Junior Data Analyst

Analytics / BI Developer The Analytics / BI Developer delivers the reporting the business relies on and builds and maintains the data layer underneath it. The role combines report and dashboard delivery with hands-on data engineering across the data warehouse and ETL estate, working within established design patterns. Mission - Build, maintain and improve reports and dashboards for business stakeholders, delivering output that is accurate, consistent, and on time. - Understand reporting requests properly before building, clarifying the underlying business question and challenging requirements where needed. - Own the quality of the reporting delivered, including consistent definitions and metrics across reports. - Develop and maintain the reporting layer of the data warehouse, including the views, data models and data preparation that reports depend on. - Monitor ETL pipelines and warehouse loads, and troubleshoot and resolve pipeline failures and data issues, escalating where the cause falls outside established patterns. - Make routine changes to ETL pipelines and the data warehouse, such as new fields, extended loads and new tables, following established design patterns and within the change authority granted. - Identify data quality issues early, and resolve or escalate them before they reach the business. - Document reports, data models, pipelines and changes as part of everyday work, reducing single-person dependency on the data estate. - Provide day-to-day technical guidance and mentorship to the Junior Data Analyst. - Engage directly with internal stakeholders on reporting needs, and with vendors and suppliers where a data or reporting requirement calls for it. - Develop over time from report delivery into interpretation and insight: investigating why results move, identifying trends and raising findings. Outcomes - Reporting delivered reliably, accurately and on time, with consistent definitions across reports. - Reporting requests understood properly before work begins, reducing rework. - Data issues identified early and resolved or escalated before they reach the business. - A reporting layer that makes new reports faster and more reliable to build. - Routine ETL support and change handled within the team, reducing dependency on the Head of Analytics & Business Enablement. - Changes made safely and within the change authority granted, with no unreviewed changes to production. - A data estate that is better documented over time. - Continuity of reporting delivery during any absence of the Senior Reporting and Data Analyst. - A Junior Data Analyst who grows in capability and independence. - Demonstrable progression from report delivery towards engineering and insight, with change authority widening as trust is established. Qualifications - Degree, diploma or equivalent qualification in computer science, information systems, statistics, mathematics or similar, or equivalent relevant experience. - Two to three years of experience across reporting, analytics and data engineering. - Strong SQL, including complex queries, views, stored procedures and performance tuning. - Hands-on experience with an ETL or orchestration tool, ideally Azure Data Factory. - Hands-on experience building reports and dashboards in a mainstream BI tool. - Understanding of data warehouse modelling concepts, including dimensional models. - Experience with Exasol, Yellowfin BI, SQL Server, Azure Logic Apps or the wider Azure data stack is advantageous. - Ability to work within an existing architecture and follow established patterns. - Good written and verbal communication, with the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.