We are growing our Head Office Data team at Pavers and have an opportunity for a Data Analyst to join our Head Office Team, based at Northminster Business Park, York. This role is offered as a full-time permanent opportunity in a growing business where you are encouraged to develop your skills in a supportive environment. Our Data Engineering & Analytics Team have a key role to play in the business’s operations, and as a Data Analyst, you will deliver actionable insights from large datasets to drive strategic decision-making and support improvement in operational efficiencies across all departments within Pavers. The business is continually growing and evolving, moving at a fast pace, and good quality insightful data is key to ensuring this continues. You’ll report into the Data Engineering Manager in the growing Data Engineering & Analytics Team. Your main responsibility will be to deliver analytics and insights to stakeholders, extracting data from our Enterprise Data Hub in Snowflake, and using Tableau to visualise these. The role encompasses maintaining and enhancing existing reports and dashboards as well as working on business prioritised projects in line with our data strategy. The role will suit an individual who has an analytical mindset, high attention to detail, and is keen to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment. Main duties of our Data Analyst Using data mining to extract information from data sets and identify correlations and patterns Organising and transforming information into comprehensible structures Using data to predict trends in the customer base and the consumer population as a whole Performing statistical analysis of data Using tools and techniques to visualise data in easy-to-understand formats, such as diagrams and graphs Preparing reports and presenting these to management and stakeholders Actively improve your data analyst skills increasing your mastery level of our stack Play a proactive part in owning your team’s services, taking responsibility for support, monitoring, measuring performance and addressing technical issues when required Contribute enthusiastically to our continuous improvement of coding practices, application quality, tooling and agile processes Communicate constructively with peers, seniors and stakeholders in all settings Continuously evaluate team’s processes and procedures to maintain a positive and efficient culture Perform well-defined data analyst tasks in a reasonable amount of time; doesn’t get caught up in the unknown; works to figure it out Actively embrace challenges, particularly when they offer the potential to create significant impact or value Endeavour to become an expert in at least one area or domain. Create and maintain quality documentation for any project you have worked on, when required, ensuring maintainability, readability and testability Conduct code reviews, pair programming and knowledge sharing sessions, embracing feedback at every step Help grow the Data Team’s community presence throughout the business, so stakeholders see the Team as an enabler for their role, aiding them to make data driven decisions Works effectively with other teams across the business, ensuring plans are timely and accurate Identifying and recommending new ways to save money by streamlining business processes Monitoring data quality and removing corrupt data Communicating with stakeholders to understand data content and business requirements What you’ll need to have to be our Data Analyst Ability to write SQL to an efficient standard A good working knowledge of mathematics and statistics Strong analytical skills with experience in statistical analysis and data visualisation tools. (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, Sisense) Some understanding of Data Engineering or Software Engineering practices are ideal as you will be working with an Enterprise Data Hub A minimum of 2 years Data Analyst or reporting analyst experience is preferred Some understanding or experience working with cloud computing technologies would be beneficial An understanding of one or more business verticals Experience of working on data analyst concepts e.g., modelling, prediction of trends, making data visual so that stakeholders do not have to take an extract of data and do their own dashboards/skunk BI Experience implementing best practices around data and reporting Effective Communicator Salary & Benefits for our Data Analyst; Up to £40,000 per annum depending on experience plus; Generous Staff Discount Discretionary Annual Bonus scheme Free onsite parking at York Head Office Death In Service Benefit Holiday Entitlement (Increases with service) Company Contribution Pension Access to RetailTRUST (Wellbeing & Financial Support) Access to the Pavers Foundation: employee-led grant application and charitable giving scheme Access to wider training and development opportunities through Pavers Academy About Us Pavers has been trading for over 50 years and is a highly profitable and fast-growing family business with a strong balance sheet and a turnover over £200m. We also own the Jones Bootmaker, Herring Shoes, and Padders / Van Dal footwear business’, remain acquisitive, and employ over 1900 people. We were recently recognised as one of the Top 5 employers in Retail (Best Companies) but are keen to improve on this position year on year, our goal is to be the best retailer to work for. We aim to better inform our colleagues and customers to join us in our commitment to making a meaningful impact on our local communities, our Pavers Foundation has donated £2.5m to date, and we see this role as instrumental in working closely with the Foundation team to continue to change lives, by donating to charities and causes close to the hearts of all our colleagues. We are passionate about providing comfort and happiness to our customers, and we make sure to employ people who are as passionate as we are. We always look for happy, confident, upbeat people, and we provide great jobs in a supportive family environment for them. We know that without our colleagues there is no business, and so the better we look after you, the better service you will provide our customers. We always try and do the right thing by our people. Pavers are Carbon Neutral, and we are currently undertaking a significant expansion and modernisation of our York Head Office. If this sounds like the kind of business you’d like to know more about, we’d love to hear from you - please apply today for the role of Data Analyst