Analytics Manager
Description
Analytics Manager
We are looking for an Analytics Manager to join us as we are adopting a data products approach to serving the data needs of the business and scaling our data ecosystem to enable the next generation of data-driven decisions at Funding Circle.
You will join a cross-functional Analytics Excellence team, part of our “Tech and Data” organisation. You would manage the Analytics Excellence team. The team is a group of Analytics engineers and Data analysts from diverse backgrounds who leverage the latest technologies to build robust and user-friendly infrastructure and data sets to self-serve for non-coding Circlers.
Please note, the minimum expectation for office attendance is two to three days per week in our central London office.
Who are we?
We’re Funding Circle. We back small businesses to succeed.
At Funding Circle, we believe the world needs small businesses. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to help them get the finance they need to grow.
With more than a decade of expertise under our belt, we’ve built a game-changer of a platform with cutting-edge data and technology that’s reshaping the landscape of SME lending. Say goodbye to lengthy applications and hello to lightning-fast decisions! In just minutes, SMEs across the UK can get a decision, giving them access to competitive funding in a flash.
We know that good business is about good people. So we pride ourselves on providing meaningful, human support as well as fast, hassle free processes to deliver an unbeatable customer experience.
The role
We’re looking for someone with a passion for driving data maturity through self-service analytics and can support and drive forward the strategic direction of data analytics . You enjoy collaborating with business stakeholders and managing the team to deliver stakeholder requirements. You will manage the team, develop and grow the team's skills. You will work with the Senior Data leadership team to deliver data maturity and support the strategic direction of the Analytics Excellence team.
- Lead the team to promote a self service analytics approach to data & analytics
- Manage, lead and develop the data analysts and Analytical engineers in the self service analytics team
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define KPIs and metrics to measure performance for the different product domains at FC
- Manage the creation/build of the “one source of truth data product” for business KPIs and metrics
- Develop and define data analytical excellence at FC and evangelise best practice in its use
- Work with Data leaders to build data maturity through data analytic excellence, enabling data driven decisions making
- Develop and evangelise best in class training for the creation of analytics, reports, dashboards and KPIs. Use this training to improve data fluency and problem solving using data at FC
- Proactively problem solving, identifying and confidently mitigating any risks, issues or control weaknesses that arise in your day-to-day role
What we’re looking for
- You enjoy and have extensive experience of line managing teams providing them mentorship and guidance
- You care about driving data transformation and have experience in delivering strategic initiatives
- You are skilled at engaging and influencing people
- You have extensive data analytical experience and understand what data analytical maturity looks like in an organisation
- You enjoy and understand how to communicate effectively with stakeholders
- You care about data maturity in an organisation and how it drives better business outcomes
- You know the power of metrics and KPIs in an organisation and know how to deliver these to business stakeholders
- You have BI Tooling experience such as Tableau or Power BI
- You are familiar with tooling such as dbt
At Funding Circle we are committed to building diverse teams so please apply even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the requirements.
Want to learn more?
- We have a huge impact on the businesses that borrow through our platform, the communities they serve and the overall economy (last year £6.9bn of GDP generated). You can read our full Impact Report here: https://www.fundingcircle.com/uk/impact
- To see what our customers think, visit our Trustpilot page: https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/fundingcircle.com
- And we’re still evolving! Our award-winning multi-product platform is solving more SME finance challenges than ever before. We think big, rally together and meet the needs of SME customers like no other.
Why join us?
At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We’re proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and affirmative-action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better.
We back our Circlers to build their own incredible career, making a difference to small businesses every day. Our Circler proposition is designed to support employees both in and out of work, and it is anchored around four pillars: Health, Weath, Development & Lifestyle.
A few highlights:
- Health: Private Medical Insurance through Aviva, Dental Insurance through Bupa, MediCash, access to free online therapy sessions and exclusive discounts with Hertility for reproductive health support.
- Wealth: Octopus Money Coach, free mortgage advisor partnership and discounts across numerous retailers through Perks at Work.
- Development: Dedicated annual learning allowance and full access to internal learning platform.
- Lifestyle: Wellhub (for fitness discounts), Electric Car Scheme and more!
And finally, we have award winning parental leave policies supporting parents through enhanced maternity, partner and adoption leave, as well as additional leave for parental bereavement and for fertility treatments.
Ready to make a difference? We’d love to hear from you.