Data Analyst

Location Exeter
Discipline: Office Support
Job type: Permanent: Full Time
Salary: up to £24,000
Contact name: Lisa Veale

Contact email: careers@sarahwest.co.uk
Job ref: VR/3535
Published: almost 4 years ago

​Are you a graduate with a maths, technical, or scientific degree or looking for the next step in your career as an analyst? Yes? Read on about the great opportunity that we have for you as a Data Analyst.

You will receive full training to allow you to build upon your skills that will see you involved in on-going projects to support the whole business. You will be working across the company, so naturally you will be someone who is great at building relationships, is naturally inquisitive to allow you to understand what different departments wants and needs are. With support of your manager you will see the bigger picture and make those vital connections in what is happening: why, where, when and how and have an input and reporting on how improvements and savings can be made.

The experience you will have will have seen you working with large sets of data and using Excel at an advanced level. Your experience might be from in current role or from an internship, summer or year placement, or perhaps you carried out your dissertation or studies were very focussed in this area.

Your role as a Data Analyst will see you involved with:

  • Developing reports that will allow the business to measure against the company’s goals and objectives

  • Managing pricing related data and producing associated reports

  • Explaining to others the findings of the reports and process to change any information on the system

  • Ensure that data is thoroughly checked and cross referenced

  • Produce high quality BI and KPI reports.

The skills and experience that we are looking for in a Data Analyst:

  • Working with large sets of data

  • Advanced level of Excel

  • Great communication skills

  • Ability to explain findings

  • Problem solver

  • Aptitude to identify requirements, issues and strive to deliver improvements

  • SQL would be desirable.

Along with a great starting salary, the company has an enhanced benefits scheme - including free parking, 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) enhanced pension and more! All this, plus the working environment is lovely - where you will be fully supported.