Overview

Lead Analytical Engineering and Reporting Analyst – London, Greater London

Everyone is welcome at M&S. No exceptions. It’s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you’re part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.

Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Analytical Engineering and Reporting analyst to lead our Reporting team in M&S Online. Leading by example, you’ll build and manage a high-quality Power BI estate, whilst owning the underlying M&S Online analyst data layer. Our report suite serves a cross-discipline business base spanning Operations, Brands, Commercial and Customer; enabling actionable reporting insight that drives decision.

Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible

All the details

What You’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include

  • Transform Data Engineering supplied data into reporting-ready datasets. Build API-driven data ingestion pipelines into the analytical layer

  • Implement data validation and automation optimisation whilst ensuring consistency, scalability and governance in metrics and data

  • Own our Power BI reporting suite – develop the semantic models and advance our AI aspirations whilst maintaining dashboard consistency, usability and performance
  • Translate business requirements into clear, actionable, and visually compelling reports to support leadership and operational decision making with timely, accurate reporting
  • Develop and lead a team of analysts – drive a high-performance culture across the team and implement best in class process and standards

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset – owning and delivering analytical insight in both a reporting and non-reporting setting

  • Proven track record of owning always on Reporting end-to-end – from framing, modelling, build and iterative improvement. You will have served an expansive and highly engaged audience with a suite of Power BI reports.

  • Extensive experience working with large-scale Customer orientated datasets. Application of key analytical languages – SQL, PySpark, Python for analytics and automation. Power BI expert – Visualisation, DAX, Power Query

  • Strong collaborator and communicator, comfortable working across Business Teams, Product Teams, Platforms and Engineering

  • Team leadership and coaching – setting direction, leading by example and embedding a culture of continuous improvement

What’s in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…

  • After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.

  • Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!

  • Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.

  • A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.

  • A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.

  • Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.

  • Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.

  • Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.

  • A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you’re passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

Everyone’s welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you’d benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

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