Senior Data Analyst

Your responsibilities will encompass the end-to-end data analysis process, from data collection and pre-processing to advanced statistical modelling and visualisation. Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams, you will define analytical objectives, design methodologies, and gather requirements to tackle intricate business challenges. Your proficiency in data manipulation, programming languages, and analytical tools will enable you to identify patterns, correlations, and trends that contribute to innovative solutions. 

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…

• 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.

What you’ll do 

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Provide analytical expertise to support the delivery of Data Products, collaborating closely with Product Managers and Data Scientists; guiding product decisions through discovery analytics, testing hypotheses, and designing experiments to measure value.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and the wider data team to understand requirements and offer solutions grounded in commercial and analytical understanding. 
• Develop, build, and deliver models and reporting solutions providing descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive insights.
• Apply statistical, analytical and visualisation techniques to identify trends, patterns, and correlations in data, providing actionable insights to stakeholders to guide business decisions. 
• Support Lead Analysts and collaborate with other analysts to foster a thriving analytics environment, stay updated on new technologies, and champion an agile, experimental approach to analytical challenges.

Who you are 

Your skills and experience will include:  

•  A few years of experience in data analysis or a related field, demonstrating a history of generating value through analytical initiatives.
• Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, and numerical skills, with the ability to manipulate and transform data sets using analytical methodologies. 
• Proficiency in data visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or QlikView, and experience in visualising data and presenting analytics effectively. 
• Strong knowledge and practical application of SQL, analytical coding languages such as Python or PySpark, and statistical analysis methods (e.g., Regression, Classification).
• Ability to translate complex technical data into easily understood insights for non-technical stakeholders.

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.