Senior Data Analyst

Job description

Senior Data Analyst – Tax Technology

Base Location: Canary Wharf, London OR Glasgow based (Hybrid – 2 days per week in office)

The KPMG Tax Technology & Innovation are made up of Technology Consultants, Business Analysts, Product Owners, Data Architects & Engineers, Multi-disciplinary Engineering teams and IT Service delivery professionals working on a large portfolio of systems used to improve productivity and solve key business problems across Tax & Legal.

This business has 2500+ tax & legal professionals covering multiple disciplines. We serve many thousands of clients and private individuals by providing a modern, market-leading suite of technology solutions that provide an efficient digital experience from routine to complex tax advice.  

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancy businesses, we've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

Why Join the KPMG Tax Technology & Innovation team as a Senior Data Analyst?

Currently KPMG Tax and Legal provide services to some of the world’s largest companies.

KPMG is investing $5bn over 5 years in technology and our goal is to achieve the highest standards of quality and to deliver excellent solutions for our clients.

We are a team of 300+ technologists providing technology enablement services and solutions across the Tax and Legal business. This business has 2,500 tax & legal professionals covering multiple disciplines. We serve many thousands of clients and private individuals by providing a modern, market-leading suite of technology solutions that provide an efficient digital experience from routine to complex tax advice.

Tax is highlighted frequently as an industry where generative AI will have a significant impact on how services are provided. You will be working as a team at the forefront of navigating that change and redefining the way in which tax is determined in the UK and globally, making sure people and companies pay the right amount of tax with the minimum amount of effort

What will you be doing?

As a Senior Data Analyst in the Tax Technology team, you will be an integral part of a team delivering analytics solutions to clients across KPMG’s Tax & Legal practice. You will be working with a mixture of UK-based and India-based data engineers and data analysts and in this role  you will: 

• Play a key role in the design and implement high quality analytics solutions for internal and external clients.  
• Work with teams of analysts using Alteryx and related tools to automate a variety of ETL and reporting processes for internal and external clients.
• Work with teams of BI Developers to develop visualisations, providing insights to our clients.
• Coach and mentor others to help them achieving their potential.
• Engage with a range of stakeholders, both internally and clients.

The role can be based anywhere in the UK, though preference will be given to candidates in London. Regular travel to London will be required.

Whilst there is no expectation of existing knowledge of tax, we would expect you to develop a degree of domain knowledge over time. 

What will you need to do it?

• Previous experience as a Data Analyst or Analytics Engineer.  
• Recent experience using advanced analytics to solve complex business problems.
• Excellent knowledge of Alteryx, ideally with the Alteryx Designer certification.
• Experience manipulating large data sets.
• Awareness of data visualisation tools eg. Power BI, Tableau etc.
• Experience of SQL Server and/or Azure SQL and an understanding of SQL programming.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to logically analyse complex requirements, processes and systems.  
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills, being able to engage with a wide range of stakeholders.

Skills we’d love to see/Amazing Extras:

• Experience using the Azure data platform; Synapse Analytics, Data Lake, SQL Data Warehouse & Fabric.
• Programming experience using R or Python. 
• Worked with Agile teams using Scrum or the Scaled Agile framework.  
• Alteryx Advanced or Expert certifications. 

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