Open Source Data Analyst

at  HM Revenue and Customs

JOB SUMMARY

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Our Open Source Data Analysts need to have a passion for data analysis, and an inquiring and questioning mind. The ability to understand and solve problems is essential. You’ll use a range of analytical techniques to gain an understanding of unfamiliar and complex issues, identify relevant information and put it into context when making sound conclusions.
These exciting posts are within the Open Source Data Analysis team, part of Risk Insight & Analytics within the Risk and Intelligence Service. The Open Source Data Analysis team uses a bespoke cloud based private network and a variety of tools that enables the team to access all areas of the web, identify relevant data and analyse it.
Our data analysts use techniques from a range of analytical disciplines to combine, understand and visualise web derived data within a business context. We provide robust Open Source data analysis in a suite of products tailored to business needs and that can be used to inform business decisions and policy. Our analysis enhances the way the department understands, identifies and tackles risk to revenue.
Our ability to safely and legally search the internet to capture, analyse and exploit Open Source data from all areas of the web places us in a unique position to offer a different perspective and insight on issues that impact on tax compliant behaviour now and in the future.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The team has three core functions:

• Horizon Scanning: Identification of broad trends in web technologies, e-commerce and digital developments that impact on the department’s strategic objectives.
• Data Insight: complex data collection, interpretation and analysis of compliance populations and/or specific elements of serious non-compliant behaviour to inform tactical and operational decision making.
• Social Media Insight: analysis of social media platforms, their use and growth, the sentiment and language used across them and the compliance behaviour exhibited in reaction to changes in HMRC’s approach to compliance and/or legislative change.

We work with our stakeholders and customers to understand their requirements, develop and deliver bespoke solutions and suggest new ideas to support them.
Employing analytical skills to design and deliver products that inform a diverse customer base within HMRC.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Analytical
Digital