Growth Data Analyst

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Team: Growth Analytics Team

Salary banding: £33,000 - £41,000

Experience:  Mid Level 

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Thomas McBride - Senior Manager Growth Analytics 

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Data/Analytics/Insight

Top 3 qualities for this role: Technical Know How/Stakeholder Engagement/Proactivity

In the words of the team, you should leave your current role for this one because….

"Growth Analytics is at the heart of all the decision making and performance measuring of the Growth mission: to find, win and keep valuable customers. We convert data into many forms of insight to drive this mission"

Where you’ll work:

At OVO, we understand that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work for everyone. That’s why we created the OVO Way of Flexibility.

All our roles are hub based (Bristol, Glasgow or London), providing a dedicated space for collaboration, connection and teamwork. You’ll also have the flexibility to work from home.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

The Growth Analytics team focus is very much that of 'applied analytics' - developing, running and maintaining analytical assets which support the commercial objectives of the wider OVO Growth team.  The Growth team itself is concerned with finding, winning and keeping valuable customers across the range of OVO propositions: Energy, Home Services, Smart Metering and Zero Carbon Living.  

The team is essential to driving better decisions across these activities, and quantifying the impacts of these decisions via comprehensive Performance Analytics.  With our focus on applied analytics, we are not part of centralised data science and data engineering teams - however we do engage with such colleagues to build and run crucial analytics assets which drive Growth. We're therefore looking for someone with an understanding of the skills and processes across the analytics spectrum, including data asset design, process engineering, visualisation and insight.  We tend not to be the team which builds machine learning models, but we do deploy these as part of a prescriptive analytics approach.

This role in a nutshell:

This can be a remote role with travel to the office as and when required, or based at any of our three main offices in Glasgow, Bristol or London.

This role is part of the Growth Analytics team. Our team's focus is very much that of 'applied analytics' - developing, running and maintaining analytical assets which support the commercial objectives of the wider OVO Growth team.  The Growth team itself is concerned with finding, winning and keeping valuable customers across the range of OVO propositions: Energy, Home Services, Smart Metering and Zero Carbon Living.  

The Growth Analytics team is crucial to driving better decisions across these activities, and quantifying the impacts of these decisions via comprehensive Performance Analytics.  With our focus on applied analytics, we are not part of centralised data science and data engineering teams - however we do engage with such colleagues to build and run crucial analytics assets which drive Growth.  Therefore we are looking for a Growth Data Analyst with technical skills to help us build these data and analytics assets.  We tend not to be the team which builds machine learning models but we do deploy these as part of a joined-up data approach. 

Your key outcomes will be:

Reporting to the Senior Growth Analytics Manager, the Growth Data Analyst will work alongside team colleagues and a wider cross functional network to drive our applied analytics for Growth via the following key duties and responsibilities:

• Work within the team to contribute to delivering a time-sensitive programme (daily, weekly or monthly depending on the subject matter) of Commercial trading and Forecasting reports and analytics assets
• Build technical enduring solutions to deliver these analytics assets, including coding and visualisation responsibilities
• Engage with commercial stakeholders, IT experts and Dev Ops specialists to contribute to the design and delivery of technical solutions for Growth Analytics
• Participate in requirements gathering, technical design, coding, testing, implementation and operational support for all steps of the data and analytics solutions development process
• Contribute to projects via Agile methodologies to deliver the technical solutions described above
• Act as a troubleshooter to address and resolve day-to-day technical, planning and delivery issues in the execution of our team's production schedule
• Partner with other teams specialising in Marketing Automation, Data Strategy,  Digital and Data Science to ensure the provision of the relevant upstream best data and technological assets
• Use data exploration and programming technologies such as BigQuery SQL, with some legacy use of Oracle ADW and Alteryx to develop reporting and analytics technical solutions 
• Enable these reports and analytics to evaluate and drive Marketing and Sales performance in Ovo's Energy, Zero Carbon Living and Home Services businesses
• Use visualisation tools within Google Suite, Data Studio and Tableau to enable publication of reporting and analytical output in an interactive, user-friendly manner

• Leverage features in these technologies to productionise and automate their delivery
• Maintain and enhance the reporting and analytics technical suite according to changing business needs and technology

You’ll be a successful Growth Data Analyst here at OVO if you…

• Ideally you will be educated to degree level in a numeric, scientific or engineering discipline
• You will typically have 2 to 5 years experience in a data and analytics environment, ideally within industry sectors with large customer databases
• You will have experience in data analysis and programming, ideally with coding knowledge of industry standard technologies such as SQL / BigQuery. 
• Experience of any associated technologies such as Python and R, would be helpful, although not all are essential as you can develop if you have the general aptitudes
• Knowledge of visualisation tools such as Tableau, Power BI or Looker would be advantageous
• You will possess well-developed presentation and communication skills - able to articulate results clearly and concisely to senior stakeholders.
• You will relish the opportunity to combine the above listed skills to deliver 'applied analytics' - combining knowledge of data transformation(ETL), visualisation and insight to deliver assets which address commercial 'so what' questions
• You will be at home in a team which combines planning rigour and discipline with a flexible approach to solving business problems as they arise
• You will be a motivated self-starter, with a creative approach to problem solving and analytical solutions development
• You enjoy collaboration with colleagues in our specialist team, and thrive on the responsiveness and flexibility needed to ensure the team meets its commitments

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £33,000 - £41,000 depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us!

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay.  It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more

For your wellbeing
With gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home 
Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargers

For your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you! If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..