Data Analyst
Posted 13 hours 34 minutes ago by Inventya Ltd
Warrington, United Kingdom Posted on 01/07/2025
Inventya is a dynamic and rapidly growing innovation management consultancy offering new approaches to support the development and commercialisation of advanced science and technologies. The company works closely with highly ambitious and innovative SMEs across the UK offering several key services, including R&D Tax Credits, Consultancy (Market Research, IP, growth strategies), Finance for Growth, Bid Writing and Innovate UK Business Growth support to high Growth and Scaleup businesses. Our culture is at the heart of everything we do and remains vitally important to our growth strategy.
Inventya is one of the North West delivery partners of Innovate UK Business Growth, supporting Innovate UK's strategy to help some of the most ambitious innovative SMEs to grow and scale. As part of this programme, Inventya is seeking to expand our team with a passionate and technically skilled Data Analyst.
We are seeking an experienced and inquisitive Data Analyst (2-5 years) to support data-driven decision-making across Inventya and our delivery of the Innovate UK Business Growth programme. You'll be responsible for building, optimising, and maintaining reporting solutions that help stakeholders across the organisation-particularly our programme teams and leadership-monitor performance, track KPIs, and improve client impact.
The ideal candidate is highly proficient in SQL and Power BI, can interpret and visualise complex data, and understands the value of reporting in a consultancy and programme-delivery context. Experience with Zoho Analytics and Salesforce is a bonus.
Key Responsibilities
1) Data Management & Reporting
- Write and maintain efficient SQL queries to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources
- Develop scalable and insightful dashboards and reports in Power BI to support programme performance tracking, operations, and compliance
- Monitor and troubleshoot data quality issues across internal and external data systems
- Work closely with internal delivery teams and leadership to define reporting needs for the Innovate UK Business Growth programme
- Support performance reviews and client-impact reporting with accurate, timely data insights
- Present findings in a clear, actionable format for non-technical stakeholders
- Identify opportunities to automate manual reporting and analysis processes
- Contribute to standardising and documenting internal analytics processes and best practices
- Leverage Salesforce data for deeper reporting and client segmentation
Required Skills & Experience
- 2-5 years of experience as a Data Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst, or similar role
- Strong experience writing complex SQL queries and working with relational databases
- Proficiency with Power BI for dashboard design, data modelling, and DAX
- Experience working with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Good understanding of key performance indicators (KPIs), outcome-based reporting, and programme delivery metrics
- Excellent attention to detail, communication skills, and ability to explain data to non-technical users
- Degree in a relevant field such as Data Science, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience using Zoho Analytics for data visualisation and reporting
- Familiarity with Salesforce CRM data and integrations
- Experience with cloud-based data platforms or APIs (e.g., Azure, AWS, REST APIs)
- Previous exposure to public-sector or innovation programme reporting
- Compliance with all internal and external policies and legislative requirements
- Consistent achievement of agreed KPIs and targets
- Being a key part of the continued company 'Your Success, Our Commitment' ethos and culture
- Consistent evidence of behaviors identified and aligned with the company value
- Pension Scheme
- 21 Days' annual leave (excluding statutory entitlement)