Jake Pickering

Business Intelligence Analyst | Data, AI & Analytics | Paysafe

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Passionate about transforming complex data from a variety of sources into actionable insights for leadership decision-making

Experience

  • Business Intelligence Analyst at Paysafe
    Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

  • FE fundinfo (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)
    • Senior BI Analyst
      Apr 2025 - Jul 2025 · 4 mos

    • Business Intelligence Analyst
      Sep 2023 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

      • Led the tracking & reporting of resource allocation of 6 internal functions across 15 different countries • Developed 10 dynamic Power BI dashboards for the Leadership Team, enabling detailed monitoring of the evolving costs of 231 projects • Collaborated with HR to create People-focused reports for senior stakeholders to analyse skill gaps across departments, salary against performance scores and other key metrics such as attrition, cost variance & diversity. • Coordinated closely with senior management to seek feedback on built dashboards, understand their ad-hoc requests and execute these through constant iterations & improvements. • Built dashboards from scratch that automatically refreshed by utilising APIs & SharePoint and employed Row-Level Security to restrict access to certain departments for users and deliver a tailored experience. • Utilised a data lakehouse & dataflows to ingest huge data from various sources such as Azure, AWS & internal forecasting spreadsheets to provide a complete, live picture of the £7m Cloud spend landscape. • The Cloud dashboard became a one-stop shop for senior stakeholders & technical users alike to quickly identify trends and any significant variances that need addressing • Acted as a key point of contact for service delivery managers, HR & Finance when it comes to resource forecasting, actuals tracking & cloud spend.

  • Data & Analytics Associate at PwC
    Sep 2022 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Developed 12 comprehensive Power BI dashboards tailored to various departments & stakeholders within a government agency enhancing decision-making capabilities. • Streamlined the data processing pipeline by leveraging Alteryx’s capabilities resulting in significantly faster processing times, accurate data and dynamic dashboards. • Engaged with a leading aviation analytics company & different internal PwC teams to identify data-driven solutions in the industry and the potential for a professional partnership. • Designed & implemented an intuitive, custom dashboard enabling the partner and management team to track to effortlessly track finances and team performance metrics in real-time. • Actively pursued professional development through engagement in numerous courses & certificates such as the Alteryx Designer Core Certification, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals & a 22-hour training course in Power BI. • Took on a leadership role by organising & leading a weekly Alteryx challenge for the team, fostering teamwork & collaboration to explore different perspectives when problem-solving. • Contributed to a positive team culture by serving on the social committee, fostering a sense of community & enhancing team morale.