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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Associate Data Analyst - **Company:** Blue Oak Consulting - **Location:** Brussel, Belgium (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Pivot Tables, Raw Data - **Published:** August 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.be/details/5837665511 ## About the Role * A degree in finance, economics, statistics, or a related field with a focus on quantitative analysis. * Strong skills in Excel, including familiarity with lookups, pivot tables, and basic financial modeling. * A natural curiosity to look under the hood and understand how a business actually makes money. * The ability to stay organized while managing different versions of complex data sets. * A skeptical mindset that leads you to double check results when they look too good to be true. * Comfort working in a fully remote environment and staying productive without constant supervision. * Clear written communication skills for explaining technical findings in plain English. ## Description We are seeking an Associate Data Analyst to support our team as we advise a major logistics provider in Brussels. The primary focus of this role is to examine operational and financial data to determine if the assumptions driving their current expansion strategy are supported by actual performance. About Blue Oak Consulting Blue Oak Consulting provides independent advisory on pricing, portfolio economics, capital allocation, and acquisition assumptions. We are not a traditional consulting firm focused on broad transformation programs or high level strategy decks. Instead, we interrogate specific commercial decisions where the financial stakes are high and the existing narrative is not sufficient. Our team looks past corporate language and P&L complexity to identify where value is leaking or capital is trapped. We work across sectors like software, manufacturing, and healthcare to test whether the assumptions behind a growth plan or an acquisition actually hold under pressure. We are a small, principal led firm where the people who do the work are the ones accountable for the results. We do not take transaction contingent fees, which allows us to be completely honest about whether the economics of a decision make sense. Our goal is to provide clarity through financial discipline and a healthy amount of skepticism. We stay through the execution phase because decisions that look sound in theory often fail when they meet real world friction., This is a full time, permanent position that is conducted entirely through remote work. As an Associate Data Analyst, you will work closely with our principals to handle the technical heavy lifting of our engagements. Your day will involve taking large, often messy data sets and turning them into structured models that reveal the truth behind a business case. We value accuracy and a methodical approach over speed or flashy presentations. Because we are a small firm, you will see exactly how your analysis influences the advice we give to our clients. What You Will Be Doing * Cleaning and structuring raw data from a logistics provider to identify patterns in pricing and cost. * Building and maintaining financial models in Excel to test the sensitivity of various business assumptions. * Comparing historical performance data against projected growth figures to find inconsistencies. * Investigating specific line items in a P&L to understand where capital might be trapped or wasted. * Preparing clear tables and charts that summarize your findings for the senior team. * Participating in internal team reviews where we stress test our own conclusions and logic. * Assisting with the documentation of our analytical process to ensure every finding is defensible. * Researching industry benchmarks to provide context for the client data we are analyzing. ## Related Videos - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [Data Governance in the Era of AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1622-data-governance-in-the-era-of-ai) - [Anomaly Detection - Using unsupervised Machine Learning for detecting anomalies in customer base](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/6-anomaly-detection-using-unsupervised-machine-learning-for-detecting-anomalies-in-customer-base) - [In-depth .NET Azure Functions: Isolated mode, performance and durable AI agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100207-in-depth-net-azure-functions-isolated-mode-performance-and-durable-ai-agents) - [Why Your AI Agent Keeps Hallucinating Your Data: Building Deterministic Context Layers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2055-why-your-ai-agent-keeps-hallucinating-your-data-building-deterministic-context-layers) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) ## Related Articles - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Data Analyst Salary Austria](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/275-data-analyst-salary-austria) - [Data Analyst Salary Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/277-data-analyst-salary-germany) - [Data Analyst Salary in Switzerland](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/276-data-analyst-salary-in-switzerland) - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk)