Business Analyst
*Location: Plymouth
*Job Type: Full time
*Salary: Negotiable DOE
Join my clients team as a Business Analyst and support data-driven decision making across the business. This role involves producing insightful analysis, building dashboards, ensuring data integrity, and identifying issues and opportunities within operational processes.
Day-to-Day of the Role:
*Design, build, and maintain dashboards and reports (primarily in Power BI) to provide clear, actionable insights for stakeholders.
*Query and manipulate data using SQL to support analysis, investigations, and reporting needs.
*Conduct deep-dive analysis to identify trends, issues, and opportunities, providing meaningful recommendations to support informed decision-making.
*Ensure high standards of data integrity within the department by validating data, identifying inconsistencies, and recommending or implementing corrective actions.
*Analyse and document business processes, ensuring an understanding of how data flows through systems and how processes impact performance.
*Identify data or process issues, investigate root causes, and propose practical, data-driven solutions.
*Communicate insights clearly through storytelling, visualisation, and well-structured analysis.
*Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand information needs and translate them into analytical outputs.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
*SQL proficiency, with experience querying, joining, and transforming data.
*Strong Power BI skills, including data modelling and report/dashboard creation.
*Experience with DAX, Power Query, and advanced Excel techniques.
*Ability to understand and map business processes, identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement.
*Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify patterns, and draw meaningful conclusions.
*Excellent attention to detail with a commitment to data accuracy and quality.
*Ability to communicate insights effectively.
*Experience working with large datasets or within a data-focused environment is a bonus.
Education & Qualifications:
*Degree in a business-related subject (e.g., Business Analytics, Business Management, Economics or similar).
Personal Attributes:
*High attention to detail and a structured approach to problem-solving.
*Curious, analytical mindset with a passion for understanding data.
*Strong stakeholder communication and interpersonal skills.
*Proactive and able to take ownership of issues from identification to resolution.
*Adaptable, collaborative, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.