Senior Data Analyst

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We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation, and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

Do you have a passion for product data, do you enjoy using SQL and extracting data from SAP, do you take job satisfaction from creating data dashboards, would you like to have the flexibility with hybrid working?  If the answer is ‘Yes', then come and join our data services team at Cambridge!

As a Senior Data Quality Analyst, you will provide information on the state of our product data to all stakeholders, by way of collating and supplying with root cause analysis against a backdrop of data quality metrics.

About the Role

In this role you will get great support and training, but you will have a good deal of autonomy to manage your own workload.  Equally important as your ability to work with data will be your understanding of business issues and working with stakeholders to provide clarity and enhance processes.  You will:

Ensure data issues are handled pro-actively not reactively

Develop processes to track and monitor data quality issues to ensure validity, in a timely manner. Develop data dashboard reporting

Develop solutions to identified data issues, work on root cause analysis, process improvement where needed, working with stakeholders where needed to set suitable timelines and plans for remediation

Identify and support the deployment of automated data quality solutions, including those to identify issues to track, record, document of issues

Extract and disseminate data and explain to stakeholders in an understandable fashion

About you

You will understand the Cambridge mission, values, behaviours and strategy and can role model this within the parameters of your work.

You will have relevant (technical) education or experience at academic level in Information Technology (databases, SQL, data structures, XML), combined with a sound knowledge of basic data governance policies and principles.

Excellent attention to detail is required with a high level of accuracy and an ability to manage a varied programme of concurrent activities.

You will be a change catalyst able to influence stakeholders and be an advocate for change.

You will need experience of data quality issues and remediation and evidence of using analytical and conceptual level of critical thinking.

We will review and interview candidates throughout the duration of the advertising period, with the final date to submit applications being 27th May 2022.

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To enable an environment which our people can thrive in, our customers benefit from, and where work complements life, we empower everyone to manage their time and capacity, and to prioritise their wellbeing. That's why from day one everyone at Cambridge University Press & Assessment can discuss flexible working options to find the best solution for them and their role.