Data & Automation Specialist

Data and Automation Specialist

Business Improvement and AI
Location: Lurgan
Salary: Up to £45,000
Working arrangement: On site, five days per week
Reporting to: Operations Director

An established business is hiring a Data and Automation Specialist to improve reporting, reduce manual work and develop practical uses for automation and AI. This is a new role with the opportunity to shape improvement activity across finance, operations and other teams.

The role

You will work with colleagues to understand how work is currently done, identify problems with processes or data, and deliver solutions. The role combines business analysis with hands-on reporting and automation. You will take improvements from requirements gathering through testing, documentation and adoption.

Key responsibilities

• Map business processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and data quality.

• Build and maintain Power BI dashboards for operational and commercial reporting.

• Use SQL and Excel to extract, validate and analyse data.

• Develop automations that reduce repetitive administration, manual data entry and spreadsheet work.

• Assess practical AI use cases, including their expected benefits, accuracy and data handling.

• Work with internal IT and external partners on system changes and integrations.

• Coordinate testing, documentation and user training.

• Prioritise improvement work and measure the results delivered.

What you will bring

• Experience delivering business improvements, reporting solutions or workflow automations.

• Hands-on Power BI experience and working knowledge of SQL.

• Strong Excel skills and experience improving manual reporting or operational processes.

• Experience with Power Automate or a comparable automation tool.

• The ability to gather requirements and turn them into practical solutions for non-technical colleagues.

• An understanding of how AI tools can be applied responsibly to business processes.

• Experience with ERP or CRM systems, finance or stock processes, Power Apps, APIs or scripting would be useful.

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity, please send an up-to-date CV via the link provided, or contact Daire O'Connor at MCS Group:

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