Senior BI Analyst

Collinson is the global, privately-owned company dedicated to helping the world to travel with ease and confidence. The group offers a unique blend of industry and sector specialists who together provide market-leading airport experiences, loyalty and customer engagement, and insurance solutions for over 400 million consumers.


Collinson is the operator of Priority Pass, the world’s original and leading airport experiences programme. Travellers can access a network of 1,500+ lounges and travel experiences, including dining, retail, sleep and spa, in over 650 airports in 148 countries, helping to elevate the journey into something special. We work with the world’s leading payment networks, over 1,400 banks, 90 airlines and 20 hotel groups worldwide.

We have been bringing innovation to the market since inception – from launching the first independent global VIP lounge access Programme, Priority Pass to being the first to sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Direct and creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travel sector with ICLP. Today we still invest heavily in innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver superior customer experiences.

Key clients include Mastercard, American Express, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, LATAM, Flying Blue, Accor, EasyJet, HSBC, Chase, HDFC.

Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit, which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to the communities and people within which we work.

Never short of ambition, the success of our business is delivered through the diverse and talented team of over 2,200 global colleagues.

Purpose of the job

The Senior BI Analyst will play a pivotal role in transforming financial data into actionable insights through advanced analytics and data visualisation. This role reports into the Head of Finance Analytics, a new team that bridges Finance and Data teams in ensuring robust, automated reporting solutions that support decision making and operational efficiency.

Successful candidates for this role will show competence in data interpretation and a passion for problem solving, as well as being comfortable leading meetings and presenting data and information in an organized, cohesive way across the business and up to the highest levels of senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

· Data Visualisation & Reporting

o Design, develop and maintain interactive Tableau dashboards and reports for Finance

and Senior Leadership stakeholders.

o Ensure consistency, accuracy and alignment with financial KPIs and governance

standards.

o Evaluate emerging methods of insights delivery including Data Apps and

· Data Analysis & Insights

o Analyse large, complex datasets to identify trends, variances and opportunities for cost

optimisation and revenue growth.

o Provide insights and act as a data storyteller guiding a wide range of stakeholders to

actions.

· Automation & Process Improvement

o Lead initiatives to automate manual reporting processes leveraging Tableau, SQL and

ETL tools.

o Drive standardisation of reporting frameworks and promote self-service analytics.

o Support Data Science teams in exploring and implementing AI initiatives.

· Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

o Partner with FP&A, Data and Commercial teams to translate business requirements

into technical solutions.

o Act as a subject matter expert for Tableau, BI and Data Storytelling within Finance

o Provide coaching for 3+ Finance BI analysts.

· Governance & Quality Assurance

o Implement data governance controls, ensuring compliance with internal policies and

external regulations.

o Conduct regular data validation and performance tuning of BI solutions.

Knowledge, skills and experience:

· Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as business/data analytics.

· Minimum of 5 years of analytics experience, preferably supporting commercial or finance teams

· Familiarity with financial statements (balance sheet/profit & loss) preferred

· Proficiency in data interpretation with SQL, Python or similar.

· Proficiency in Tableau Cloud features and capabilities.

· Advanced Excel skills preferred (Modern Excel, Power Query and Power Pivot)

· The following experience will be considered advantageous: AWS, Snowflake, Snaplogic, dbt

· Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with excellent attention to detail.

· Ability to work independently and collaboratively on multiple projects simultaneously under time sensitive conditions.

· Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present complex data insights to diverse audiences and refining messages to ensure understanding.

· Ability to prepare and organize data, information, and recommendations in a concise way to various audiences including senior executives/board members.

· Familiarity with process improvement methodologies and automation tools is a plus.

· Have a passion for experimentation, using data and insights to derive hypothesis to test and learn, unlocking learnings and growth.

· Commercially creative in turning ideas into business cases.

· Effective communicator across different lines of business functions.

· Able to build strong relationships across the organizational structure.

· Self-starter, able to work with minimal supervision and oversight, able to overcome challenges independently.

Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: colour, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, family status, age, individuals with disabilities and people from all backgrounds, cultures and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our on-going success.

We are focused on continually evolving our purpose driven, high performing culture, providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Take Action, Do the right thing, One team and Be insight led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think, act and interact, right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients.

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