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Job Title: Business Data Analyst / Senior Business Data Analyst

Location: Peterborough or Sunderland (hybrid working)

Role Overview

Markerstudy Group are looking for a Business Data Analyst to join a fast-growing team and business. It’s the perfect opportunity for someone that is both commercially focussed and technically minded and looking to kick start their career in insurance.

As Business Data Analyst, you will use your analytical skills to:

Load, process, analyze, evaluate and document (large) data sets

Preparing data sets for modelling

Contribute to designing (with support) data frame structures for efficient data manipulation and information retrieval

Assist in developing tools for data processing, information retrieval and insight

Maintain data products using machine learning and statistical techniques

Contributes to project & concept presentations (creation and presenting)

Working with other Data Scientists & Managers to interpret analysis results.

Your ideas and solutions will enable improvements to products, prices and processes giving Markerstudy a critical advantage in the increasingly competitive insurance market.

As part of your Data Science career you will be expected to further advance a wide range of modern statistical, machine learning and data science methods. This knowledge will be applied to a wide range of business problems and adding demonstrable commercial value. You will aspire to become an experienced, ‘commercially focused’ data analyst/scientist.

Key Skills and Experience:

Strong maths / related science degree or demonstratable commercial experience

Passionate and curious about data. Loves solving problems

Strong communication skills and the ability to “story-tell” to our stakeholders and customers, making it relevant to your audience

Selfless when it comes to sharing findings, experience and advice. We work as a team not separate individuals!

Resilience, can work independently to deliver projects

Proactively share insights, results and identify risks, without prompting

Proficient at communicating results in a concise manner both verbally and written

Desirable

Insurance or financial services experience

Knowledge and awareness of the latest tools, techniques and technology across the analytics marketplace

Behaviours:

Team player

Self-motivated with a drive to learn and develop

Logical thinker with a professional and positive attitude

Passion to innovate and improve processes

Personality and a sense of humour