BI & Analysis Solutions Team Leader

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BI & Analysis Solutions Team Leader

Location: Brighton

Role PurposeWe're looking for an analytical Team Leader, to lead and line manage a team of statistical/research analysts, and more broadly to act as the lead for analytical processes and pensions/SME analysis within the organisation, and as a representative for the client within government and the wider regulatory community. Key Accountabilities: Lead and line manage the core team of pensions and statistical/research analysts (currently 5 analysts), overseeing delivery of: modelling and analysis services; statistical publications; research papers; BI, data visualisation and dashboarding; and, event triggers / real-time alertsOversee and coordinate the provision of analytical services on a range of strategic and operational issues, on both a proactive and reactive basis. This will include pensions analysis projects; commissioning and managing projects involving external resource; and, official statistics / other flagship publications.Assume ownership and coordination of the successful delivery / business adoption of analysis solutions (including adhoc research pieces; automated/regular reporting; etc) to expert and non-expert audiences, both internally and externallyEstablish processes and build relationships with other [analytical] teams - including Data and IT departments - to develop the organisation's overall analytical capability, promoting good governance and standardisation across the analytical communityBe responsible for defining and developing standards of analytical rigour across the organisation, as well as coordinating and conducting technical reviews of analysis/modelling produced by others.Benefits:Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognized as some of the best in the pensions worldDiscretionary bonus arrangementsaccess to performance related pay progression25 days annual leave provisionFlexible working arrangementsDevelopment opportunitiesEnhanced parental leave arrangementsA free employee assistance programmeAn excellent office location in Brighton. Essential Criteria:MSc in empirical subject (e.g. statistics / engineering / mathematics / economics) or equivalent professional experience.5+ years' experience of working in, and leading analytical teams within a commercial, government or regulatory environmentStrong track record of designing, developing, and implementing analytics-driven interventions that have improved business performanceExperience of planning and coordinating delivery of an annual portfolio of analytical products, involving a range of competing stakeholders, whilst simultaneously managing day-to-day operational and adhoc requests for analytical servicesDemonstrable experience of managing the day-to-day needs of building and developing an analytics team Desirable:Understanding of pensions at the micro and macro levels, across all sectors including the AE regime, and other knowledge relevant to the domain (macroeconomics/financial markets; official statistics code of practice; etc)Experience with Microsoft Power BI (or similar data visualisation tools), SAS/SQL, R, and desirably Python - in general, a familiarity with a wide analytical toolsetWorking knowledge of Git, AzureDevOps, and AGILE or Dev/DataOps workflow methodologiesAbility to prioritise and use initiativeProactive and can-do approachProblem solving and analytical skillsPersonable and a team playerLeadership skills