Lead Insights Analyst

Location Type

Remote

Role

Data Analyst

Level

Senior

Language (main)

Python

About Forbes Advisor

Forbes Advisor is a prominent online destination for consumers seeking financial advice and insights. As part of the Forbes Media portfolio, it leverages the brand’s longstanding reputation for delivering authoritative content on various financial topics, including personal finance, insurance, investing, and more. The platform aims to empower users by providing them with the necessary tools and information to make informed decisions regarding their finances.

The company offers a wide range of resources, including articles, comparison tools, and educational content that covers various aspects of financial planning. From understanding credit scores to choosing the right insurance policies, Forbes Advisor addresses the needs of consumers at different stages of their financial journeys. The content is curated by experts in the field, ensuring that users receive reliable and relevant information.

In addition to its informative articles, Forbes Advisor features interactive tools that allow users to compare products and services across different financial categories. This functionality enhances the user experience by enabling consumers to evaluate options side by side, making it easier to choose the best financial products that suit their individual needs.

Forbes Advisor also stays current with market trends and financial news, providing timely insights that can help consumers navigate changes in the financial landscape. By combining expert advice with user-friendly tools, the platform positions itself as a trusted partner for individuals looking to improve their financial literacy and make sound financial decisions.

At Forbes Advisor, our mission is to help readers turn their aspirations into reality. We arm people with trusted advice and guidance, so they can make informed decisions they feel confident in and get back to doing the things they care about most.

We are an experienced team of industry experts dedicated to helping readers make smart decisions and choose the right products with ease. Forbes Advisor boasts decades of experience across dozens of geographies and teams, including Content, SEO, Business Intelligence, Finance, HR, Marketing, Production, Technology and Sales. The team brings rich industry knowledge to Forbes Advisor’s global coverage of consumer credit, debt, health, home improvement, banking, investing, credit cards, small business, education, insurance, loans, real estate and travel.

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About the Job

The Role

We are expanding our Analytics function and are seeking an Lead Insights Analyst to join our dynamic and growing Insights team. The ideal candidate will be someone who has a strong analytical mindset, a passion for data-driven decision-making, and is equally passionate about translating complex data into actionable business insights as they are about supporting the growth of their direct reports.

You will manage an insights analyst, based in India and liaise with your counterparts in the UK. Additionally, you will be dedicated to a specific business area working with its General Manager (and their team members) to provide in-depth analysis and build data products to help them make decisions to improve profit performance. You will also represent the wider Data Team (Engineers, BI Analysts, Data Scientists) to the General Manager, and support them with any data-related query they may have. You will collaborate closely with the other insights analysts in the Insights team, who are based in both India and the UK. You will become the data expert for your vertical and will provide recommendations based on data trends and patterns.

This is a critical leadership role as our data organization expands to meet growing demand across media performance, optimization, customer insights, and advanced analytics. If this opportunity excites you, we encourage you to apply.

What you’ll do

Investigate performance, trends, forecasts and bugs across multiple traffic sources and user journeys, reporting back to stakeholders with recommendations
Collaborate with product and development teams to understand and gather their requirements, translating them into technical data requirements.
Contribute to reporting and ad-hoc data requests from the General Manager of your dedicated business area and members of their team.
Accelerate the organisation from basic reporting and analysis to predictive/prescriptive analytics by outputting data products that can be used to generate reusable insights
Act as the primary data contact for your business area, working with the General Manager and members of their team to gather requirements, prioritise projects and communicate progress on a regular basis.
Communicate and answer questions based on your findings and recommendations to an audience of technical and non-technical stakeholders of multiple seniority levels.
Support your direct reports alongside other senior members of the Insights team to answer any technical questions and prioritise work based on value driven to the business
Manage time effectively and prioritise tasks based on value driven to the business
Strike the balance between maintaining high standards of analytical work and delivering value consistently

Qualifications

What you’ll bring:

4+ years of experience in data analytics, with 1+ years in a leadership, management, or senior mentoring role.
Expert-level SQL skills, including advanced functions and a deep understanding of how to query large, complex datasets.
Experience with Python on either statistical analysis or data science concepts.
Familiarity with data from Google Analytics (GA4) and Ad platforms (Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, Taboola, Outbrain etc)
Ability to translate findings into recommendations to stakeholders at multiple levels of seniority in a clear and concise manner
Ability to communicate data to non-technical audiences through the use of reports and visualisations
Able to prioritise across different projects to focus on the highest-impact work and communicate those priorities to junior team members and/or stakeholders
High level of attention to detail, along with the ability to “zoom out” to consider the larger goals
Excellent communication skills and proven ability to work cross-functionally across global teams.

Nice to have:

Experience collaborating with data scientists on ML workflows and experimentation platforms a plus
Experience in GCP
Experience working in agile environments, including sprint planning and ticket scoping

Why join us:

Monthly long weekends – every third Friday off.
Wellness stipend and comprehensive parental-leave policies.
Remote-first culture with flexible hours and a high-trust environment.
Opportunity to shape a world-class data platform inside a trusted global brand.
Work with talented engineers, analysts and media leads inside a globally trusted brand.

Additional Information

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This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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