Performance Data Analyst

Job Title: Performance Data Analyst

Salary: £27,900 - £36,300

Location: Cambridge/Hybrid

Contract: Permanent/Full time (35 hours per week)

We are looking for a Performance Data Analyst to join the Business Intelligence Team in Cambridge International Education.   As a key member of our team, your goal will be to collate, analyse and visualize business performance information to allow senior managers and leaders to make evidenced business decisions. You will have the opportunity to use data engineering, modelling and analysis skills to achieve this. 

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role  

As a Performance Data Analyst, your role is essential in making sure that our global sales teams have access to all the Performance Data they need to make informed business decisions. This role is vital to ensuring that the business data we hold is used effectively, allowing us to deliver our growth targets in terms of customer acquisition and retention.

In this dynamic role you'll:

• Take responsibility for building, maintaining and generating regular business performance management reports using a number of information systems.
• Regularly review the portfolio of Business Intelligence reports, to ensure they remain fit for purpose in providing robust evidence in support of decision making processes, taking advantage of the most appropriate reporting and data visualisation tools.
• Develop and maintain Performance Data pipelines using the corporate Data Lake, Power BI dataflows, datasets and models to allow the Business Intelligence team to undertake detailed analysis and interpretation.
• Identify key business and data processes that can be simplified and automated through the use of Power Apps and Power Automate.
• Assisting end users in being able to utilise and interpret Performance Data and reports enabling them to get required insights.

About you

You will have extensive experience and knowledge of data analysis and visualisation and will have a passion for data and how it can be used to gain insights and drive improvements.

The following will help you be an ideal candidate for this post:

• Excellent skills in data visualisation tools such as Power BI and Amazon QuickSight,
• Knowledge of automation tools such as Power Automate, Power Apps and their implementation in a business environment.
• Confident in using standard analytical approaches and interpreting data, and in using simple machine learning methods.
• Proficient in programming language such as SQL, Python, R, DAX
• Understanding of data relationship concepts, data engineering and data modelling techniques
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Relevant degree or equivalent qualification, or other evidence of equivalent knowledge

 If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits 

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now. 

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Sunday 16^th June 2024 and interviews are scheduled to take place on the week commencing Monday 24^th June 2024.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.

Why join us 

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.  

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

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