Data analyst

Methodfi; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology company in Edinburgh is seeking a Data Analyst to join their new analytics squad. In this pivotal role, you will transform data into actionable insights to support decision-making across teams. The ideal candidate has strong SQL, Python, and analytical skills, thriving in a collaborative environment. With a salary range between £55,000 and £75,000, the position offers various benefits including flexible leave, learning budget, and enhanced parental leave. Join a company that prioritizes diversity and inclusion in its culture.

Benefits

27 days holiday + bank holidays

Option to work abroad for up to six weeks

Private medical insurance

Learning budget of £750

Cycle to Work initiative

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills with data interpretation.
• Experience in data modeling and dashboard creation.
• Capacity to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Model and shape datasets for ease of use.
• Build and maintain dashboards providing actionable insights.
• Collaborate with teams to validate requirements and data usage.

Skills

SQL

DBT

Python

Looker

Data modeling

Analytical skills

Job description

Hybrid with two days a week in Edinburgh.

About us

Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform that’s on a mission to helping more people to invest – and invest well.

We’re B-Corp certified with an amazing product-market fit, impressive early traction and the potential to transform an outdated industry, for the better. We've been growing fast and will scale even faster over the next few years.

We’re also proud to be part of Octopus, the £multi billion group that's on a mission to breathe new life into broken industries, through companies like Octopus Energy, Octopus Investments and Octopus Money.

Check out the Seccl website for the latest on our products and our mission to shape the future of investments.

The role

Seccl is growing fast – and so is the demand for clear, actionable insight. While our Data engineering team has built a strong foundation for reliable, scalable data delivery, we’re now looking to use that foundation to guide data-driven decision-making for our internal customers and external clients.

To deliver on that goal, we’re establishing a brand-new Data analytics squad: a central team dedicated to making Seccl’s data usable, accessible, and impactful across the entire business.

As a Data analyst in this new function, you’ll play a pivotal role in enabling every team – from Transfer and Financial Crime to Finance and Product – to access trusted insights when they need them.

Your mission: turn data into decisions, accelerate response times, and empower the business to make fast, confident, data driven choices.

On a typical day you will be…

• Modelling and shaping datasets to ensure they are clear, well structured, and easy for teams to use.

• Building and maintaining dashboards and reports that provide stakeholders with clear, actionable insights.

• Responding to ad hoc analytical requests that unlock key decisions – whether it’s analysing transfer timelines, onboarding bottlenecks, product performance, or forecasting needs.

• Support with exploratory and diagnostic analysis to surface trends, root causes, risks, and opportunities before they impact the business

• Collaborating with Product managers, Engineers, Operations, and customer-facing teams to validate requirements, clarify edge cases, and ensure data is used to inform decisions.

• Acting as a data champion, helping teams improve how they use and interpret data, and ensuring measurement practices are consistent.

You’ll be successful in this role if you…

• Have strong analytical skills – you are great with SQL, DBT, Python, and Looker. You can work with large, complex datasets, identify trends, and translate them into actionable insights.

• Can model and transform data in a way that simplifies complexity and improves usability.

• Are comfortable working in Looker (or a similar BI tool) and can build intuitive, impactful dashboards.

• Thrive in cross-functional collaboration – you work effectively with product managers, engineers, operations, and client-facing teams, navigating trade-offs and aligning perspectives to deliver insights.

• Communicate clearly and effectively – you can translate complex data and analysis into clear, actionable messages for technical and non-technical audiences alike.

• Champion data and measurement – you actively help teams improve how they use, interpret, and act on data, ensuring consistent metrics and evidence-based decision-making across the tribe.

• Take ownership – you deliver insights, drive small projects to completion, and ensure your work has a visible impact on product decisions and outcomes.

This role isn’t for you if...

• You rely on a lot of top-down direction. Here, you’ll have a lot of freedom and ownership of your role, and you’ll be expected to shape your own progression.
• You’re not comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. Our speed and scalability are what set us apart; you need to be able to act quickly and think on your feet.
• You struggle to follow through on ideas. We value people who do what they say they will. If you care about something, you have the freedom here to make it happen.
• You don’t like change. You’ll get on great here if you relish the ambiguity of rapid growth and are willing to embrace uncertainty.

What’s in it for you…

We offer a generous mix of benefits for the things that really matter to our people, including:

💰 A salary between £55,000 and £75,000 – dependant on experience + reviewed annually

🌴 27 days holiday + bank holidays (some can be flexible) + day off on your birthday + three days (full time) per year for Dependant leave

💙 Two volunteering days per year

🌎 Option to work abroad for up to six weeks a year

🌟 Secclbrate - our recognition programme that offers a mix of flexible rewards including extra pay, additional holiday and increased learning budget

🏅 Length of service award – one month paid sabbatical at eight years

✅ 6% employer pension contribution, and life assurance

🏥 Private medical insurance with AXA Health

👪 Enhanced Parental leave

💻 MacBook and up to £500 home office set up budget

📖 £750 per person learning budget

🌻 Health and wellbeing initiatives including free therapy via Wellness Cloud, mental health support via Headspace

🌱 Strong financial wellbeing focus including access to Octopus Money, Octopus Share Incentive Plan and will writing offering via Octopus Legacy

🎁 Perkbox – Flexi-points giving you a range of discounts and perks including free weekly coffee, gym and retail discounts

🚲 Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work and Octopus Electric Vehicle Leasing

Our culture

We're proud to put people first, creating a culture where we truly listen to what matters most to them. Our transparent and inclusive environment encourages diversity of thought, challenge and experimentation.

Check out our Glassdoor page for the latest reviews or our LinkedIn for company updates and insights from the team.

Interview process

Interviewing is a two-way thing, and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you. Our interviews are conversational, so come with questions and be curious. In general, you can expect the interview process to look a bit like this:

• First stage – chat with our Talent partner so we can explain the role and the company, and make sure it aligns with your experience and interests.

• Second stage – one-hour analytical/technical interview with the hiring manager + one other team member. We’ll share a case study task in advance for you to present back to us.

• Final stage – 45 mins behavioural-based interview.

⏳ We’ll only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out and you should expect to hear back from us within one to two weeks of applying.

🌈 Our aim is to build a diverse and inclusive company of awesome people, with unique skills, passions and experiences. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

If this sounds like your kind of thing, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We’d love to hear from you!

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