Lead Data Analyst

The Lead Data Analyst is a fully-participating member of a cross-functional team working autonomously on technology development and problem resolution in the Enterprise Data & Analytics space. The role involves the analysis aspects of sourcing and transforming data to ensure it delivers the insights required by Emirates Airlines and Emirates Group business stakeholders.

In this role, you will:

• Understands business domains well (e.g. airline, passenger, pilot & crew, aircraft, HR, Finance). Work with product owners and business users to understand operational source system data and business transformation/data cleansing rules required to ensure that analytical solutions generate the insights required by the business. Operate with a data-driven mindset, helping the business generate those insights based on data.
• Cross fertilize knowledge across department via upskilling sessions or on the job trainings offered to interested stakeholders. Train and support teams across departments in understanding and utilizing the Analytics products to make data-backed decisions.
• Assist in the collection of data dictionaries and the creation of business glossaries. Maintain core data repositories as data sources and interfaces change over time.
• Understand and maintain data models and interfaces for the analytical environment to understand the availability of data for the required business reports.
• Conduct simple data gap analysis and data profiling to analyse the availability and quality of incoming data and advise on any data cleansing rules, or issue resolution options in case of incidents (including analysis of potential data quality issues). Incorporate business transformation rules into solution designs or mapping documents to ensure solutions provide timely business value.
• The document proposed or modified data interfaces, including fit for data models, data flow timing, source-to-target mapping, uniqueness criteria, and data transformation rules including data validations and controls.
• Provide feedback on logical and physical data models to ensure they effectively meet the analytical requirements and expectations.
• Collaborate with the quality engineers to identify areas that need to be validated and ensure data exposed to business stakeholders satisfies their analytical needs.
• Keep current on evolving Emirates Airlines and Emirates Group data and analytics business knowledge domains to accurately assess the quality of the data and ensure business glossaries remain up-to-date.