Associate Data Analyst Publishing

The Associate Data Analyst Publishing supports the editorial and publishing needs of over 3000 journals in the Springer Nature Journals group. This role involves acquiring and analyzing data, extracting key insights for stakeholders, and monitoring performance against KPIs to ensure data-driven decisions and best-in-class service for authors, editors, and reviewers. Responsibilities include designing automated reports, maintaining annual journal reports, extracting and cleaning data, and collaborating with various departments.

Must Have

• Design, develop, define and document automated reports/dashboards.
• Maintain Annual Journal Reports and Publisher Report tool, including defect fixes and upgrades.
• Extract and clean data on SN journals from internal and external sources.
• Work with other departments (Publishing, Finance, Market Intelligence) to support data alignment.
• Innovate and deliver solutions at a project level.
• Use best practices and knowledge of business issues to improve products or services.
• Work proactively with stakeholders and partners on data analytics projects.
• Good knowledge and experience with Excel for data analysis.
• Familiarity with data analytics products (e.g., Google suite: Looker Studio, Looker, BigQuery).
• 3+ years of experience.
• University degree with a strong analytical/quantitative background (e.g., Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Econometrics, Physics, Computer Science).

Good to Have

• SQL knowledge preferred.
• Other technical languages (Python, R or solution specific language).
• Statistics or coding experience is beneficial.
• Publishing industry experience is preferred.

Job Title:

Associate Data Analyst Publishing

Location:

Pune

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About the Role

The Associate Data Analyst Publishing supports the editorial and publishing needs of over 3000 journals in the Springer Nature Journals group by acquiring and analysing data, and extracting key insights to report to stakeholders at all levels. Reporting will monitor our performance against KPIs and ensure we use data driven decisions to provide a best-in-class service for our authors, editors and reviewers.

Roles Responsibilities

• Design, develop, define and document automated reports/dashboards to help address reporting challenges and meet the information needs of stakeholders with minimal guidance.
• Maintain our Annual Journal Reports and Publisher Report tool. This includes defect fixes, which are usually time sensitive as well as documenting requirements and implementing upgrades based on user feedback.
• Extract, clean data on SN journals from internal and external sources (internal Dashboards, and external entities.
• With guidance work with other departments (Publishing, Finance, Market Intelligence, Abstracting and Indexing, etc.) to support alignment of data and company initiatives where required.
• Innovates and delivers solutions at a project level.
• Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services.
• Work proactively with stakeholders, partners and other analysts to own and execute data analytics projects that blend technical and customer needs, for example collect data on journal metrics, and make them available easily.
• May lead projects as a developmental opportunity.
• Work together with the other team members on data clean up, maintenance, and governance of our master product system (JFlow).

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

Experience- 3+ years

Skills

• Good knowledge and experience with Excel for data analysis
• SQL knowledge preferred
• Familiarity with data analytics products (e.g. Google suite: Looker Studio, Looker, BigQuery)
• A passion for working with large datasets
• Excellent analytical problem-solving capabilities
• Well organised and accurate with good time management
• Good data representation and report writing skills, and a keen eye for detail.

Qualification: Any Graduate

• University degree with a strong analytical/quantitative background or equivalent experience (e.g. Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Econometrics, Physics, Computer Science etc.)

Desired experience, skills and qualifications

• Other technical languages (Python, R or solution specific language)
• Statistics, or coding experience is beneficial
• Publishing industry experience is preferred

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