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# Data Analyst

- **Company:** Digital Waffle
- **Location:** Cardiff, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Big Data, Databases, Google Analytics, Cloud Services, Standard Sql, Google Cloud, Data Analytics, Tools for Reporting, Looker Analytics
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2856365241-data-analyst

## About the Role

* Strong commercial experience within data analytics or business intelligence.
 * Excellent SQL skills with experience querying large-scale datasets.
 * Experience building dashboards, databases and reporting solutions.
 * Proven ability to translate data into actionable commercial insight.
 * Experience mentoring or managing junior analysts.
 * Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
 * Good commercial awareness and the ability to understand wider business performance.
 * Experience working with cloud data platforms and modern BI tools.
 * Highly organised, proactive and comfortable managing multiple priorities., * Experience with Google Cloud Platform.
 * Experience using Looker or Google Analytics.
 * Background within ecommerce, retail or another high-volume consumer environment.

This role would suit an experienced Data Analyst who enjoys combining hands-on technical work with team leadership and wants to play a key role in how a data-driven ecommerce business makes decisions.

## Description

* Build and maintain complex data models, dashboards, reporting systems and automated analytics workflows.
 * Lead and mentor a small team of Data Analysts, providing technical guidance and support.
 * Turn large datasets into clear, actionable insights that improve commercial performance.
 * Lead cross-functional analytics projects and help uncover opportunities for optimisation.
 * Own the quality and consistency of reporting across the business.
 * Manage incoming data requests, prioritise effectively and delegate work across the team.
 * Improve BI tools, processes and reporting standards.
 * Work closely with the Data Science Manager on the wider analytics and data roadmap.


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