Data Analyst

In the middle of the energy transition, businesses and governments are faced with significant challenges. But the pace and scale of change mean every decision is made under mounting pressure.  Now, more than ever, companies need reliable data, analytics and actionable insight.

Wood Mackenzie is the leading global provider of data and analytics solutions for the renewables, energy and natural resources sectors.

Wood Mackenzie’s services include data, analytics, insight, events and consultancy.  A trusted partner for over 50 years, Wood Mackenzie’s team has over 2,300 experts across more than 30 global locations who cover the entire supply chain.

Wood Mackenzie Values

• Inclusive – we succeed together
• Trusting – we choose to trust each other
• Customer committed – we put customers at the heart of our decisions
• Future Focused – we accelerate change
• Curious – we turn knowledge into action

This role reports to the Data Manager who oversees the proprietary content for the short-term power products. The successful candidate will be a crucial member of the Data team, at the forefront of our Energy Transition data business.

The Data Analyst will work with a team of cross-functional experts and support how Wood Mackenzie’s ingestion and republication of renewable and energy transition data. The role holder will manage, monitor and execute the delivery of industry leading data that will underpin our client offerings.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaise between product owners and developers on product requests
  • Create collection specification requirements unique to each data set, allowing the development team to create automated collection scripts
  • Collaborate with product owners to understand the most important data to collect, and identify their priority
  • Follow existing processes to manage each collection request from start to finish
• Execute data management tasks on collected data sets
  • Maintaining the existing data streams and minimizing downtime due to source changes
  • Research data sources for announced publication changes
  • Identify and respond to issues in data sources, such as new URLs, new or missing data, or changes to publication terms & conditions
  • Create and maintain mappings between original source and internal systems
  • Perform analysis and quality control on data sets, including cleansing and backfill operations
• Research and stay updated on power grid infrastructure changes
• Create and maintain documentation for all data collections
• Respond to queries and concerns from external clients, providing basic customer support

Qualifications

About you

You will be a self-starter, energised by a challenge, passionate about maintaining a high standard of quality to support an equally high-quality product. You can adapt to new ways of working – and enjoy collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders. You will ideally have experience in working in the energy sector – preferably in power and renewables generation, power trading, or consulting.

Knowledge & experience

• Fluency in English
• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably in a STEM field
• Ability to design and write SQL statements
• Experience working with large data sets
• Ability to both work solo to complete tasks and to collaborate in a team of peers
• Experience in research and documentation

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer. This means we are committed to recruiting the best people regardless of their race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. You can find out more about your rights under the law at www.eeoc.gov 

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