Data Consultant

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Preston

1 year ago

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Your new role

You will be working within the business to help to understand and map the non-existent data practice within thepany. You will be part of developing and creating the data sets needed for BI and analytics including, where needed, the data repositories, Extract/Transform/Load routines and validation mechanisms needed to underpin reporting and analysis. You will be establishing the integration with other databases and systems in conjunction with the relevant application delivery and support teams. Guide and develop the analytics and intelligence needed to inform the business, and facilitate decision-making, including the selection and implementation of toolsets needed for this.

What you'll need to succeed

Significant experience in leading a brand-new division within this organisation, supporting the development and maintenance of data repositories, warehouses, data lakes, cloud platforms (such as MS Azure) and modern reporting and business intelligence and visualisation platforms (such as MS Power BI)
Significant experience with building and exploiting data models, statistical or predictive analytics, machine learning or artificial intelligence

What you'll get in return

3-month contract, remote based role but will be required to go on site for meetings when required (once or twice a month) - £500-£550 per day.

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