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Data Analyst (Power BI, Azure) - Near Edinburgh Hybrid

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3 weeks ago
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Having placed a number of people into their teams ourselves, Lorien's long standing client based near Edinburgh - a leader in their industry with a growing and consistently award-winning product line - have asked us to help them in their searches for a Data Analyst to join their team on a permanent basis.

This key individual will take in information from a variety of sources, and help to translate this in order to identify product efficacy, performance, areas for improvement and wider business intelligence to direct the teams' next steps.

What's more, the products you'll work on improve the lives of millions of people across the globe, and so this is truly a rewarding opportunity, and everyone in the team feels part of that journey.

Here's a snapshot of the duties involved:

Developing/maintaining metrics & reporting, analysing data and relaying relevant information collected
Modernising the business' reporting processes and implementing automation to reduce manual reliance wherever possible while monitoring, auditing and improving data quality
Offering Power BI training to internal users and supporting any issues which may arise
Liaise with relevant stakeholders to gather business requirements, prioritise their places in the queue, craft relevant solutions and train them on how to use them
Collaborate with the wider IT function to ensure reports are in line with necessary data infrastructure in place from Databases to Data Lakes/Factory/and moreThe kind of skills they're looking for:

Strong Power BI skills with the ability to train others to use it who may be less familiar
Solid analytical mindset as well as communication skills to be able to work with people at all levels
Background involving as many of the following as possible:
SQL
Azure, Key Vault, Azure Data Factory, Data Lakes
Power Apps
Excel (ideally VBA too)
CRMs (ideally D365)
R or Python (or the willingness to learn either if not worked with already)
Ideally existing/ eagerness to gain knowledge across Machine Learning/NLP
Ability to work as part of a team, sharing knowledge and using your expertise to help others and improve current and future offeringsIf you like what you've read so far, apply now with your latest CV for immediate consideration and let's have a chat!

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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