Data Analyst

Company: Matalan
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Location: Knowsley
Job Description:

About the role

As an Analyst, you will play an important role in turning data into clear, actionable insight that supports effective decision‑making across the business. Working with a range of stakeholders, you will analyse performance, identify trends and opportunities, and help shape recommendations that improve outcomes, efficiency and strategic focus.

This is a hands‑on analytical role suited to someone who combines strong technical capability with commercial awareness and sound judgement. You will be expected to work with a degree of autonomy, manage priorities effectively, and contribute to the continuous improvement of reporting, analytical approaches and decision support across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Analysis & Insight

  • Performance Analysis: Analyse data, trends and key business metrics to identify opportunities, risks and areas for improvement.
  • Evaluation: Support the assessment of initiatives, processes and business changes by measuring outcomes, identifying impact and drawing clear conclusions.
  • Insight Generation: Translate complex or ambiguous data into meaningful insight and practical recommendations for stakeholders.

Operational Excellence & Reporting

  • Data Analysis: Work with data from multiple sources to build a clear understanding of performance, trends and underlying drivers.
  • Reporting & Visualisation: Develop, maintain and enhance reports, dashboards and analytical outputs that provide timely, accurate and accessible insight.
  • Data Quality & Governance: Support high standards of data accuracy, consistency and analytical rigour across reporting and insight generation.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication

  • Stakeholder Communication: Present findings clearly and confidently, tailoring messages to different audiences and levels of seniority.
  • Business Partnering: Build effective working relationships across the business to understand priorities, respond to analytical needs and support evidence‑based decision‑making.
  • Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve reporting, processes and analytical ways of working, and contribute to their implementation.

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Posted: June 12th, 2026