Data Quality Analyst

Permanent 

From £40,000 + Pension + BUPA + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working 

Southampton, Store Support Office

We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they’ll love. Join us as a Data Quality Analyst and you’ll be a big part of this.

What's the job?

Within the Customer Data Quality Team, the Data Quality Analyst will ensure our single version of truth for customer data exists and that data quality is of the highest standard. They will interact with a varied group of stakeholders to truly understand our data and enable analysts and other data professionals across the business to have access to the data they need in the right way. They will work with the Data Quality Manager to develop our customer data quality strategy and operating framework that aligns with the business objectives of B&Q.

What we need:

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities:

• Implementation of our data quality strategy and operating framework.
• Supporting the definition and execution of our migration strategy for the Customer Team to new cloud-based
  analytics platform.
• Building and implementing our ‘single version of truth’ datasets by combining multiple data sources,
  including helping to define and manage customer entities.
• Identification and mitigation of potential data quality issues at all stages of the data lifecycle.
• Monitoring and measurement of data quality performance, using tools and process to ensure data quality is
  of the highest standard.
• Alongside the Data Quality Manager, work closely with Tech and Kingfisher to help deliver our data quality
  framework and roadmap as well as ensuring the data in the data lake is in the right location for stakeholders
  to use.
• Be an active member of the wider data community across the group, engaging with the group data team and
  other banners across the group.
• Bring external thinking to B&Q by maintaining an awareness of analytics usage in retail and other sectors
  and by keeping abreast of competitor technology and developments.
• Support the growth of new channels, Services, Digital, MarketPlace and Retail Media through reliable and
  controlled data sets.

Required Skills & Experience:

• You’re skilled in SQL and have some experience using other languages such as Python or R.
• You’ve had some experience using cloud based analytical platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, Google
  BigQuery and the like.
• You fully understand the importance of Data Governance and good Data Quality practices and have had
  experience implementing these.
• You have experience with quality assurance, coding documentation and version control best practices.
• You have a strong attention detail and are willing to take the time to ensure the accuracy of your work.
• You’ve used Jira/Confluence before for managing workloads and documentation.
• You’re curious: about how things work and getting to the bottom of business problems and data nuances.
• You understand and maximise the value of data, and act with a commercial lens, prioritising the actions and
  usefulness of outputs.
• You have good communication skills and an ability to converse with stakeholders.

What's in it for me?

As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for who you are. We’re committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.

We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more!

So we can support you during the application or interview process, please contact recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk for any recruitment adjustments.