[Hiring] Data Analyst @Cooper Parry

Role Description

Are you an experienced Data Analyst with strong Power BI skills? Do you want to play a key role in fueling our ambition to become the number one mid-market tech and data-led accountancy firm, redefining technology standards across our industry?

As a Data Analyst, you'll work closely with stakeholders across the business, helping teams understand their data, identify opportunities, and make informed decisions. You'll combine analytical thinking with Power BI development expertise to transform data into actionable insights.

You'll be getting stuck into a diverse range of tasks and responsibilities, including:

• Developing, maintaining and enhancing Power BI dashboards
• Working closely with business stakeholders to understand reporting requirements, business objectives and key performance indicators
• Analysing data to identify trends, opportunities, risks and actionable insights
• Translating complex datasets into clear, engaging and easy-to-understand visualisations and reporting
• Supporting data-driven decision making across operational, commercial and strategic initiatives
• Extracting, transforming and validating data from multiple sources
• Optimising data models, Power Query transformations and reporting performance
• Ensuring data accuracy, consistency and adherence to reporting standards
• Presenting findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Supporting the development of a data-driven culture by promoting best practices in reporting

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of proven experience in a Data Analyst, BI Analyst, Reporting Analyst or similar analytics-focused role
• Strong Power BI development experience, including data modelling, DAX, Power Query and report design
• Experience working with integrating data from multiple systems
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases
• Understanding of ETL processes and data transformation techniques
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, data warehousing technologies, or similar modern data platforms
• Strong understanding of data visualisation principles and best practices
• Ability to analyse complex datasets and communicate findings in a clear and compelling way
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outputs

Requirements

• Experience within a professional services, financial services or accountancy environment (advantageous)
• Experience building semantic models and supporting self-service reporting initiatives (advantageous)
• Knowledge of data governance, data quality and reporting standards (advantageous)
• Experience using Salesforce (advantageous)

Benefits

• Remote working
• A generous holiday entitlement
• No dress code – just “wear something!”
• A multi-award-winning wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental, spiritual, and financial health
• Volunteering opportunities to work closer with local communities and charities
• Access to Cooper Parry's South Africa Social Network