Analytics Lead

Duties:

Business Engagement & Coordination

• Act as the primary liaison between assigned business functions (e.g. Sales Service Operations Finance) and the Data & Analytics team.
• Understand business objectives and translate them into actionable data requirements.
• Prioritize and manage incoming requests from business stakeholders ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure clear understanding of analytics deliverables.

Analytics Delivery & Technical Execution

• Lead the end-to-end development of Power BI dashboards from requirement gathering to deployment and training.
• Design and develop interactive user-friendly dashboards and reports in Power BI
• Write and optimize SQL queries for data extraction transformation and reporting.
• Ensure quality accuracy and consistency of analytics outputs.
• Drive continuous improvement in Power BI dashboard design usability and performance.

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Supervise and mentor a team of Data Analysts; assign work review outputs and provide technical guidance.
• Ensure timely delivery of reporting requirements by managing team workload and capacity.
• Promote best practices in data visualization storytelling and data governance.

Collaborate with other Analytics Leads and the Head of Data & Analytics for cross-functional initiatives.

Competencies and Abilities:

Leadership & Team Management:

• Team Leadership: Experience leading mentoring and reviewing the work of a team of Data Analysts.
• Task Prioritization: Ability to allocate tasks and manage workloads based on sprint goals and functional priorities.
• Quality Assurance: Ensures accuracy consistency and reliability of analytics deliverables.

Business & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Stakeholder Management: Skilled at engaging with business users understanding their needs and translating those into clear technical requirements.
• Business Acumen: Strong understanding of business processes and KPIs across functions like Service Sales Finance and Operations.
• Communication Skills: Ability to explain technical insights in simple business-friendly language to non-technical stakeholders.

Stakeholder Management: Skilled at engaging with business users understanding their needs and translating those into clear technical requirements.

• Business Acumen: Strong understanding of business processes and KPIs across functions like Service Sales Finance and Operations.
• Communication Skills: Ability to explain technical insights in simple business-friendly language to non-technical stakeholders.

Project & Delivery Management 

• Agile/SCRUM Practices: Exposure to Agile methodologies; capable of managing sprint-based delivery cycles and tracking task progress through tools like Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Ownership & Accountability: Demonstrates a strong sense of responsibility for timely and quality delivery of analytics solutions.
• Documentation & Governance: Maintains structured documentation of data models dashboard logic and change history.

Analytical Thinking & Problem-Solving

• Root Cause Analysis: Identifies issues in reporting/data accuracy and resolves them proactively.
• Data-Driven Mindset: Uses insights to recommend process improvements and support data-backed decision-making.
• Attention to Detail: Thorough in validating data outputs and ensuring consistency across reports.

Qualifications :

Technical Knowledge and Skills:

Must Have:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering Data Analytics Business or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in data analysis reporting or business intelligence with at least 2 years in a team or project lead capacity.
• Strong hands-on experience in Power BI development (including DAX data modeling performance tuning).
• Proficient in SQL for data extraction and transformation.
• Solid understanding of data structures ETL concepts and business process mapping.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to lead and coach team members in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple tasks with minimal supervision
• Strong understanding of data visualization concepts

Nice to have:

• Exposure to Agile methodologies and project management tools (e.g. Jira Azure DevOps).
• Familiarity with data warehouse concepts
• Exposure to ERP systems like SAP Salesforce or other enterprise systems is preferred.
• Power BI certifications are a plus.
• Hands on experience of creating Power Automate workflows would be a plus.
• Knowledge of data governance data quality or data security practices is a plus.

Additional Information :

Join us and well help build your career with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business both locally and globally. Youll experience an inclusive environment with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. Youll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing financial and lifestyle perspective.

Join us and work for a world-leader with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin economic status disability age or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics where we celebrate support and embrace diversity.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time