<p><strong>About Cazoo</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Our mission is to transform the car buying experience across the UK by providing better selection, flexibility, transparency, convenience and peace of mind. Our aim is to make getting your next car no different to ordering any other product online today, where consumers can simply and seamlessly purchase, finance or sell us a car entirely online via delivery or collection in as little as 72 hours. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Cazoo was founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneur Alex Chesterman OBE, has a highly experienced management team and is backed by some of the leading global technology investors.</span></p> <p><strong>Job Summary:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">As a Senior Data Analyst at Cazoo you will work within an analytics team focused on supporting our Pricing &amp; Purchasing teams. You will work closely with the key commercial stakeholders, as well as technology teams and fellow analysts to tackle key business problems and enable the business to make better decisions and report on the progress of the team's work.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">In particular, this role will focus on Pricing &amp; Purchasing analytics, ensuring we buy and sell our vehicles at the right price and maximising potential revenue. The Pricing &amp; Purchasing teams are critical to the success of Cazoo, dealing with the start and end journey of every vehicle, from valuing 1000’s of vehicles a day with the aim of purchasing the very best vehicles to optimising our list prices of vehicles to account for multiple factors and utilising machine learning where and when we can as we aim to be the best in market.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">We are looking for an agile creative thinker who relishes bringing data to life and understanding the ins and outs of the data model and their business applications. Strong quantitative and SQL skills are a prerequisite but your ability to practically apply your skills, communicate your findings and drive implementation in the business will set you apart. Your key responsibilities will include:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Collaborating with key stakeholders to help define analytical projects which solve business problems</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Owning these projects from inception to final delivery</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Liaising with senior stakeholders and challenging both the content and prioritisation of work</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Becoming expert at the varied data sources available, and working with key stakeholders to generate relevant metrics and dashboards to aid decision making.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Developing subject matter expertise in all things pricing and purchasing. </span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Digging into the data in creative ways, using your quantitative abilities to drive actionable insight.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Communicating findings and actions to both business and technical audiences and working collaboratively across functions to ensure timely implementation.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Plan and implement large-scale changes to our Data Warehouse model</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Essential skills and attributes required for success:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Excellent SQL and experience working with SQL databases, including Data Warehousing technologies such as AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery or Snowflake.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Adept at understanding the needs of stakeholders and translating them into analytical requirements</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Experience making data tell a story through data presentation, visualisation tools and techniques</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Strong problem solving skills</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Enthusiasm and flexibility to learn new programming languages and tools.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Ability to work effectively across functions, disciplines and levels.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Excited to do things the right way from the ground up.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Adaptable and positive, can-do attitude.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">4+ years of working with data and analytics in a commercial setting</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Desirable</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Experience working in areas of pricing or purchasing analytics</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Completion of a degree or course with a strong quantitative element</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Programming experience, especially in Python or familiarity with Linux/UNIX</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Experience with standard software engineering practices such as version control (github / gitlab)</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Experience with DBT</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Useful info:</strong></h2> <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Our selection process will typically involve a chat on the phone, a 1-hour multiple choice knowledge test, and a couple hours of interviews where you’ll have a chance to meet the team. </span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight:400;">We are committed to ensuring accessibility in our interviews. From a physical disability standpoint, we have ensured our office is accessible but please do let us know if you have any issues or requests. </span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight:400;">Similarly, we want to ensure neurodiverse candidates feel confident and comfortable with our interview process but appreciate there is not a ‘one size fits all’ approach to this. Please let us know if you need any changes made to the interview process to accommodate yourself well.</span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight:400;">In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example - she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).</span></em></p> <p><br><br><br></p>