Analytics Engineer - 12 Month FTC

Job Description Your Career, Your Danske Bank……..You’re Danske Bank Your role: Analytics Engineer – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract Why you’ll want to work with us: At Danske Bank, we’re driven by a clear purpose: to help customers, colleagues, and society thrive. We believe that what we do genuinely makes a positive difference and that our culture and ways of working create a unique place to grow your career. This includes investing in our people’s personal growth and wellbeing to ensure everyone feels that they belong and are set up for success. You don’t have to just take our word for it - we are very proud of our external recognition which includes being rated by Best Companies as a 3-star World Class Organisation to work for, as a Top 10 Best Company to Work for in the UK and as #1 in the UK Financial Services sector and #1 in Northern Ireland! We value diversity in its broadest sense which we know makes us stronger as a business and invites all colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. Our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy is central to our purpose and shows up in how we work every day. Driving sustainability is a key strategic priority for us. We’d proud to have achieved the highest level in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey by Business in the Community (BITC) for the seventh consecutive year. We’re passionate about giving back to the communities in which we live and work. There are lots of ways you can get involved, such as fundraising for our charity partner (Include Youth), visiting schools to teach young people about money and budgeting, volunteering with a local food bank, planting trees, and so much more. So, if you share our values and enthusiasm and all of what we stand for resonates with you, then you will find a home at Danske Bank. Your benefits: There’s much more to working at Danske Bank than just a salary but for this role we are offering a competitive salary. We want to be a workplace in which our colleagues can succeed and feel empowered through all stages of their career and life. We also offer an attractive range of flexible benefits centred on wellness, financial, psychological, physical and social. Everyone’s circumstances are different, and our benefits can be tailored to your needs. For example, if you want to buy more holidays or need to avail of medical treatment, then we have a range of benefits for you. And if you want to make your money, go further, our Danske Discounts offering is just for you. With non-stop discounts, this is the perfect perk for all colleagues. If the gym is of interest to you can avail of savings on gym membership and where eligible, we offer a salary sacrifice car benefit. What would a typical day look like for you? You’ll work as an Analytics Engineer in our Data & Analytics Team within our Technology & Digital Development team which is core to our innovative digital transformation journey and delivery of the corporate strategy objectives. This role involves modelling data to provide clean, accurate datasets for business units to use for tactical decision-making, regulatory reporting, commercial and customer outcomes. Executing a wide range of data analytics projects that are varied in nature and demand a wide spectrum of skills from data manipulation through to data visualisation. You’ll also focus on contributing to the creation of new technical solutions and the automation of manual processes through collaboration with various business functions and teams. While you will support data engineers to maintain data pipelines, you’ll also take the lead in complex cases and mentor your colleagues. If data and numeracy interpretation is your forte and you have strong organisational and interpersonal skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines, then the Analytics Engineer role is the one for you! You’ll need to stay informed about emerging AI technologies that can enhance and improve our business operations within your key fields of responsibility. Your skills: Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role: • Previous experience as an analytics developer or engineer. • A proven track record at gathering and implementing user requirements through dashboard and analytical tools • Proficient in at least 1 BI analytical applications (Qlikview/QlikSense Tableau, etc.) • Ability to think logically, a high level of numeracy and the ability to interpret data. • Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications, then translate into high quality analytics solutions. • Excellent planning and organising skills with ability to work at pace to tight deadlines. • Strong service delivery ethic with a focus on quality, competency and accuracy. • Good communicator who is able to translate and adapt message for different stakeholder groups including technical and non-technical audiences. Preferred: • 3rd Level degree in IT or related STEM discipline • Experience in design, development and deployment of data warehouses or relational/analytical/multi-dimensional data marts • Experience with Alteryx • Experience with IBM DataStage • Good working knowledge of Python • Experience SSIS • Experience with Hadoop and Spark How We Work Our belief is that we are “Better when Together” and want to balance the benefits of teaming up in person with flexible working where possible. We will be supportive and flexible to your circumstances, so for roles that offer a hybrid option we ask colleagues to attend their base location a minimum of 3 days a week so they can connect, collaborate and learn together. The other 2 days can be worked either from home or another bank location. Some of our roles are customer facing which means that it’s really important to be able to work with customers face to face and hybrid working isn’t appropriate. If this sounds good to you, we’d love to hear from you. Apply by uploading your CV ensuring you have included enough detail to clearly demonstrate how you meet our criteria. Good luck! If you have a disability, long term health condition or additional need that requires accommodation or adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please advise us of this on your CV & a member of the team will be in touch to discuss! Each one of us is different, and at Danske Bank we value and respect individual differences. Danske Bank is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. That means that, as a committed equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of (but not limited to); gender, ethnicity, background, nationality, generation, age, working style, religious background, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and cognitive diversity, including neurodiversity. About Us Danske Bank is the trading name of Northern Bank Ltd, one of the largest banks in Northern Ireland and an autonomous subsidiary of Danske Bank Group. We’ve been helping people and businesses achieve their ambitions for over 200 years. Today, we serve the needs of our personal and business customers through our branches, our regional business centres, telephone banking and a wide range of digital banking channels. We want to be the best bank in Northern Ireland for our customers, colleagues, partners and society. You can read more about our approach to Social Responsibility here. We’re different to other banks – we have a European flavour but we’re proudly local and our CEO is based here. We have the strength of an international parent, combined with our local presence, decision-making and expertise.