Data Analyst (Entry Level)

Kantar is the world's leading data, insights and consulting company and our Profiles colleagues are the experts in helping clients connect with people. Leading the way in things like survey design, sampling, profiling, data integration and activation for programmatic campaigns, their access to 88 million research-ready respondents enables our clients to build rich profiles of their target audience and access immediately actionable data.

Job Details

Job Title: Data Analyst (Entry Level)

Location: Reading, UK (Hybrid working)

ROLE OVERVIEW

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Qmee team (part of Kantar Group), an online rewards and market research company with millions of users worldwide. Ranked 11th in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 2020, we are also listed in the Deloitte Fast 50 2020/2021 and for the last two years in the top 100 of the FT 1000 list of fastest growing technology companies. Qmee uses the latest machine learning and statistical methods to offer our users the best experience possible.

We are looking for a self-motivated entry level Data Analyst, who will bring their knowledge from a data related degree, to work with a team of expert Data Analysts and Data Scientists and a team of experienced and talented developers. Some prior experience or a relevant engineering degree within data analytics and data science technology is preferred.

You will already have basic SQL skills and have a hunger to learn and develop your skills, whilst working with the newest technologies as you progress within the company.

What you'll do:

• Working with various models to help maintain day-to-day operations and performance.
• Analyse data from existing models to identify and potentially rectify weaknesses.
• Running analytics on data to extract statistics and patterns; and translate them into practical decisions. Eventually designing machine learning models and algorithms to give to existing advanced technologies.
• Work together with the developer team and assist on data/statistics and related tasks.
• Collaborate with various team members in-order to find the right questions to ask from the data with practical insights and analysis to support decision making efforts.
• Communicate and present technical information with non-technical team members and collaborators.
• Transform data using DBT to help make it more accessible to the wider business.
• You will work with time series graphing services such as Grafana in order to create visualisations, monitor and identify trends.
• As you progress, you will have the opportunity to work with various database technologies (PostgreSQL, Redis, Influxdb, AWS Redshift).

What you'll bring:

• Basic working knowledge of SQL - essential
• A keen curiosity about data, statistics, machine learning and data science
• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science
• Strong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on product development along with logical and critical thinking
• Learning agility and some experience using statistical computer languages (Python, Scala, R, MATLAB)
• Knowledge of statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.) and experience with applications
• Ability to comfortably work with datasets, applying basic to intermediate statistics (from mean, median, quartile to histograms, KNN, K-means, Bayesian logic)
• Ability to read, write and query SQL
• Some coding knowledge and experience (desirable)
• Experience using web services/languages: AWS, EC2, S3, Redshift, DigitalOcean (desirable)

Benefits include: 25 days annual leave (increasing with tenure), health cash plan, income protection, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contribution; plus award winning voluntary flexible benefits (lifestyle, health, wealth, wellbeing).

Working arrangement: Hybrid (office and remote working).

JOIN US!

At Kantar, we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that's out of the ordinary and join us.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity, therefore we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristics.

Country

United Kingdom

Why join Kantar?

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, nobody knows people better than Kantar.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our people are looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for our people is our highest priority and we encourage our people to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage our colleagues to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all, and we're flexible in our approach to ensure people feel included and accepted. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, which is why we welcome applications from all background and sections of society. Even if you feel like you're not a perfect fit, we'd love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.