Data Analyst - FT Group Products - FT Specialist Titles

The Financial Times (FT) is one of the world’s leading business news and information organisations. We are recognised globally for our authority, integrity and accuracy. We provide a broad range of essential services, including news, comment, data and analysis, to the growing audience of internationally minded business people.

A key part of the FT business, providing significant revenue and contribution to the FT, is FT Specialist (which is part of the wider FT Group Products portfolio). This is an exciting time for FT Specialist as we are creating a large, new, cross functional product & technology team in Sofia to support the needs of this part of the business. The team’s focus will be across 3 distinct areas:

• Existing products - protecting existing profit and enabling outcome driven development e.g. increased engagement, acquisition and retention;
• Incremental growth from existing products - via product extensions, driving additional revenue; and 
• Diversification - growing and diversifying through new growth initiatives into new markets.

The FT Specialist portfolio consists of 16 different brands including Investors Chronicle, FDI Intelligence, and the Banker, to name a few. Operationally this portfolio is also comprised of FT Live and Events businesses, The NED (Non-Executive Directors) Club, 125 Forum, and How to Spend it (HTSI) magazine.

We’re looking for a permanent Data Analyst to join the Data team in Sofia to support our FT Specialist teams within the Group Products Programme.  The role is based in Sofia, and there is an expectation that the Data Analyst will travel to London to meet and engage with stakeholders and other members of the team.

As the Data Analyst on FT Specialist, you will be working to deliver analysis, predictive models and dashboards as well as helping to improve the data and processes of the wider team. Working within the wider ST Data team, you will also work with other roles within Specialist Titles to deliver outcomes for our customers or business teams. Projects might include developing new suites of dashboards, overseeing improvements to the data pipeline and producing transformational analysis and data science. There are a number of exciting initiatives in the pipeline which focus on the themes of customer or audience  acquisition, retention and engagement to support the strategic theme of operational growth in the long term.

There is a high degree of autonomy of systems and priorities within the ST Data team. We’re empowered to work in the best way to deliver value for our stakeholders and the business. 

This role could be for you if

• You are used to taking data from multiple sources and combining acute business knowledge to shape the findings.
• You have exposure  working with a wide variety of data sets 
• You are thorough, inquisitive, innovative, ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking
• You have excellent presentation and communication skills
• You have  a passion for data visualisation & familiarity with techniques (could range from basic to advanced)
• You have a passion for digital business, mobile, and emerging technologies
• You have a university degree in Mathematics / Management / Business / Psychology / Computer Science / Statistics / Economics / or similar numerate discipline
• Advanced SQL skills and proven experience analysing and combining large data sets 
• You are self-motivated, with the ability to manage and follow up on multiple tasks simultaneously

You have

• Have a passion for the web, digital and emerging technologies.
• Clear passion for FT digital media and the use of data to inform the direction of its journalism, products, platforms.

You might also have

• Experience working on strategic data initiatives.
•  A good understanding of the international financial news industry and the data landscape there.
• Experience in using data-driven metrics to assess the value of any changes made or needed, and measure the results;
  
  

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