pension – Defined Contribution
- Maximum of 12%
- 2x employee contribution.
- Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
- Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.
Who are we?
At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it.
But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We must keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever.Are you ready to play your part?
Working at Thames Water
At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.
We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.
Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.
Find out more about working at Thames Water.
When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience.It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.