Senior Analyst

Company Description

Informa Tech sits at the heart of a thriving business technology community.

And by providing market insight and market access across multiple specialist technology markets, we connect, inform and inspire the technology industry to build a better, more sustainable world and start conversations that really matter.

At Informa Tech, you'll be joining a vibrant community of over 2000 colleagues across 19 locations, and a fast-paced international company that’s part of the UK’s FTSE 100 group of leading businesses. Where else can you rub shoulders with big brands and leading experts, in exciting places, alongside some of the most respected colleagues in our markets?

Informa Tech informs, educates and connects the technology community through world-class research, training, events and media. A vibrant community of over 1,000 colleagues across 19 locations, we’re dedicated to inspiring the tech community to design better, to build better.

Which is why we champion you, the individual, to make an impact through change and innovation. Life at Informa means more freedom and fewer barriers. Our entrepreneurial spirit runs deep, encouraging our team to stick their hands up to spark innovation, or get stuck in to deliver amazing results. It’s time to feel the impact of your work and enjoy making a difference. Are you ready to start your future, today?

Job Description

We’re now looking for a Senior Analyst to join our Government & Manufacturing team.

To provide unique, distinct and valuable research and market intelligence on Smart Buildings & Energy Infrastructure contributing to the success of Omdia’s Smart Infrastructure area and consulting in terms of research quality and timelines. The Senior Analyst role is responsible for:

• Data – collecting secondary research and working with primary data. 
• Work with complex quantitative market models and forecasts​
• Reports – detailed and insightful text to support data and to provide customers with clear guidance on market outlook, trends, landscape and tech impact
• Presentations – developing presentations in support of research projects and external commercial activites. 
• Commercial - working with sales and marketing to generate revenues and support the to to market proposition for Smart Buildings. 
• Consulting – working on market specific custom consulting projects 

Key responsibilities

• The Senior Analyst is expected to assume the following key responsibilities plus any other reasonable duties as required:

• Coverage – Produce primary research collecting data and intelligence from the market and applying this to researh products 
• Secondary research - collecting a variety of secondary research to support ongoing analyst products.
• Building base data – Produce primary and secondary research to build credible base data; ensuring sufficient and continually improving coverage of market players; creating estimates where publicly available sources are not available; ensuring consistency with related data/markets; logging all assumptions and workings in a clear way; identifying time saving workarounds​
• Analysis – assist in providing qualitative analysis where possible to support and justify data with a focus on change and development; understand and communicate the “so what?”; discuss the impact of technology and key market trends; include guidance on risks and opportunities 

Qualifications

• Ability to work in corporate environments with a proactive approach to market research and data collection.
• A hunger to learn and develop new skills.
• Any data and information gathering skills considered a bonus
• Multitasking – ability to prioritise competing tasks effectively​
• Ability to find and piece together data from multiple sources and to connect the dots; able to create the “story”​
• Use assumptions and logical thinking to create estimates and scenarios 
• Planning and executing deliverables to capture key research highlights
• Excel – some grasp of Excel for data building, data manipulation, and pivot table creation​
• Experience working collaboratively towards a common goal; knows who and where to seek support ​
• Proficient in English

Additional Information

You can make a real impact at Informa Tech, because what we do matters – and we do it at scale. Informa Tech is a division of Informa, where no two days are the same and you’ll find the freedom, opportunity and support of a fantastic community.

Our benefits include: 

• Competitive Leave Policy (Annual Leave, Birthday Leave, Voluntary Leave and many more!) 

Employee experience is very important to us. On top of joining a supportive, diverse and ambitious team that welcomes all types of candidates. We are also flexible with different working patterns and prioritise promotions internally.

We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under local law

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