Data Manager - 12 month FTC

Join our team as a Data Manager, responsible for leading the delivery of our business intelligence strategy through the creation and management of a comprehensive business reporting suite. You will drive digital transformation by evaluating current systems and recommending innovative solutions to streamline processes and elevate data analytics capabilities.

Duties will include:

• Support service delivery, decision making, planning, business development, and reporting through effective forecasting. 
• Lead data analytics projects to enhance data capabilities and data driven decision making across the business. 
• Manage and work collaboratively with suppliers to enhance business processes, improve data accuracy and improve end-user experience. 
• Remain relevant and push innovation by researching new reporting technologies and BI tools. 
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within the analytics team resulting in a high performing team.
• Support management of IT infrastructure through managed service provider (MSP) and manage IT budget ensuring cost-effective for projects and system upgrades. 
• Mitigate business against cyber security risks, supported through IT managed service provider (MSP), understand vulnerability scans and action recommendations.
• Ensuring analysts are customer-focused, expert service to the business to enable a range of effective key decision making.
• Accountable for database management and maintaining business data, supporting team with database queries. 
• Drive a relentless approach to setting and meeting data intelligence standards and improving data quality within the business.
• Ensure that reports produced within the department are of the highest quality, ensuring that validation checks exist at all stages of

 Essential criteria:

• Degree in relevant subject or a minimum of 3 years relevant and equivalent experience.
• IT literate (Office 365) and advanced skills in Excel and SQL skills.  
• Experience with BI tools such as Power BI, 
• Driving Licence.
• Expert in Excel including understanding complex formula, pivot tables and VBA. 
• Understanding of SQL databases and SQL code to maintain
• Knowledge of machine learning, AI and data science processes through programming language such as R or Python.  
• Proven experience of working in a high performing team to achieve challenging targets.
• Strong ability to reason under uncertainty, combine analytical thinking with contextual knowledge and use critical thinking to extract and interpret information from data.
• Experience of co-ordinating multi-disciplinary teams to develop and successfully implement projects.
• Champion continuous professional development by staying up-to-date with emerging technologies and adapt strategies accordingly, encourage across the team.  
• Interest in data analytics from processing data to delivering actionable insight
• A flexible approach to working hours as we are a 24/7 business.

Desirable: 

• Develop business intelligence strategies aligned with business goals and technology trends. 
• Understanding of Power Automate, Logic Apps and Power Apps. 
• Experience with big data technologies and cloud platforms. 
• Demonstrable experience of working with Board level and senior leaders.
• Knowledge of the transport sector.
• Experience in database management or data engineering.
• Knowledge of security protocols and cyber security compliance standards.

Please note - All employees must be willing to undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and obtain a DBS certificate. This standard is designed to provide a level of assurance as to the honesty, integrity and values of individuals who are required to work at a Nuclear Licenced Site, or who may have access to sensitive nuclear information.

SPS Bus welcomes applications from a diverse range of candidates regardless of background, gender, race, religious beliefs, disability, sexual orientation or age.