Hometrack is the leading provider of property valuation technology and housing market insight in the UK.
Analytics at Hometrack is responsible for delivering key insight and value for Hometrack’s clients, driving product success, customer value and differentiation.
We are looking for an Analytics Manager who combines excellent technical, analytics and consultancy expertise to deliver real value to our clients, identifying opportunities with data and solving emerging challenges.
Analytics consists of a mix of data analysts and analytics consultants, who directly support our client as well as provide essential analytical support to our product teams. The team combines strong technical abilities with plenty of customer engagement to turn data into actionable and understandable insights. In the product space, team members are also assigned into product verticals to support product development and innovation.
Key Responsibilities
- Supports the Head of Analytics by providing day to day team leadership and direction of senior and junior analysts, including considering capacity planning and prioritisation
- Responsible for ensuring the delivery of Hometrack’s suite of analytics solutions across financial services and property data solutions
- Provide technical pre-sales analytical support for commercial opportunities, translating client needs into data-driven solutions and demonstrating potential value.
- Takes direct responsibility for analytical insights for key customers as part of existing commitments or defining and presenting new concepts and insights
- Pro-actively analyses client data to identify value for clients, translating into product or service sales for Hometrack
- Engage and support our commercial and product teams with data and analytical expertise
About you
- You already have, or are able able to quickly develop, domain expertise within mortgages
- You’re passionate about analytics and combine robust data driven methods with data storytelling and creating meaningful insight.
- You take pride in what you do and enjoy taking full ownership and responsibility of your work.
- You’re customer focused and excel in presenting to customers your analytical findings
- You’re a creative problem solver and keenly attentive to detail
- You’re an experienced team leader who has successfully managed and developed data analysts
- You proactively share your skills, knowledge and energy in order to achieve shared ambitions
You have
- Prior experience in Management Consulting and/or a background in Financial Services with a focus on Analytics/Decision Science
- A Bachelors or Masters degree ideally related to Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics etc (degree subject not mandatory - but successful candidates will demonstrate high levels of fluency in data, data analytics and data decision making)
- Hard analytical skills - collect, organise, analyse and disseminate large sets of information with attention to detail and accuracy (Excel, SQL - required; Python)
- Problem solving - passionate about data, finding solutions with data and working with a team to solve a complex problem
- Communication - excellent verbal and written (ppt., data visualisation and word) communication and presentation
- Team management - experience managing and developing junior team members (analysts)
- Ideal candidates will have specific property/mortgage experiences
Behaviours we admire
- Ability to learn quickly, adjust to changes and think outside the box
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Ability to easily build relationships with both colleagues and clients
- Confidence presenting data analysis to technical and non-technical audiences
- Naturally curious to find better and simpler ways to tackle different tasks
- Keen interest in the property and mortgage markets
About us
Hometrack is a leading provider of residential property market intelligence and valuation solutions. Founded in 1999, we are trusted by major mortgage lenders, house builders and government bodies as a source of fast, accurate and precise property information.
Since launching our automated valuation model (AVM) in 2002, we have grown to be the market leader in AVM and now provide over 50 million automated valuations each year to lenders, investors, advisers, developers and housing associations, helping them decide where to invest and develop, what to lend on and how to optimise assets.
Hometrack’s clients account for 75% of the UK mortgage market.
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What We Do
We’ve recently renamed our wider business to ‘Houseful’, which is why the name might be new to you. By doing so, we can now showcase the breadth of our brands and connected capabilities that are driving progress in the property industry. Houseful is the leader in residential property software, data and insight - owning and operating a family of trusted and established brands, including Zoopla, Hometrack, Prime Location, Mojo, Alto and Calcasa. It also means that when you work for one of our brands, you’re part of something much bigger. At Houseful, we are powering better property decisions for everyone - and our door is always open to new applicants, regardless of race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical disability, or length of time spent unemployed.
