About Us

Here at the FT, gold-standard journalism is just the beginning. 500-people strong, our Product & Tech team keeps us ahead of the ever-changing digital landscape by delivering cutting-edge products to over one million digital subscribers every day. Our plans for growth rely on a diverse, dedicated and dynamic group of product, tech, delivery and data specialists - everyone's welcome in this friendly, forward-thinking team. And with entrepreneurial spirit, intelligence and opportunity at every turn, there's no limits to where your FT career will take you.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace

At the FT, we aim for employees across all regions to have a voice so that diverse perspectives are heard and valued. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work and have the flexibility they need to meet their personal needs. We'll continue to remove barriers for all, and in particular barriers facing employees from underrepresented groups.

About the team

The FT has an ambitious growth plan focused on the US and a multidisciplinary team has been created to work towards our goals. As a Senior Analyst, you will be focused on providing actionable insight to help the team make decisions as well as project managing all analytics related components. You will be reporting into the Insight Analytics team, but will also have a dotted line into the US Strategy Product Manager, meaning you split your time between the two teams and travel to the NY office a couple of times. This is a fantastic role for anyone looking for the excitement and pace of a start-up but with the resources and expertise of a well-established legacy brand.

About the Role

Over the next few years we have ambitious targets to grow the FT's global paying audience. This can only be achieved with the tools, knowledge and insights provided by the Data Analytics team. We are looking for someone who has a curiosity for interrogating data, is masterful in experimentation and understands the value of storytelling with data.

Main Responsibilities

Communication and storytelling

• A proven ability to tell compelling stories and provide actionable insights using data

• Enthusiasm for data visualisation, and familiarity with techniques and tools

Technical proficiency

• Analyst experience and experience with web analytics

• Proven SQL and Excel skills, and experience working with analytical reporting tools, e.g. Looker/Tableau/PowerBI

• Thorough, inquisitive, with an eye for data quality

• Experience of A/B or multivariate testing and statistical test design

• Desirable: Experience working with B2B data

Stakeholder & Workload management

• Experience of stakeholder management; across both technical and non-technical departments

• Close collaboration with other Data and Analytics disciplines; BI, Data Science, User Research, Audience Feedback, Data Platforms, Tracking Architecture & Governance etc.

• Ability to manage numerous simultaneous projects and effectively prioritise workload.

• Ability to lead small groups of analysts to collaborate on projects.

Benefits

• 25 days of leave, increasing to 30 after two years. We also offer additional flexi-days at 30% pay.

• Pension plan, the company will double your contribution up to 18% total

• Free gym membership via GymPass, or subsidised access to Nuffield Health

• Enhanced maternity & paternity packages

• Other schemes include: childcare vouchers, give as you earn, cycle to work, travel loans, healthcare, dental, life assurance

• Full details of our benefits can be found here.

How we work

We offer a strict 35 hour working week to all staff in our London office. Our hybrid setup means staff are expected to come into the office 2 days a week on average. We operate flexibly and thus this 2 day a week figure should be taken as a general ratio of the time you will spend in the office.

Our office is located across the street from St. Paul's Cathedral and is easily accessible from all corners of London. There are the main train terminals such as Liverpool Street, Moorgate, Blackfriars, City Thameslink or Waterloo all situated within walking distance or there are several tube stations within a few mins walk such as Mansion House (District or Circle line), St. Paul's (Central line), Bank (Central or Waterloo & City line) or Barbican (Central, Hammersmith & City or Metropolitan lines).

Further Information

The FT are committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please contact a member of our HR team who will be happy to help.