BI Developer

Job title: BI Developer

Based at: Flexible Location

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

About the role

Over recent years the Jockey Club Group has invested in the tools to consolidate, analyse and visualise data to drive business performance. We have successfully implemented PowerBI dashboards to provide key business reporting. The BI Developer will be responsible for developing and maintaining new and existing reporting tools, turning data into information, information into insight and insight into actionable business decisions.

About The Jockey Club

The Jockey Club stages thrilling sporting occasions and live events nationwide including The Grand National, The Cheltenham Festival and The Derby. Millions of people every year enjoy the special experiences we offer through racing, music, food and entertainment on racedays and beyond.

As the largest commercial group in British racing, we are guided by our mission to act for the long term good of the sport. Every penny we make goes back into racing to promote excellence within Britain’s second biggest spectator sport. Our people are what makes this possible

At The Jockey Club people are at the heart of what we do and drive our success. We are inclusive and actively seek to attract people with unique backgrounds and perspectives. Diverse, collaborative teams are pivotal to our success and support the potential and growth of all our people.

The BI Developer will

• Create new reports through both the formatting of existing data sources, and the construction and integration of new ones into our PowerBI gateway.
• Work with end users to scope and design PowerBI dashboards and reports with intuitive and user-friendly visualisations.
• Ensure accuracy of content and consistency of design of new reports.
• Support the wider the insights team, ensuring teams are equipped to respond quickly to ad hoc business requests for information, data and insight using the BI tools.
• Pro-actively identify opportunities and make recommendations for improvements. Scoping new reports in conjunction with end users.
• Create new reports through both the formatting of existing data sources, and the construction and integration of new ones.
• Provide training to user groups.
• Drive effective data led decision making, including the post implementation report of projects and initiatives.
• Become a subject matter expert and advocate of Business Intelligence and Insight within the company.
• Becoming an advocate of data discipline within the company to ensure continuous improvement in reporting outputs.

About you

• Strong formal planning and organisational skills.
• Detailed analytical abilities.
• Excellent communicator with an eye for detail and the ability to explain complex logic to non-technical audiences ·
• Highly numerate and excited to work with data, interpreting the numbers and translating them into actionable items.
• High level Microsoft Excel skills.
• A fast learner, willing to challenge current approach and research best practice for BI developments going forwards
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in related technical field.
• 3 + years of associated work experience.
• Proven experience of working in and writing SQL, handling large datasets, confident in navigating existing views and stored procedures, utilising joins, group bys and windowed functions to script new ones.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience of working with Power BI, or similar business intelligence software.

What we offer in return

• All colleagues can go along to any of our race day or music events free of charge – along with 3 friends or family with our TeamPass Ticket scheme.
• An award-winning pension scheme provider with a generous employer contribution
• A healthcare cash back plan enabling you to claim money back on health & wellbeing services.
• 25 days annual leave
• Access to a suite of Learning & Development training resources from renowned providers
• A whole host of other benefits including free eyecare vouchers, a ride to work cycle scheme & discounts across varying retailers & services.

If you think you have everything we’re looking for and more, then we’d love to hear from you. Don’t hang around, our closing date for this vacancy is September 25th but we reserve the right to bring this forward if we have a high volume of applications.

This role may be subject to a criminal record check, standard or enhanced DBS check or BHA Suitability Check. By applying you confirm that you are happy for these checks to be carried out.