Analytics Business Partner

at  Sykes Cottages

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for those who can share in our company goals, values and ethos, who can grow alongside us and whose skills can aid our ongoing success!
By Being One Team, Owning it, Communicating Honestly and showcasing a devotion to Learning, Growing and Innovating, we remain true to our original ethos and ensure we stay true to our Customers, Owners and Colleagues alike.

FIRST AND FOREMOST WE ARE INTERESTED IN THOSE WHO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HOLD THESE VALUES, AS FOR THIS POSITION, WE ASK YOU TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING KEY SKILLS:

• A strong foundation in analytics best practice across a range of tools (our core analytics tools are Tableau, SQL, and Excel).
• An evangelist of concepts such as Data > Insight > Action and storytelling with data to drive effective communication of findings across presentations, reports and dashboards.
• Strong commercial experience (ideally within the holiday lettings or travel and tourism industry).
• Demonstrable experience delivering projects / initiatives on time and to a high quality.
• Experience managing and coaching more junior colleagues.
• Experience managing senior stakeholders (including c-suite).

Although standouts will also have:

• Advantageous to have specific experience influencing commercial decision making in an e-Commerce business.
• Numerate advanced degree advantageous.
• Experience creating predictive / prescriptive analytics through dashboards and other data products.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Squad leadership

• Managing the funnel of work to ensure that our team drives the greatest impact that it can (through approving business requests and partnering with the business to create initiatives for your squad to work on that are aligned to OKRs).
• You will also ensure that the business is served with BAU information it requires, managing available squad resource to balance initiatives and BAU requests.
• Coach analysts in best practices to ensure efficient and effective work delivery across tools and techniques.

Stakeholder collaboration

• Bridging data & analytics with other business units, understanding needs and proactively identifying opportunities for data to be used to build competitive edge or inform decision making.
• Driving a positive image of D&A in your area, and ensuring that your stakeholders are receiving the data that they need, when they need it, regardless of whether they ask for it.
• Gathering requirements from stakeholders, scoping work effectively, and drive a culture of data fluency across the business.
• Drive a culture of self-service, and help to shape the tools and training we need to provide the business to achieve this.

Data analysis / dashboard development

• Ensuring that analysis / reports / dashboards are to a high standard and comply with best practice ways of working to be delivered effectively and accurately.
• Focus on designing ‘right fit’ solutions that leverage the squad’s capabilities, including predictive and prescriptive analytics through crossover with our data science team.
• Ensure adherence to principles such as Data > Insight > Action and storytelling for impactful reporting.

Any other duties that are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by your line manager.