Lead Analyst, Finance BI

About us

The Global Finance Analytics (GFA) team is an integral part of Dyson’s finance community.  We deliver reporting and analysis of commercial performance across the group, both financial and non-financial, liaising directly with global markets and to provide support to the Dyson Executive Team. As a Centre of Excellence for Analytics we deliver strategic insights from data and see into the future to enable data-driven decision making as a valued and credible business partner.

Our strategic focus areas include:

• Data: Enterprise-wide curated data available for cross functional analytics   
• Visualization: Self-serve, interactive, dynamic content
• Data Culture: Embed data in everything we do
• People: Individual growth = team growth

The role of Lead BI Analyst will be a key member of the GFA team as we continue to produce insightful analytics for our global stakeholders across group, categories, markets as well as within Finance and Commercial.

Naturally inquisitive and ideally with a strong financial acumen, you will enjoy working with data to uncover insights and patterns through the solutions you develop. You will be comfortable working with ambiguity and bring perseverance and motivation to deliver your work.

As a key interface with our group data function, you will lead on data strategy projects covering building new data assets, Data Quality, Data Security, and Master Data Management

About the role

• Development (through design, testing and implementation) of analytics products and visuals that empower data discovery and action
• Enhance existing data assets and data strategy, working with stakeholders to understand the use cases and generate value and insight
• Scope, define and manage the execution and delivery of projects that tie in with strategic goals:
  • Lead master data consistency and alignment initiative, addressing data quality challenges and defining processes
  • Lead projects from ideation till delivery, e.g., automation of end-to-end reporting
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate technical requirements and deliver enhanced capabilities

 About you

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, statistics, business administration or a related field, with relevant working experience
• Authentic, well-rounded data professional with an eye for continuous improvement, ideally with experience across multiple functional areas and industries
• A self-starter, able to drive their own initiatives whilst taking a hands-on approach to removing any blockers
• A hands-on expert with modern analytical tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Power BI)
• Comfortable working with a range of data platforms including Google BigQuery, SAP BW, SAP HANA, and skilled in writing performant SQL
• Proficiency with Cloud technologies like GCP
• Experience in one or more scripting languages (e.g., Python, R, Shell)
• Experience with implementing data validations and pipeline monitoring to ensure integrity and consistency at scale
• Comfortable sourcing, integrating, and cleansing data using tools like Power Automate, UiPath, Alteryx
• Understanding or ability to learn general ledger accounting, financial statements preparation and tax and accounting compliance

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.