Data Analyst - FT Specialist

About us

Here at the Financial Times, gold-standard journalism is just the beginning. 500-people strong, our Product and Tech team keeps us ahead of the constantly evolving digital world by delivering innovative products to over one million digital subscribers every day. Our growth plans 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 ambitious spirit, intelligence and opportunity at every turn, there’s no limits to where your FT career will take you.

 

About FT Specialist

A key part of the business, providing significant revenue and contribution to the FT, is Specialist Titles (part of the wider FT Group Products portfolio). 

FT Specialist brings together a portfolio of niche digital publications, including ones with more than 160 years of tradition.

• Investors’ Chronicle
  
  
• The Banker
  
  
• FT Adviser
  
  

About the Team

You will work within the FT Specialist Data & Analytics team, collaborating with other data analysts and data engineers, as well as colleagues from Product, Marketing and Editorial to deliver impactful outcomes for our customers and business teams.

 

About the Role

As a Data Analyst in FT Specialist, you will work across the full data lifecycle, from building and shaping datasets to delivering in-depth analyses and BI dashboards that provide actionable insights and drive business decisions. The role combines analytical thinking with hands-on data work across multiple sources, while also supporting improvements to data quality, tracking and team processes.

We are looking for someone who has a curiosity for interrogating data and understands the value of storytelling with data. Many initiatives focus on customer or audience acquisition, retention, and engagement, supporting operational growth.

 

Main Responsibilities & Requirements

Communication and storytelling 

• A proven ability to tell compelling stories and provide actionable insights using data.
  
  
• Ability to address strategic business questions and inform decision-making with data.
  
  
• Commercial approach - ability to understand the commercial imperatives behind the data needs

Technical proficiency 

• Experience as a Data Analyst, Analytics Engineer, or in a similar analytical role.
  
  
• Proven SQL and experience working with analytical reporting tools, e.g. Looker/Tableau/PowerBI.
  
  
• Ability to work across a wide range of data sets, aggregate and interpret data, derive meaningful metrics and KPIs, and apply strong business acumen to shape insights and contextualise findings.
  
  
• Thorough, inquisitive, with an eye for data quality.
  
  
• Familiarity with data visualisation techniques.
  
  
• Experience with A/B testing or Python for Data Analysis will be considered an advantage.

Stakeholder management 

• Experience of stakeholder management; across both technical and non-technical departments. You will be working with product managers, marketing, editorial and other collaborators to identify business needs and clarify expected outcomes.
  
  
• Ability to extract the true value and underlying business need from requests, including deciphering hidden user needs.
  
  

In Return, We Can Offer You

• Annual bonus scheme
• 25 days paid leave
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced Parental Leave policy
• Food Allowance
• Multisport Card
• Both in house and external training programs
• Your own training dedicated budget (for conferences, courses etc.)

 

We currently operate a hybrid model which requires staff to work onsite 50% of the time, subject to role requirements & regular review. While flexible working requests will be considered, not all patterns are suitable for all roles. We believe this balanced approach supports flexibility and protects our culture, making collaboration and communication easier, building stronger relationships and team cohesion, and supporting peer learning.  We reserve discretion on reasonable notice to change this approach either generally or for specific individuals or teams. 

 

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion 

We believe in the power of unique perspectives and want all voices in our organisation to be heard, respected and valued. A supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves and operate to their full potential. We are committed to removing barriers for everyone, with a focus on addressing those faced by underrepresented groups.

 

Accessibility

We are a disability confident employer and Valuable 500 signatory.

Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments/personalisation 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, email talent@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help.

 

Further information

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Candidates should be aware that the use of AI throughout the application process may be monitored to ensure a fair and transparent hiring process for all.

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