Join our team as a Data Manager, responsible for leading the delivery of our business intelligence strategy through the creation and management of a comprehensive business reporting suite. You will drive digital transformation by evaluating current systems and recommending innovative solutions to streamline processes and elevate data analytics capabilities.
Duties will include:
* Support service delivery, decision making, planning, business development, and reporting through effective forecasting.
* Lead data analytics projects to enhance data capabilities and data driven decision making across the business.
* Manage and work collaboratively with suppliers to enhance business processes, improve data accuracy and improve end-user experience.
* Remain relevant and push innovation by researching new reporting technologies and BI tools.
* Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within the analytics team resulting in a high performing team.
* Support management of IT infrastructure through managed service provider (MSP) and manage IT budget ensuring cost-effective for projects and system upgrades.
* Mitigate business against cyber security risks, supported through IT managed service provider (MSP), understand vulnerability scans and action recommendations.
* Ensuring analysts are customer-focused, expert service to the business to enable a range of effective key decision making.
* Accountable for database management and maintaining business data, supporting team with database queries.
* Drive a relentless approach to setting and meeting data intelligence standards and improving data quality within the business.
* Ensure that reports produced within the department are of the highest quality, ensuring that validation checks exist at all stages of the reporting process.
Essential criteria:
* Degree in relevant subject or a minimum of 3 years relevant and equivalent experience.
* IT literate (Office 365) and advanced skills in Excel and SQL skills.
* Experience with BI tools such as Power BI.
* Driving Licence.
* Expert in Excel including understanding complex formulas, pivot tables and VBA.
* Understanding of SQL databases and SQL code to maintain.
* Knowledge of machine learning, AI and data science processes through programming languages such as R or Python.
* Proven experience of working in a high performing team to achieve challenging targets.
* Strong ability to reason under uncertainty, combine analytical thinking with contextual knowledge and use critical thinking to extract and interpret information from data.
* Experience of coordinating multi-disciplinary teams to develop and successfully implement projects.
* Champion continuous professional development by staying up-to-date with emerging technologies and adapt strategies accordingly, encouraging this across the team.
* Interest in data analytics from processing data to delivering actionable insights.
* A flexible approach to working hours as we are a 24/7 business.
Desirable:
* Develop business intelligence strategies aligned with business goals and technology trends.
* Understanding of Power Automate, Logic Apps and Power Apps.
* Experience with big data technologies and cloud platforms.
* Demonstrable experience of working with Board level and senior leaders.
* Knowledge of the transport sector.
* Experience in database management or data engineering.
* Knowledge of security protocols and cyber security compliance standards.
Please note - All employees must be willing to undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and obtain a DBS certificate. This standard is designed to provide a level of assurance as to the honesty, integrity and values of individuals who are required to work at a Nuclear Licenced Site, or who may have access to sensitive nuclear information.
SPS Bus welcomes applications from a diverse range of candidates regardless of background, gender, race, religious beliefs, disability, sexual orientation or age.
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