Data and Business Intelligence Manager - Manchester

OverviewData and Business Intelligence Manager - Manchester

– On-site role at

GBS . Department: Data and Information. Location: Manchester (On-site).

About UsGBS is a higher education provider offering a range of sector-relevant courses across ten campuses in London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Manchester. Working in partnership with several of the UK’s leading higher education providers, we deliver vocational, undergraduate, and postgraduate programmes in finance, accounting, business, construction, tourism, healthcare, and more.

Our VisionChanging lives through education.

What We DoWorking with internal stakeholders, you will use your expertise to provide easily accessible data reporting and business intelligence across GBS. In overseeing and managing key projects with internal stakeholders you will lead a team to understand business needs and data requirements to enable management of key performance indicators and improve identified processes and outcomes for GBS from end to end, empower colleagues to understand the key metrics that drive performance throughout the organisation.

Main Responsibilities

Work closely with senior managers and offshore team to provide UK Higher Education sector subject knowledge to enable the development of student management software.

Take the lead to provide best practice interactive data dashboards to assist internal stakeholders with forecasting, scenario modelling and driving improvements in performance

Deliver a high-quality user experience by ensuring the business requirements and challenges are understood, that analysis and insights are actionable, and the output meets the needs of the end user

Lead on the provision of high-quality written reports and briefing papers, blogs, and presentations (both written and oral), delivering all to a high standard in a style that is easy to understand for a wide range of internal audiences

Complete a detailed review of Power BI and Excel reporting prior to live deployment

RequirementsAbout you

A good degree in a numerate subject or relevant Higher Education work experience

Detailed knowledge of statistical techniques and data modelling

Profound understanding of relational database architecture and querying methodologies

Experience handling and amalgamating diverse datasets from various sources

Demonstrated expertise in T-SQL for data querying and transformation

Confidence in building relationships with internal and external stakeholders, and ability to communicate complex data capabilities in a way that engages them in the services the Data and Information team provide

Extensive experience in creating reports using Power BI and proficiency in using DAX or a similar analytical tool

Experience in coaching and mentoring, with a willingness to share knowledge and skills

Higher Education sector experience

What We Offer

25 days annual leave, plus 8 public holidays

1 extra day of leave per year of service, up to a maximum of 5 days

Workplace pension scheme

Tuition reimbursement for career development courses

Flexible Benefits: Cycle to Work, Workplace Nursery, Techscheme and much more

Perks@Work discounts platform, wellbeing centre and much more

Reward and recognition programme

£500 employee referral scheme

Discretionary annual performance bonus

Visa Sponsorship and Working PatternThis position does not qualify for visa sponsorship and requires full-time, on-site ..... full job details .....