Business Intelligence Specialist

Business Unit / Team: Chief Operating Office
Salary range: GBP44,000 - GBP66,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: Remote
Contract Type: Permanent

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Our Team
Exciting opportunities exist within our Business Intelligence (BI) Team right now. We love data and using it to add real value to drive key business decisions. We're a super curious bunch and would love to attract people who want to disrupt the status quo. It's a fantastic time to join the BI team as we start to utilise the tools associated with our Microsoft Partnership, this role has a real opportunity to shape this for our customers.

We are looking for a Business Intelligence Specialist, who can join us and shape how we support and manage the delivery of the key business information the Bank requires to grow and succeed

What you'll be doing
• Analysing designing and creating new BI content to bring data to life and provide the answers for key business decisions.
• Designing BI in-line with the overall Business Intelligence strategy and the Banks Data Strategy
• Working collaboratively with team members and creating value added partnerships with stakeholders across the bank to help deliver simplified end to end solutions.
• Driving internal continuous improvements and the introduction of best practice within the team
• Supporting the rollout of Power BI to the function and customers

We need you to have
• Experience of working in a BI environment using Strategic BI Tools - for example Power BI, SAS, Business Objects, Tableau
• Excellent communication skills with experience in communicating to, influencing, and working with Senior Management
• Demonstrable focus on continuous improvements and value-add activities
• People and project management skills in practical, business oriented roles

It's a bonus if you have but not essential
• Exposure and knowledge of the Big Data Toolset - for example R, Python
• Data modelling and Data Warehouse experience
• Developmental experience of EGuide, and base SAS

Red Hot Rewards
• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time) plus the option to buy more
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt
• Market-leading pension
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness
• Ability to work anywhere in the UK (where the role allows)

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? Apply as soon as you can. If we're lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We're making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK's best digital bank. As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we re a workforce to be reckoned with. We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We strive to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and our purpose, 'Making You Happier About Money', underpins everything we do. We believe in doing banking differently, innovating and working together to make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion. If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks - we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.