Senior Analyst - Sport Audiences & Analytics

What will you do?

• Create searches and use bespoke media information tools to find relevant sport broadcasting data. Collect, collate and interrogate data to determine its accuracy.
• Create and manage global broadcast audits for multiple sports leagues and events, evaluating data from official audience providers, broadcast schedules, and other various sources.
• Clean and transform data in Microsoft Excel, using advanced text formulas, logic statements, pivot tables, and index/vlookups with the objective of being able to work and manipulate large volumes of data efficiently.
• Communicate with client service and analyst teams around project scopes, timelines, and key findings against expected results.
• Quality checking fellow analyst’s data outputs, suggesting pertinent improvements
• Adhere to data management quality control processes to ensure accurate, consistent and compliant delivery of data.
• Coordinate the workload of a small team of analysts where required.

These are the essentials:

• A passion for professional sport, following a range of sport leagues/teams from a fandom perspective
• At least 2 years of relevant data analytics experience using:
• advanced knowledge in Microsoft advanced Excel
• working with large data sets and complex formulas
• VBA statements and macro scripts.
• Logical estimation and regression/predictive analysis.
• Excellent data organisation, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage time effectively across multiple projects to ensure deliveries are kept on track.
• Perform data validation and verification checks, quickly addressing any discrepancies
• Experience of working to deadlines, using proactive communication to update stakeholders of progress or scheduling issues.
• Experience of answering client and colleague questions about data sets

shift timings: 11 am to 8 pm or 2 pm to 11 pm

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