Data Analyst - #721724

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Next are not only one of the UK’s largest fashion retailers, but they are also one of the largest listed companies. Selling their products and thousands of world-famous brands, both in-store and online. What’s more, they are growing. Fast. And it’s the kind of growth and investment that is exciting for everyone in the business. They are known for the inspiring campaigns, weekly fashion drops and engaging membership and reward schemes that keep their customers coming back for more.

At Next they have a great opportunity for an analyst to join their growing Credit and Risk Analytics team within Finance. As a team, they are responsible for analysing all aspects of their £1.3B credit portfolio and using data to drive insight on how they can optimise their customer proposition and business profit. You’ll be at the heart of understanding their 3 million credit customers and designing, testing and implementing strategy changes to help grow their business.

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who has great data analysis skills and a real curiosity about solving business problems. You may currently be in a similar role, or have recently completed your degree in an analytical field: but whatever your background, you’ll need to be the kind of person who enjoys getting stuck into complex problems, confidently analysing a range of data using industry standard tools (e.g. SQL, SAS, Excel) and working on cross functional projects to deliver great products for their customers.

If you’re excited about using data to drive real business impact, their Credit & Risk Insight Analyst role is a great place to develop your career within a growing business and well known brand!

You will:

Produce regular reporting and carry out ad hoc analyses. Comment on trends, adding value through contributing ideas and solutions to any problems or opportunities identified.

Identify risks and opportunities in the current processes and rules through complex analysis, using multiple data sources.

Work with internal and external teams to deliver suitable portfolio strategies. This could be across contact centre, marketing, customer experience, and tech. Serving as the expert on credit risk and data, while best representing the commercial value and regulatory aspects of lending activity.

Build and present reporting and strategy recommendations relating to credit & risk at internal and external meetings where required.

About you:

Experience of working in an analyst position or have a highly numerate/analytical background

A natural problem solver with a proven ability to work logically

You will have an eye for detail combined with the drive to get under the skin of complex business challenges, joining the dots across multiple sources of insight

Enjoy working with a diverse multi-discipline team to deliver results at pace

Experience of working with Excel and ideally SQL/SAS or similar

Demonstrable strong verbal and written communication skills, to most effectively present your insights and gain buy-in to implement change

This isn’t a checklist and they don’t expect you to tick every box, but a strong desire to learn fast, get stuck in and deliver value is essential. If you think that sounds like you, then they'd love to hear from you and find out if a career at Next could be your next great move!