Job description
We're making zero carbon happen
We're OVO Group, a big family of companies united by a single vision: to get to zero carbon, fast.
We call this Plan Zero – and it shows how we'll be fighting the climate crisis and transforming the way people use energy over the next decade. To do this, we need the sharpest minds. Are you up for the challenge?
Do great green things with OVO Energy
So much has changed since we launched in 2009. Our goal remains the same though: make energy cheaper, greener, and simpler. Just as it was on day one.
Everyone belongs at OVO
Our aim is to build a diverse and inclusive movement: teams of brilliant people, with unique talents, skills, passions, and experiences.
We encourage everyone to join us, whatever your gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, life experience, or background. So please come as you are – we can't wait to meet you.
Where in the world of OVO will I be working?
As OVO moves closer to 5m customers, we are starting to reshape our data teams to enable our strategy to provide a world leading, carbon net zero, and rich customer journey experience. The data teams operate in a federated structure, with both central and embedded teams, to support our growing scale and ambition.
You will be part of the centralised data team, aligned to one of the various business domains across Operations and Commercial. This includes providing analytical insight to help OVO teams achieve their goals and working alongside data scientists to develop insight into OVO's data products. You may be working across a range of projects within OVO, for example Zero Carbon Living, Next Best Action, Smart Metering or Industry Operations. The projects you work on will vary in size and scope on a frequent basis.
What will I be doing?
- Sharing and presenting key insights to the stakeholders through storytelling and visualisation techniques.
- Turning teams' goals and hypotheses into well defined data analysis tasks and elaborate upon the Key Performance Metrics.
- Collaborating with the Heads of various business units to ensure they are supported with the data insights they need to be effective. This includes managing incoming requests and promoting opportunities for analytics to help them achieve their goals.
- Partnering with business teams and aligning with their objectives. Develop and support self-serve performance analysis & decision making.
- Providing high quality inference focused analytics in cross-functional teams and becoming an SME to bridge the gaps between the business and technical teams.
- Working with multiple data sources including cloud data-lakes as well as function specific databases, combining analytical and business knowledge to deliver actionable insight.
- Devising processes and systems which allow for better self serve data access, leading to higher data management maturity and more opportunities for automation and innovation
Is this the job for me?
- 1+ years in a similar data or analytical role.
- You will be experienced in core analysis technologies, with excellent SQL & Excel/Sheets skills
- Can confidently build and present meaningful data visualisations, in Excel/Sheets and ideally a dashboarding platform such as Tableau.
- Can interpret graphical representations of data and make recommendations.
- Statistical knowledge including sampling, significance, hypothesis testing and basic probability theory
- Highly numerate & analytical, able to delve into the detail but understand the strategic view
- Able to document and version control your work so others can pick it up and build on it
- Proven ability to engage productively with internal and external stakeholders and hold suppliers effectively to account for performance and meeting commitments.
- Experience of working in a fast paced environment where prioritisation is required
- Excellent presentation and communication skills - able to articulate results clearly and concisely to senior stakeholders.
Brilliant benefits for a world-changing team
Our people are at the heart of Plan Zero. That's why we offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to make you feel at home.
For starters, you'll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).
Then there's Flex Pay. It's an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits.
Here's a taster of what's on offer:
For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more
For your wellbeing
With gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more
For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations
For your home
Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargers
For your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.
Oh, and one last thing...
We'd be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it's just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we're looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We'd still love to hear from you!