Job summary
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HMRC is looking for people with the experience or aptitude to join us in a unique dual role that incorporates elements of both a Data Analyst and Tester. You can look forward to receiving our 12-month tailored training programme, the support of a mentor and excellent potential for career development.
CREST (Compliance and Risk Engineering Solutions Team) sits within Risk and Intelligence Service and is responsible for the management and development of Connect - HMRC’s award-winning strategic data analytics, intelligence, and risking platform. Connect has been upgraded, resulting in an increase to 5,000 users, and around 360 data analysts.
Job description
This role has dual functionality with unique responsibilities:
As a Data Analyst you will have access to one of the biggest data platforms in UK government. This will enable you to lead on the exploration of a range of sophisticated data sets using a variety of analytical tools and techniques. You’ll work with teams across HMRC, enabling you to be at the forefront of tax fraud, evasion, and avoidance. Your analysis will support frontline colleagues across HMRC to deliver our Compliance strategy.
You will need to have real passion for analysis, an innovative approach and be able to enhance analytical products to maximise revenue. You’ll fully exploit new data and technology to ensure that a wide set of innovative opportunities are explored, evaluating options, impacts, risks, and solutions to provide clear problem definitions. This opportunity will give you the skills to help us identify and predict patterns of behaviour to understand emerging trends.
As a Test Engineer this role will enable you to become a Subject Matter Expert in the areas of Connect source data, data delivery pipeline and the risk assurance and QAQC standards. You’ll create testing scripts and lead peers through testing periods, and support workstream leads on key deliverables in areas of risk involving macros, investigating and resolving coding issues, working with stakeholders to quality assure the fixes before deployment.
You’ll be responsible for a range of complex analytical projects, ensuring each meets business and technical requirements, and quality standards. Developing a thorough understanding of the end-to-end process for Change and Data Delivery will provide background for your work.
Data Analysis
- Using a variety of software to analyse and interpret data to come up with conclusions and recommendations.
- Ensuring a set of innovative opportunities are explored; evaluating options, impacts, risks, and solutions to provide transparent problem definitions and encourage exploitation of data and technology.
- Working with collaborators to identify and clarify the overall scope and requirements of the analytical work.
- Identifying and sharing best practice and continuously reviewing our business processes, proactively using analysis to improve our insight and the products we provide.
- Summarising and presenting data and conclusions in the most appropriate format for users
Test Engineering
- Designing, building and testing data products based on feeds from multiple systems, using a range of different storage technologies, access methods or both.
- Creating repeatable and reusable products.
- Explain the concepts and principles of data modelling.
- Produce, maintain and update relevant data models for an organisation’s specific needs.
- Reverse-engineer data models from a live system.
Person specification
Strong organisational and project management skills are needed to manage conflicting demands and priorities, and you’ll have plenty of opportunity to showcase your communication skills, using a range of communication methods as you work with technical and non-technical colleagues across all grades.
Candidate’s will be expected to flex across different elements of work, and this could include providing support to our Data Delivery Service workstream and administrative" activities such as:
- SharePoint Management.
- Issues Log and Feedback Log Maintenance.
- Preparation and Delivery of Presentations.
- Management of Work "Kanban" Planners.
- Creating and managing dashboards
A firm understanding of the importance of Data Security is essential to be able to contribute towards completion of:
- Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA).
- Record Of Processing Activities (ROPA).
- Data Exchange Requests (DER).
You will be able to effectively communicate, collaborate and engage with a wide range of stakeholders, both internal and external.
Please note: Both Data Analyst and Test Engineer roles form part of the Government Digital & Data (GDD) profession in the Civil Service. The essential and desirable criteria below are aligned to the GDD framework - you can read more about this here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/data-analyst
