Python Job: Data Analyst - Data Scientist

About the Role

Base Location: Dublin

Salary: €39,600 - €59,400 + performance-related bonus + a range of other benefits to support your family, finances and wellbeing.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

What is the Role?

Our Data Analyst / Data Scientist will provide insight and analysis, delivering tangible business value, across the SSE Airtricity business. You’ll be working within a dynamic team of Data Analysts, Data Scientists and Data Engineers, all based in Dublin. In this role you will:

• Liaise with key business stakeholders to gather and document key functional and non-functional requirements of identified analytics assets e.g. predictive models, dashboards, regulatory reports etc. This is to ensure that the assets built meet the business need/solve the business problem or compliance/regulatory requirements.

• Develop new, maintain and enhance existing: Machine learning models, analyses, reports, dashboards and other insights delivered to the stakeholder directly or through the Business Intelligence End User interface. Testing and user acceptance will be an integral part of this process. These items will inform and support key business decisions and actions to deliver budget performance and incremental benefit.

• Explore new and improved ways to ensure data accuracy, increase automation and reduce manual data processing within the analytics team as well as within the broader business.

• Support knowledge transfer throughout the team through peer review of code, documenting process improvements, capturing/codifying knowledge e.g. knowledge of various systems across the business used by the analytics team to develop insights.

• Participation in projects within the analytics team to broaden your data and analytical skills such as new data pipeline development, machine learning models (development, maintenance or enhancement) or data management.

What do I need?

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

• Minimum of a BSc or above in quantitative field (Computer Science / Applied Science / Engineering / Maths) or equivalent. A MSc in Data Analytics would be a distinct advantage.

• Proven experience as a Data Analyst / Data Scientist where you have demonstrated stakeholder engagement, data gathering, data compilation, data quality checking, automating manual tasks, machine learning model development and maintenance and report delivery within deadlines.

• A high attention to detail regarding analyses / output checking.

• Skills in most of or all the following: SQL, BI visualisation tools, Bash scripting, R, Python, CRISP-DM, Agile. Experience of Oracle databases would be an advantage. Experience of MS Azure, PowerBI, Databricks, Synapse would be a distinct advantage.

• Knowledge of standard utility industry data entities (e.g. M/GPRN, Premise, Account/Contract, etc.) and their relationship(s) would be advantageous.

About our Business

SSE is a multinational energy company listed on the FTSE 100, with a vision “to be a leading energy company in a net zero world”. We’re investing in £24bn+ by the end of the decade to help deliver our Net Zero Acceleration Programme.

Part of SSE Plc, Energy Customer Solutions is the Customer facing division – providing energy and low carbon solutions to over 1.3million customers. We have a strong market position with great customer relationships and expert customer teams working in Belfast, Cardiff, Dublin, Perth, and Reading. Energy Customer Solutions is made up of 2 external brands; we operate under the brands SSE Airtricity (Ireland) & SSE Energy Solutions (GB).

SSE Airtricity is Ireland's second largest and fastest growing energy provider, supplying around 800,000 domestic and commercial gas, electricity and home energy services customers in the Republic and Northern Ireland. Around 40% of the electricity SSE Airtricity supplies to its customers on an island basis is generated from renewable sources - the greenest energy supply of any provider on the island and over three times the average on an all-island basis.

We have ambitious targets to help our customers on their journey to Net Zero by increasing the accessibility of green energy solutions through the provision of customer-driven propositions and we’re a partner to customers and stakeholders as they seek ways to respond to the climate crisis.

Help us power change.

What’s in it for you?

An excellent package with 34 days holiday entitlement (including public holidays), enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for ‘Inclusion & Diversity at SSE’ to find out more.

Next Steps

All applications should be submitted online, and I'll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.

If you would like to discuss any working differently requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Andy on [email protected] or 01738 340826.

Before commencing employment with SSE, you'll be required to fully complete our pre-employment screening process consisting of a basic criminal records and credit check.

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