Data Analyst

Job Title: Data Analyst

Location: All BAE Head Office Locations. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £53,000 depending on skills and experience

What You’ll Be Doing

• Being the SHIELD data and analytics Subject Matter Expert, responsible for the design, development and exploitation of the SHIELD data and analytics strategy and data maturity
• Working with Business Unit stakeholders to develop a portfolio of reports, including tailored data visualisations to dynamic data dashboards (Reports Central, Widgets and Insight dashboarding)
• Data investigation, manipulation and complex and advanced analysis on data from different sources and varying levels of quality to support pattern finding
• Reporting on the state (quality assurance) of data, data systems and data processes and advise/lead on local improvements
• Investigates corporate data requirements and applies data analysis, data modelling and quality assurance techniques, to improve the performance or maintainability of the data estate
• Engages with client stakeholders to understand and document the existing data landscape including, Data systems & Data processes, Data sources and their limitations, Relevant Data privacy & security guidelines
• Able to analyse the suitability of existing data systems, processes, sources, and entities and define approaches to address any limitations found, including Planning, Designing technical / process data changes
  
  

Your Skills And Experiences

• Comprehensive understanding of data and analytics
• Expert level of Business Intelligence tools (Power BI, IBM Cognos, Tableau) and Expert knowledge of Excel (including Visual basic and Macros) with experience of delivering improvements in a complex business or data environment.
• Capable of communicating effectively, both orally and in writing, colleagues and customers at appropriate levels of seniority
• Effective communications skills enabling end users to interpretation and understand data analytics outputs and answer the “so what” question
• The job holder may have a good and contemporary technical understanding of safety, health and environmental management systems and tools
• The role holder will not be an SHE professional but will have a good understanding of SHE requirements (ideally)
  
  

Benefits

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Project Team

SHIELD is the new SHE (Safety, Health and Environment) Enterprise tool which is being rolled out across all UK and International, replacing legacy SHE IT Tools and Systems with one system with enhanced capabilities.

Working as part of the Head Office SHIELD Project team, the Data Analyst is a brand new role and you will be supporting the SHIELD Product Owner and Business Areas to design, manage, assure, analyse and exploit data and gain insights to help improve Safety, Health and Environmental performance across the enterprise.

You will be joining an inclusive team working as a key contributor on a new project which will allow you to work across the Enterprise supporting stakeholder globally.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 15th May 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.