Head of Business Intelligence
London / £90000 - £120000
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£90000 - £120000
LOCATION
London
Permanent
Head of Business Intelligence
London - Hybrid
Up to £100,000
The Head of Business Intelligence will be responsible for bringing performance and progress data to life for an increasing number of schools, new users and evolving business intelligence requirements.
Company:
This rapidly growing and dynamic organisation have over 60 schools in their portfolio and plans to expand to 100-120 within the next five years, they are on an exciting journey of growth and development. They are dedicated to providing the best education to our students, and we believe that data and analytics play a crucial role in achieving that
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure clear and consistent data requirements and ownership for end-user requirements
- Facilitate the process for setting and reviewing targets for non-financial KPIs
- Identify business processes and associated data sources for overall data requirements
- Design data products and business intelligence reports and dashboards for all stakeholder groups
- Develop insights from analysis of underlying data for decision making
- Manage evolving data requirements and collaborate with senior business leaders
- Lead a small team of BI professionals and mentor users of insight
- Ability to manage evolving data requirements and collaborate with senior business leaders
Skills & Qualifications:
- Excellent stakeholder management skills and experience in leading the use of data to create business intelligence
- Strong leadership and people development skills
- Ability to manage evolving data requirements and collaborate with senior business leaders
- Experience using Power BI as a tool for data analytics and insight
- Evidence of working in a decentralized global organization
If you are a strategic thinker with expert knowledge of PowerBI and a passion for driving business intelligence, then apply for this role via the link or reach out to me directly:
CONTACT
Cameron Mason
Recruitment Consultant
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