Data Analyst

smart.co; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm in Greater London is looking for a Data Analyst to join its Data Analytics team. This role involves analyzing large datasets, delivering business-critical reports, and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance data usability. The ideal candidate will possess strong SQL skills, experience in data storytelling, and familiarity with cloud technologies. The firm offers a dynamic work environment with numerous benefits, including a generous holiday allowance and professional development support.

Benefits

25 days’ holiday per year

£500 annual training budget

Extensive private healthcare

Enhanced sick leave

Death in service insurance

50% discount on orders from sister company

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in data analysis, focusing on data manipulation and reporting.
• Advanced SQL experience, including complex queries.
• Strong experience in data storytelling for non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to define analytics requirements.
• Design and maintain BI reports and dashboards.
• Monitor and improve data quality and reporting reliability.

Skills

Data analysis

Data manipulation

Data storytelling

SQL

Python

Tableau

Tools

AWS Redshift

Git/GitHub

Job description

At Smart, our mission is to transform retirement, savings and financial wellbeing, across all generations, around the world.

THE ROLE

As part of the Data Analytics team within the Finance function and reporting to the Lead Data Analyst, you will work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to deliver high-quality analysis, reporting and data-driven insights that support business decision-making.

You are naturally curious, enjoy exploring and interpreting data to solve problems and take pride in producing accurate, well-structured outputs. Strong attention to detail, the ability to communicate technical concepts to a broad range of audiences and a high level of organisation are essential for success in this role.

The Data Analytics team partners closely with the business to understand data needs, translate them into scalable analytics solutions and continuously improve the quality, usability and accessibility of data across the organisation. If you enjoy discussing data, finding smart ways to apply it and helping others become more data literate, you will be a great fit for the team.

What you will do:

• Partner with stakeholders to define analytics requirements and identify the correct data points to answer business questions;
• Design, build and maintain BI reports and dashboards used across the organisation, including Board-level KPI reporting;
• Develop and maintain data solutions in the data warehouse, working closely with data engineering where required;
• Monitor, audit and improve data quality and reporting reliability;
• Analyse large datasets to identify trends, insights and opportunities and communicate findings clearly using appropriate visualisation tools;
• Assess the downstream impact of data and reporting changes to ensure existing outputs are not disrupted;
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through automation and better data processes;
• Support data literacy initiatives, enabling stakeholders to self-serve data more effectively.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The skills, experience, and aptitudes we are looking for are listed below but please don’t be discouraged from applying if you don’t meet every single one of these criteria – having a ‘can do’ attitude is sometimes more important than being able to tick every box:

• 3+ years’ experience in data analysis, with focus on data manipulation, analysis, and reporting;
• Advanced SQL experience, including writing, troubleshooting, and optimising complex queries;
• Experience translating stakeholder requirements into effective analytics solutions and advising stakeholders on best approaches;
• Strong experience in data storytelling and communicating insights to non-technical audiences;
• Experience analysing user journeys or behavioural data;
• Financial services experience is desirable; pension industry experience is a plus.

Required technical skills:

• SQL – extensive experience; we use AWS Redshift as our data warehouse
• Python – for data manipulation, analysis and automation
• Tableau – for dashboarding and data visualisation
• Git / GitHub – experience using version control for managing analytics code, collaborating with others and reviewing changes.
• AWS – familiarity with cloud-based scheduling and task orchestration too

WHO WE ARE

We work in partnerships with governments and financial institutions in the UK and internationally. Our cloud-native digital platform is revolutionising how people around the world think about, and save for, their retirement.

At heart, we’re a financial technology business. What we do is all about innovation, and using the power of digital change to put the customer first. Our Engineers will tell you that working at Smart gives you the opportunity to play your part in developing world-class technological solutions, working with – and learning from – like-minded people.

You’ll also find that, across our business, our colleagues love Smart’s culture, and how what we do means better financial outcomes for savers. That feels worthwhile, and it means that what we do, collectively, goes way beyond the nine to five of a typical working day.

Don’t just take our word for it – you can see what our colleagues say about working at Smart on LinkedIn Life and Glassdoor.

BENEFITS

At Smart, one of the eight principles we work to is “We want happy and good people in our team”. We created a list of benefits that helps us achieve this goal:

• 25 days’ holiday per year, increasing with length of service.
• £500 annual training budget to spend on your professional development
• Extensive private healthcare, including dental, eyecare and EAP
• Enhanced sick leave (three months’ pay per year)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity (maternity – 6 months fully paid/paternity – 3 weeks fully paid)
• Death in service insurance cover
• Fully-paid five-week sabbatical after five years of employment
• In office wellbeing, such as manicures, massages and barbers.
• Smart employees also enjoy a 50% discount on orders from our sister company Arena Flowers, Britain’s most ethical florist. They offer unique hand-tied bouquets, luxury flowers, letterbox flowers, plants and gifts to spend on friends and loved ones or even for yourself.

At Smart, we are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to do their best work.

We believe that diverse perspectives help us lead the way in transforming retirement, savings, and financial wellbeing. We welcome differences in background, experience, thinking, and identity, and we recognise that innovation is strongest when it is built on inclusion and fairness. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or in the workplace, we encourage you to let us know - we are committed to supporting you.

We think Smart is an awesome place to work. If it sounds like somewhere you’d like to work, too, and if you’re ready to play your part in our continued success in the future, then naturally we’d love to meet you.