Senior Data Analyst – FT Specialist

About us

Here at the Financial Times, gold-standard journalism is just the beginning. 500-people strong, our Product and Tech team keeps us ahead of the constantly evolving digital world by delivering innovative products to over one million digital subscribers every day. Our growth plans rely on a diverse, dedicated and dynamic group of product, tech, delivery and data specialists – everyone’s welcome in this friendly, forward-thinking team. And with ambitious spirit, intelligence and opportunity at every turn, there’s no limits to where your FT career will take you.

About FT Specialist

A key part of the business, providing significant revenue and contribution to the FT, is Specialist Titles (part of the wider FT Group Products portfolio).

FT Specialist brings together a portfolio of niche digital publications, including ones with more than 160 years of tradition, such as:

• Investors’ Chronicle
• The Banker
• FT Adviser

About the Team

You will work within the FT Specialist Data & Analytics team, collaborating with other data analysts and data engineers, as well as colleagues from Product, Marketing and Editorial to deliver impactful outcomes for our customers and business teams.

About the Role

As a Senior Data Analyst in FT Specialist, you will be responsible for delivering analyses, BI dashboards and predictive models, as well as supporting improvements to data quality and team processes.

We are looking for someone who has a curiosity for interrogating data and understands the value of storytelling with data. Many initiatives focus on customer or audience acquisition, retention, and engagement, supporting the long-term strategic goal of operational growth.

Main Responsibilities & Requirements

Communication and storytelling 

• A proven ability to tell compelling stories and provide actionable insights using data.
• Ability to address strategic business questions and inform decision-making with data.
• Commercial approach – ability to understand the commercial imperatives behind the data needs

Technical proficiency 

• Analyst experience and experience in working with a wide variety of data sets, applying strong business acumen to shape and contextualise findings.
• Proven SQL and experience working with analytical reporting tools, e.g. Looker/Tableau/PowerBI.
• Thorough, inquisitive, with an eye for data quality.
• Passion for data visualisation & familiarity with techniques.
• Experience in A/B testing and statistical test design will be considered an advantage.
• Experience with Python for Data Analysis will be considered an advantage.

Stakeholder & Workload management 

• Experience of stakeholder management; across both technical and non-technical departments. You will be working with product managers, marketing, editorial and other collaborators to identify business needs and clarify expected outcomes.
• Ability to extract the true value and underlying business need from requests, including deciphering hidden user needs.
• Ability to manage numerous simultaneous projects and effectively prioritise workload.

In Return, We Can Offer You

• Annual bonus scheme
• 25 days paid leave
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced Parental Leave policy
• Food Allowance
• Multisport Card
• Both in house and external training programs
• Your own training dedicated budget (for conferences, courses etc.)

Further Information

The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We have implemented a hybrid working model and we also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please send an email to talent@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help.