Data Apprentice

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Job Title: Data Apprentice

Closing Date: 10 March 2025

About us

At Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, our employees are at the heart of our business. Our colleagues provide a range of financial solutions designed around the changing needs of our diverse customers. It doesn’t matter the colour of your skin, the beliefs you value, the people you love or the tattoos you wear, we support you for being you.

Through the doors of Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, you will find a passionate team working to support our customers and our colleagues. We ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to learn and develop.

We want to celebrate your individuality, embrace your personality and welcome you into our culture. It’s the differences of our colleagues that enable us to thrive. We believe our backgrounds, skills and cultures contribute to our shared culture and help us deliver outstanding Customer Experience. Inclusion is the driving force behind our ethos.

At MBFS, we are committed to being a Menopause Friendly Employer. We offer wellbeing support options and resources to assist if you are directly affected by the Menopause, or are supporting someone who is going through the Menopause.

How you’ll play your part

In this role, you will support the Enterprise Data Owner with the aim of maintaining strong relationships with business partners in order to provide analytical and technical support for prioritised analytics and BI activities. You will be responsible for supporting the MBFS UK Reporting, MI & Analytics initiatives, the MBFS Data Quality, Data Literacy and Data Training initiatives and Data Governance programme.

Main Accountabilities

• Support the designing and deploying default, standard, structured, scheduled reporting and default user defined views. Support the building, maintaining and contributing to the standard reusable report library.
• Build MB FS analytics and BI reporting capabilities while also ensuring distribution and delivery of high-quality analytics reporting solutions and BI reports.
• Develop ad hoc reports, dashboards and interactive visualizations using 'Data Strategy' self-serve capabilities.
• Analyse and interpret results for making decisions relevant to their business function.
• Support operationalising the data quality rules defined by data stewards for critical data attributes within their respective domains.
• Help develop Data Quality scorecards that describe the current quality of key governed data which is used by Data stewards to identify discrepancies and data quality issues for resolution.
• Support the design & implementation of a comprehensive literacy program which prepares users to interpret and approach data and accommodate the business and process changes that accompany new D&A technologies and uses.
• Support the Implementation of data and analytics training that focuses on how to use data tools and applications.
• Support the implementation of Data Governance Vision & Strategy.
• Support the Data Governance Charter.
• Help develop Data Governance Metrics.
• Support the documentation of processes, standards & policies.
• Help develop the Data Catalogue.

About you

Please be advised if you already have a degree or higher qualification (e.g. Masters/PhD) in Data or related to Data, you will not qualify for this apprenticeship.

• Studying towards a Digital and Technology Solutions degree apprenticeship.
• Excellent analytical, technical and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of business rules and data standards.
• Knowledge of business systems.
• Basic report design skills.
• Ability to interact with business partners through interpersonal and communication skills.
• Understanding of BI concepts, best practices, and tools.

What’s in it for you?

We’ll offer you a competitive salary and discretionary bonus structure. We also hope you’ll love our products as much as we do, with access to our colleague car schemes. On top of that, you’ll be able to join our pension scheme and you’ll get a flexible benefit pot that can be used to find the benefits that are right for you.

We’re here to support you – we offer access to colleague wellbeing resources, including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and the Inclusion Advocates as well as flexible opportunities to support work life balance. We’ll also encourage your development, with the training and knowledge you need to reach your potential.

What’s next?

When you apply, you’ll be asked to complete a short online application where we’ll ask that you include current CV. You’ll also be asked some application questions, including your current salary information. The Mercedes-Benz recruitment process reflects our obligations under relevant UK legislation. Whilst all applications are carefully considered, we are only able to progress applications from candidates who have the right to work in the United Kingdom.

Please be assured that we’re here to support you throughout the recruitment process and beyond, and reasonable adjustments are available to any candidates who need them. We’re also open to working flexibly and are happy to discuss flexible working options.