Oliver James are mandated by their global consulting client to support in the hiring of a Senior Data Analytics Manager as part of rapid consolidation and growth of their leading market position. The role can be based in London or Manchester with a hybrid arrangement available if needed. The basic salary can reach c£100,000 before extras such as broad benefits, annual bonus, pension etc.
Oliver James are mandated by their global consulting client to support in the hiring of a Senior Data Analytics Manager as part of rapid consolidation and growth of their leading market position. The role can be based in London or Manchester with a hybrid arrangement available if needed. The basic salary can reach c£100,000 before extras such as broad benefits, annual bonus, pension etc.
Day to day responsibilities will include:
Owning and delivering client engagements
Data management, including data extraction and data cleansing processes;
Analytics and reporting, including visualisation of data to help organisations manage business risk establish the right controls, processes and structures to ensure that information can be trusted and improve decision-making;
Advanced analytics, where we use data science techniques to help our clients navigate future risks and opportunities through predictive and prescriptive analytics.
Essential Skills:
Strong market credentials in data & analytics working with large organisations and an ability to demonstrate knowledge and insight in data management, data cleansing and data analytics
Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, including communication with senior stakeholders of a non-data background (being able to communicate technical issues in simple business terms) and excellent reporting writing skills;
Solid experience in managing projects, including developing project plans, budgets and deliverables schedules;
Experience of managing people both in terms of managing delivery teams and providing coaching to individuals;
Experience of the full engagement delivery lifecycle including risk and stakeholder management;
Strong leadership skills an experience
Proven analytical and problem solving capabilities on complex engagements;
Desirable Skills:
Basic finance process knowledge (Order to Cash, Purchase to Pay, Financial Services etc) and how ERPs manage and structure the data;
Audit experience, and experience of applying data analytics within the external audit process; and
Use of technology in data & analytics including for use in providing managed services
Technical Skills:
Knowledge and experience of at least three of the following:
Data extraction from financial accounting systems;
Data clearing techniques and tools
A vision of how data analytics are going to be applied and development in the external audit practice
Understanding of key accounting principles and process cycles including revenue to receivables, purchase to cash
Data analytic technology such as Alteryx, SQL, Python, R,
SQL (preferably SQL Server) and data manipulation; and
Machine learning techniques
Use of visualisation technologies such as Power BI and Tableau
Qualifications:
Minimum of a Bachelor degree or demonstrable experience working with Data
At least 8 years' experience working in data analytics or data related environments; and
A technical background in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Accounting or similar is desirable
