Insights Data Analyst

Job Introduction

Speedy are the UK’s leading hire provider with the widest range of tools, specialist hire equipment, plant and support services – everything for every job!

Speedy is Transforming with our new Velocity strategy, we are undergoing one of our biggest digital and people focused transformations to build a bigger, better, stronger business for the future. 

We are looking for an experienced Insights Data Analyst, someone who thrives on challenge and working in a constantly changing and evolving environment. At Speedy,  we need motivated people who are ready to bring their whole self to work and give it their all in a fast-paced team committed to being the best!

Purpose:  To drive performance improvement aligned with delivery of the business’s Velocity transformation strategy through deep evaluation, analysis and presentation of data to consumers to allow quick and meaningful action. Interacting with stakeholders across the Transformation Delivery Group, Commercial and Operational functions to produce reports, insights and recommendations and promote a data-driven decision making environment.

• Support the Head of Insight and Insights Manager produce, interpret, and analyse reporting aligned with delivery of the business’s transformation programme, Velocity, providing commentary and business solutions to problems.
• Within the nominated commercial areas, identify the critical commercial business questions that need answering and provide insight, standardised reporting, user expectations, capability, and deeper business analytics to help drive action.
• Communicate insights in a powerful, quantified, and user-friendly way whilst measuring adoption and actions taken.
• Recommend then track a course of action based on sound data analytics to ad-hoc problems as identified by self, management, and other stakeholders.
• Be a resource and advocate for data and insights within the organisation by inspiring, teaching, and empowering others to use data. Increase commercial awareness and adoption in the business via training and improving capability.
• Actively promote the data led decision making mindset in the business, increase commercial awareness and adoption in the business via training and improving capability

Core Competencies & Skills

• Strong commercial analysis skills with track record of delivering insights into action.
• Proficiency with data analytics and visualisation tools
• Ability to understand and interrogate data quickly and accurately.
• Able to assess validity of data and perform root cause analysis, discerning correlation from causation.
• Understanding how context and outliers affect how results are presented to allow consumers to understand and act quickly.
• Ability to apply judgment in problem solving.
• Excellent communication skills both internally across distances and externally with customers and partners
• Self-motivated, working independently as well as part of a team.
• Proven record of meeting deadlines.
• Assertive, credible, and professional.
• Conscientious.
• Confidentiality.
• Customer-focused.
• Good negotiating skills.

Qualifications & Experience

• Significant experience in a data-driven commercial or financial analyst role
• Strong working knowledge of data visualisation systems (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) and manipulation systems (Python, Aperture, SQL, R)
• Strong proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft Office products
• Significant experience in presenting data and analysis effectively to both operational and leadership teams with focus on driving action

Ability to support your business unit/team to deliver our ESG Strategy – Decade to Deliver.

What we offer:

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Life assurance
• Pension Scheme
• 95% discount on our products
• Plus other Salary Extras/Discounts

Our Career Line of Sight programme will ensure you receive the training and support to help you be the best that you can be in your role and will encourage you to pursue your career aspirations.

Speedy reserves the right to close our vacancies earlier than the listed date if we have received a high level of applications. We would recommend that if you wish to be considered that you complete the application as promptly as possible.

Please be aware that some roles within The Speedy Group UK&I may require one or more of the following - DBS, Credit, Security Clearance or Health & Safety Check.

The Speedy Group is an equal opportunity employer where we embrace diversity in all of its forms and fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status. All roles within The Speedy Group require proof of right to work in the UK by the start of employment.