Financial analyst jobs in birmingham, west midlands
Remote (UK-based) | Full-time (4.5 day week) - temporary until 31st March 2026
Do your best work, for the right reasons.
At Oak, our work in data and analytics helps power our mission, ensuring that public funds are used wisely, transparently, and to the greatest impact for teachers and pupils across the UK.
Oak is a fully remote, mission-driven organisation offering high levels of flexibility, autonomy, and purpose. We’re a national not-for-profit working in partnership with teachers to create the highest-quality, sequenced curriculum and lesson resources for pupils across all subjects and age groups.
Our culture has been independently recognised through:
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Flexa verified (93% overall score, including 95% for working hours and 97% for role modelling)
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Escape the City's Top 1% Employers – based on anonymous colleague reviews of culture, development, and impact
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Investors in People Gold - through external accreditation and colleague feedback
�� About the Role
At Oak, data analysis isn’t just about understanding outcomes, it’s about enabling impact. You’ll work at the heart of a mission-driven, fully remote organisation that takes pride in the clarity, fairness, and transparency of its financial management.
You’ll work with people across Oak to help them to track, measure and understand the impact of their work using data analysis, data visualisation, and communication skills.
This is a hands-on role with opportunities to work across the data life-cycle, from data collection, cleaning and transformation, analysis, and presentation. You'll have the opportunity to hone both your technical and interpersonal skills in the exciting Ed-Tech field.
�� What You’ll Be Doing
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Provides support for ensuring data and analytics drive knowledge, insights and shared context for the organisation.
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Drives the continuous improvement and quality of Oak’s insight generation tools, ensuring the organisation is supported to draw insight from Oak’s data.
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Produce and maintain high-quality visualisations that support both internal and third party educational research and insights.
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As a member of the Oak Team, you will contribute to the wider success and culture of the organisation and support and role model our five values: create the right environment, be a great colleague, own your role but work for the team, make things happen, and keep getting better.
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Work in cross-functional and product oriented squads with colleagues from across the organisation, as required.
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Support all work across Data and Analysis and take on other general responsibilities as required..
�� What We’re Looking For
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Demonstrable experience and understanding of conducting data analysis, generating insights and visualising data.
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Comfortable working with stakeholders from non-analytical backgrounds, gathering requirements, and translating them into structured analytical questions and approaches.
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Highly data literate with a good working knowledge of data types, the use of basic descriptive statistics (e.g. mean, standard deviation), and how to use data visualisation tools and techniques effectively to communicate insight.
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Ability to logically structure approaches to data transformation and analysis (e.g. sequentially / modularly) coupled with a strong understanding of how analytical programming languages (e.g. SQL, Python, R etc) can be used to support this..
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You will be comfortable working at pace, with a range of digital systems (including proprietary ones as required) and you will continuously look at ways that the team can keep getting better. You will be excellent at working as part of a remote team, building relationships and managing your time effectively.
�� Our Benefits
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25 days annual leave, plus one extra day for each year of service (up to 28)
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Additional Oak closure days over Christmas/New Year
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11% employer pension contribution (with no minimum employee contribution)
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Fully remote working — we’ll support your home set-up and offer coworking options if preferred
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Twice-yearly in-person offsites to collaborate, connect, and have fun
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A culture that genuinely supports flexibility, autonomy, and trust
�� Inclusion and Belonging
We believe diverse teams build better products. We warmly welcome applicants from all backgrounds, particularly those who are underrepresented in the tech and education sectors.
We use the Applied recruitment platform to help reduce bias in our hiring process.
�� Key Info
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Location: Remote, but you must be based in the UK with the legal right to work here
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Sponsorship: Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time
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Closing date: We’ll be reviewing applications as they come in and may close the role early
If this sounds like the kind of role and team where you could do your life’s best work, we’d love to hear from you.
Next steps
You’ll answer some questions related to the requirements of the role and the culture at Oak. After the advert closes, your answers will go through our sift process: all answers will be anonymised, randomised, and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers (real humans).
If you are shortlisted, we’ll invite you to a remote interview on Zoom.
We love giving feedback, so at the end of the application process we'll share how well you performed.
We are aiming to start interviews in late November/early December.
We are experiencing really good responses to our job adverts. This may lead us to close the role early, so if you are considering applying then please get your application in early to avoid missing out.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are recruiting three Digital Product Managers, to join our Digital and Service Design Team on a 23 month Fixed Term Contract.
The Fund is embarking on an exciting digital journey over the coming years. This role will put you at the heart of those ambitions. You will take a lead role in helping us to translate these ambitions in to operational reality through improving our current digital service. If you love a challenge, including delivering ambitious outcomes, whilst working collaboratively with a rapidly growing digital team then this role is perfect for you.
The role is crucial in helping us deliver our digital strategy. As a Digital Product Manager you will take ownership of one or more of our critical digital products (and the relevant part of the service journey). That could be further improving an existing digital product like the recently launched website, or designing and developing a new digital product as part of our future digital roadmap.
This is a senior role with real impact, and you will have the opportunity to lead multidisciplinary teams to achieve great results for our colleagues and the wider community.
As part of the Digital and Service Design team, you will:
- Lead on the design, development, and launch of new digital products.
- Set a clear direction for your product(s), whilst maintaining focus on measurable outcomes.
- Take responsibility for overseeing the ongoing product lifecycle of existing digital products including roadmap development activity.
- Lead multi-disciplinary digital product teams, embedding best practice, whilst empowering colleagues to deliver the greatest impact.
You will also:
- Demonstrate strong strategic awareness, including balancing user needs, organisational priorities, and strategic objectives.
- Work with your peers to establish a product management methodology for the Fund, and mentor/coach colleagues to increase capability at the Fund.
- Work with colleagues across our portfolios, data, impact, technology and communications to embed organisational change (including leading business readiness activity).
We are entering an exciting period of change, guided by our Digital Strategy. You will need to be comfortable working in a changing environment, driving new ways of working and helping others adapt. You should be keen to learn and apply digital, agile and user-centred design approaches.
If you are looking to develop your career or take on a new challenge we would invite you to come and have a chat to find out more.
Expectation on travel or location: we have four away days a year where you will be expected to attend across the UK.
Interview details:
- Date: 10 - 12 December 2025
- Format: Virtual
Location: UK - We have a hybrid approach to working, work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidate. The role can be based at any of our UK offices, these are Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Newcastle and Newtown.
We will be hosting a briefing session on: Thursday 20th November 12:45 – 13:30 pm, to register or ask any questions please contact the recruitment team.
How to apply:
Upload your CV in word format and write a supporting statement (1000 words) with the following criteria, we will use this to score your application.
Essential Criteria:
- Deep expertise in digital product management, with a track record of successfully managing products through the various stages of the product lifecycle.
- Demonstrated ability to set and communicate a compelling product vision, and deliver outcome-driven improvements.
- Communicate and influence with impact, with proven ability to influence at senior leadership level, and the ability to build consensus, navigate challenge, and communicate technical or complex decisions clearly.
- Proven leadership of multidisciplinary teams, with a focus on building capabilities, continuous development, and inclusive team culture.
- Excellent problem-solving and prioritisation skills, using research, data and input from diverse stakeholders to make evidence-based decisions.
- Adept at managing change and adoption, bringing energy, resilience and drive to embed new ways of working with a track record of delivering change in a large complex organisation with multiple stakeholders.
Desirable Criteria:
- Ability to measure and evaluate product success, including defining KPIs, analysing user behaviour and feedback (and iterating to deliver impact).
- Understanding of technology, design, data, and business processes in a complex organisation. Note: one role will be focussed on transforming our data capabilities.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
Non Charity Employer
501 - 1000
It starts with community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Join MSI UK as a Lead Analytics Engineer and make a real impact with your skills.
Are you ready to lead transformative analytics in a mission-driven organisation? At MSI Reproductive Choices UK, we’re looking for a Lead Analytics Engineer to shape the future of data-driven decision-making in one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare.
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £58,969.32 - £64,866.26 (Depending on experience)
The Role
As Lead Analytics Engineer, you’ll:
- Design and deliver impactful analytics solutions using Power BI and Azure Analysis Services.
- Lead a team of analytics professionals, mentoring and setting best practices.
- Introduce machine learning and AI to support predictive insights.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to drive data-informed decisions across the organisation.
What You’ll Bring
- Proven experience in analytics, BI, or data science with both hands-on technical delivery and leadership responsibilities.
- Expertise in Power BI, SQL, and semantic modelling.
- Experience applying ML / AI techniques (e.g., predictive modelling, NLP) to real-world problems.
- Excellent communication skills and a passion for mentoring.
- A degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience;
- Relevant certifications in Power BI, Azure, or data science are a plus.
What We Offer – More Than Just a Job
We support your wellbeing, growth, and work-life balance with a range of benefits:
Financial Benefits
- Competitive salary with clear progression
- Up to 5% employer pension contribution
- Blue Light Card discounts
Health & Wellbeing
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- GP consultations via Doctor Line
- On-site Mental Health First Aiders
Work-Life Balance
- Bank holidays and weekends off
- Birthday bonus day off
- Family-friendly policies
Career Development
- Training and development
- Accredited apprenticeship opportunities
- Clear career progression routes
Ready to lead with data? Apply now and drive meaningful change.
Registered Charity
501 - 1000
We have been providing NHS-funded and private abortion and vasectomy care through our network of local clinics across England for over 40 years.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Data & Research Manager plays a key role in Youth Futures Foundation’s Impact and Evidence team, helping us understand and address youth unemployment in England.
The postholder will lead on managing our data infrastructure including our flagship youth labour market dashboard and contribute to the design, commissioning, and delivery of high-quality quantitative research and analysis.
They will combine strong technical skills with the ability to communicate data-driven insights clearly to internal and external audiences, influencing policy and practice to improve employment outcomes for young people.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Managing the design, commissioning and delivery of economic, quantitative social research and data analysis projects using a wide range of methods, including primary and secondary data analysis, and evidence reviews
- Critically reviewing research proposals, manage contracts and budgets, and ensure high quality outputs
- Developing evidence tools, gap maps and frameworks to address youth unemployment, and identify and prioritise evidence gaps to meet stakeholder needs
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with a range of external partners.
For a full role description and person spec, please download our recruitment pack.
Due to receiving high volumes of interest in our opportunities, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised deadline. To ensure your application is considered, please submit it as soon as possible.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
We are the national What Works Centre for youth employment, with a specific focus on marginalised young people.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.