Hybrid Senior Data Analyst

at Xero

• Job title: Senior Data Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Python, SQL, Tableau
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Senior Data Analyst at Planday transforming complex data into actionable insights for business growth. Collaborating with teams to deliver impactful visualizations and strategic recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating cross-functionally with product, commercial, and leadership teams to define, track, and report critical metrics, delivering comprehensive customer insights.
• Designing and maintaining robust data models that transform raw data into high-value assets, ensuring accuracy and quality.
• Developing impactful, hands-on solutions, visualizations, and dashboards across the business, primarily utilizing Tableau to communicate insights effectively.
• Leveraging expert proficiency in Python, R, and SQL for advanced data manipulation, statistical analysis, and ensuring high data quality.
• Applying advanced statistical analysis techniques for summarizing, interpreting, and predicting data, alongside machine learning concepts for predictive modeling techniques.
• Translating complex data into clear, actionable narratives through compelling data storytelling, impactful presentations, and strong interpersonal communication.

Requirements

• Proven expertise in Python, R, and advanced SQL (including window functions, CTEs) for data management and statistical analysis.
• Proficiency in crafting compelling data stories, leveraging visualization tools like Tableau to transform complex datasets into clear, impactful visualizations that resonate with diverse stakeholders.
• Proven capability in product opportunity sizing, metric development, and building robust metric trees to guide product strategy and evaluation.
• Mastery of advanced statistical analysis techniques, including hypothesis testing, various regression models, and time series analysis for forecasting.
• Solid understanding and practical experience with user activity tracking tools like Mixpanel, Amplitude, or similar product analytics platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and optimize data wrangling and cleaning processes across multiple, complex projects.
• Experience in designing and analyzing experiments (e.g., A/B tests) to establish causal relationships and inform data-driven decision-making.
• Exceptional communication skills, capable of translating complex data insights into compelling narratives through data storytelling and high-impact presentations for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A highly analytical mindset, consistently identifying and solving complex data challenges with innovative solutions that directly drive data-driven strategic decisions.
• Practical application of machine learning fundamentals to solve specific business problems through predictive modeling.

Benefits

• Benefits like pension, health insurance, inclusive support for new parents and generous vacation
• On top of your annual base salary, you are offered to be part of an Employee Share Plan
• Growth and progression opportunities – we want you to grow with us
• Flexible remote work
• Strong social culture with lots of team and company activities
• Meaningful work – everyone at Planday contributes to improving the lives of shift workers around the globe
• Healthy work-life balance and autonomous approach to work. We trust in you and your abilities