Data Analyst Team Leader (10362)

Requirements of the role

The Market Intelligence & Insights (MII) function at the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) comprises three teams – Economic Analysis, Data Analytics, and Markets and Competition Research – and is a strategic enabling function providing holistic, evidence-led research and analysis to support the FRC’s work, including policy development and implementation. The MII function has adopted a matrix-working approach to deliver its work.

The MII function supports the FRC to understand the markets relevant for its work and its impact on these markets, and there is an exciting opportunity to join the Data Analytics team within the MII function to help deepen the use of data analysis, improve its application, and build understanding across the FRC in how data can inform strategy development and delivery.

The Role:

The role holder will oversee the work of junior and senior data analysts in collecting, managing and distributing data, to drive usage of market intelligence across the FRC and to support better informed policymaking.

They will also work closely with the other Data Analyst Team Leader and Head of Data Analytics to develop and embed new data solutions, including via automation, into team processes, and to contribute to the wider development of the MII function

This will include:

conducting and quality assuring regular and ad-hoc data monitoring and analysis, identifying trends to inform and support the effectiveness of strategy delivery
triaging requests from colleagues and ensure that any analysis provided answers the question and is based on the most appropriate data set. The role holder will also quality assure data and analysis provided by the data analysts.
leading, line-managing, and supporting the professional development of apprentices, junior and senior data analysts
leading on the delivery of set-piece data publications e.g. Key Facts and Trends in the Accountancy Profession
project managing data development projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery and quality
managing viable, cost-effective data solutions and data sources, including assessing the effectiveness of existing sources and seeking new providers where necessary
ensuring that market intelligence and evidence are managed safely, securely, to the required standards and policies, and to best advantage in supporting the FRC’s work.
building understanding through engaging with teams across the FRC in maximising the effectiveness of the use of data

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