Data Analyst

Job Purpose: The selected candidate will be responsible for driving the
business with the use of data and relevant analytical techniques to identify
gaps, design solutions & deliver opportunities where advanced analytics can
reduce cost, increase service efficiency or drive revenue. Job Outline: Lead -
Work closely with different business areas of the business to prioritise
business information needs and data analysis requirements to measure and
define key performance measures that drive actionable change. - Identify new
process improvement opportunities that are in line with business strategy and
drive change management. - Drive initiatives within the Business to ensure the
quality of data available to aid timely and accurate analysis and
interpretation of different strategic priorities for the business, such that
the business is constantly on the upward trend. - Work with Group IT, central
Business Intelligence teams and relevant key stakeholders to ensure a
foundation of insightful data that supports departmental and or
internal/external customer requirements. - Research best practices and keep
abreast of tools, frameworks and mechanisms for data analytics to ensure the
business is on the right path to using data strategically and smartly. -
Provide support and guidance to the Data Analysts within the operational
teams. Work with them to ensure best approach is adopted, standardised
reporting and learning needs are met. - Manage regular reporting to lead
department trading updates versus KPI?s and provide updates to key
stakeholders on Airline commercial deal performance and optimisation of
negotiated fares. Execute - Provide exploratory analysis using different
techniques, ranging from simple data aggregation via statistical analysis to
complex data mining to discover patterns, meaningful relationships, anomalies
and predict future business outcomes and trends to support business
improvement and decision. - Assist with the in-depth analysis of historical
data through predictive/projection modelling for co-relations during the
business planning process to optimise opportunities for cost reduction or
increase in revenues. - Responsible to transform data into action-oriented
information through predictive or prescriptive analytic capabilities to enable
the business understand potentially complex challenges and support senior
management to take proactive evidence based business decisions, to achieve
required improvements. - Work closely with project management team to execute
data analytics related projects within assigned budget and timelines.
Qualifications & Experience: - Bachelor's degree in any field, preferred
areas: Operational Research, Statistics, Data Science or similar numerical
with preferably a post-graduate qualification. - Minimum of ‎5 years'
experience, preferably ‎6-‎8 years of experience in a data supported
organisation. - Experience within the airline, airport or travel sectors in a
data analysis role. - English Level ‎6 - IT and Computer Literacy - Advanced
Excel - Management Skills - Safety Awareness - Demonstrable logical, creative
and analytical thinking skills. - Knowledge in using databases such as SQL
Server & Oracle, with the ability to create complex SQL and understanding of
general database management concepts.
Salary & Benefits: Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary
and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on
flights and hotels stays around the world. You can find out more information
about our employee benefits in the Working Here section of our website
www.emirates.com/careers. Further information on what's it like to live and
work in our cosmopolitan home city, can be found in the Dubai Lifestyle
section.