Data Analyst CV Example (Ireland)

A Data Analyst in Ireland is hired by two kinds of employer: the Dublin and Galway offices of the multinationals, where the work is product, marketing or operations analytics for a European region, and Irish businesses and public bodies, where one analyst often serves the whole organisation. Both read a CV for SQL first, then a BI tool and a scripting language, then proof that someone acted on your analysis. Hiring managers have seen too many dashboards nobody opens.

The Sample CV below is for a Data Analyst with five years at an insurer and an energy supplier in Galway. Each bullet pairs a method with a result: a switching analysis that changed a tariff, a Power BI model that replaced weekly spreadsheets for forty managers, a set of data checks that let the regulatory return go out clean.

Tailor the domain and the tools to each vacancy. A marketing analytics role in a Dublin tech office wants attribution and experiments; an insurance or energy role wants retention and regulatory reporting; a public sector competition on publicjobs.ie wants competency examples. Name the advert's BI tool exactly (Power BI, Tableau or Looker) and move the matching project up. The US counterpart of this page is the data analyst resume example, written for American employers on Letter paper; the financial analyst CV example for Ireland shows the finance side of the same skills.

Updated . The person and employers in this Sample CV are fictional. Written for applicants in Ireland; the page for applicants in the US is the data analyst resume example.

Data Analyst sample CV

Drawn at A4 proportions, the paper an Irish CV is printed on.

Darragh Keaveney

Data Analyst, SQL, Power BI and Python

Galwaydarragh.keaveney@example.com086 555 0131

Summary

Data Analyst with five years in insurance and energy, working in SQL, Python and Power BI for teams spread across Galway and Dublin. Built the switching analysis that led the supplier to launch a loyalty tariff and replaced seven weekly spreadsheet reports with one self-serve Power BI model. Known for turning a vague question from a manager into a clear answer with a chart they can forward.

Experience

Data Analyst, Corrib Grid Energy

– Present

Galway

  • Analysed three years of smart meter and billing data in SQL and Python to find when households switch supplier; the findings shaped a loyalty tariff that reduced churn in its first two quarters.
  • Built a Power BI model for 40 operations and customer care managers that replaced seven weekly spreadsheet reports and saves the team about twelve hours a week.
  • Designed and read out six A/B tests on the online switching journey with the digital team, including sample sizes and guardrail metrics.
  • Wrote data quality checks on the customer and meter tables that catch missing or duplicated records before the CRU regulatory return is built.
Reporting Analyst, Lough Atalia Insurance

–

Galway

  • Produced weekly sales, claims and lapse reports for 60 branch and broker managers and trained the regional managers to use them.
  • Automated the monthly Central Bank of Ireland data return in Power Query and SQL, cutting preparation from three days to half a day.
  • Built a lapse analysis by policy age and channel that helped the pricing team target renewal discounts with less give-away.

Education

Higher Diploma in Science in Data Analytics (Level 8, Springboard+)

University of the Western Seaboard, Galway

BSc in Mathematical Science

University of the Western Seaboard, Galway

Skills

  • SQL (PostgreSQL, SQL Server)
  • Python (pandas)
  • Power BI and DAX
  • Tableau
  • Excel and Power Query
  • A/B testing
  • Cohort, lapse and churn analysis
  • Data cleaning and modelling
  • dbt
  • GDPR-aware data handling
  • Stakeholder reporting

Certifications

  • Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300), Microsoft,

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How an Irish CV differs

A data analyst CV in Ireland is read for the qualification first, as most Irish CVs are: the level on the National Framework of Qualifications (a Level 8 degree, a Level 9 master's, or a Level 8 Higher Diploma conversion through Springboard+) sits near the top, with the college named. After that it is the same evidence an American hiring manager wants, SQL, a BI tool and decisions changed, but set among Irish employers: the Dublin and Galway offices of the multinationals, the banks and insurers answering to the Central Bank, the semi-states, and the public bodies that hire through publicjobs.ie. Two sides of A4, no photo, referees on request, and GDPR named where you handled personal data.

For a data analyst in Ireland

  1. Qualification and NFQ level near the top

    Give the degree, the college and the NFQ level, and name a Springboard+ or Higher Diploma conversion plainly. Irish recruiters, and the public sector in particular, screen on the level before the skills.

  2. Dublin tech office or Irish business

    A regional analytics role in a US multinational's Dublin office and the only analyst at an Irish insurer are different jobs. Say which you did, the region you covered and the teams you served.

  3. GDPR and the Data Protection Commission

    Where you handled customer or patient data, say how: pseudonymised extracts, access controls, retention periods. Irish employers are audited on it and the phrase on your CV answers a question before it is asked.

  4. Public sector competitions and competency examples

    The CSO, the HSE, Revenue and the semi-states recruit through competency-based application forms with set questions. Keep your CV bullets in whole sentences with a situation, an action and a result so they paste into the form.

  5. Right to work in one line

    If you hold a Critical Skills Employment Permit, a Stamp 4 or EU citizenship, say so in a line near the contact details. Dublin employers ask on the first call and it saves a round trip.

Every CV in Ireland

A4 paper
The page is A4. Irish employers print and file on A4, and a Letter-sized PDF is the first sign a CV was written for the US.
Two pages is normal
Two pages is the norm for an Irish CV. Graduates fit one; nobody needs three unless the role is senior.
No photo
No photo, date of birth or marital status. Irish employers do not ask for them, and leaving them off keeps the page about the work.
Dates as DD/MM/YYYY
Day, month, year where a full date appears; month and year for each role. The US month-first order confuses the reader.
Irish English
Irish English follows British spelling: organise, programme, centre, licence, specialise.
Town or Dublin postal district, not a street address
"Dublin 8" or "Cork" is enough on the contact line. A full address is not expected, and the US-style "City, ST 12345" line never is.

More on applying in Ireland, with every CV example for it, on the Ireland page.

Templates for the data analyst CV

All templates

Every template exports on A4. The previews are drawn on Letter; the editor sets the page size when you export.

How the CV changes with experience

The same data analyst CV, written at three levels: a profile and three bullets for each.

Entry level

Zero to two years, or a first post in the title

Data analytics graduate of a Springboard+ Higher Diploma with a maths degree, strong SQL and a portfolio of three analyses on Irish open data. Explains findings clearly in writing and in charts.

  • Analysed five years of CSO housing data in SQL and presented the county-level trends to a class panel.
  • Built a Power BI report for a Galway charity's weekly food bank that helped it plan its orders.
  • Cleaned and merged survey data from three sources for a lecturer's research project on commuting.

Mid level

Three to seven years, owns a process or a workload

Data Analyst with four years answering product and marketing questions for a Dublin SaaS office with SQL, Python and Looker, and turning them into decisions for the EMEA team.

  • Own weekly reporting on acquisition and retention for the EMEA marketing team.
  • Built the funnel analysis that found the sign-up step losing the most users in the German market.
  • Standardised metric definitions across three dashboards so the Dublin and Austin teams stopped arguing about the numbers.

Senior

Eight years or more, leads people, budgets or programmes

Senior Data Analyst with nine years leading analytics for an Irish semi-state, setting metric standards and advising the executive on investment and service decisions.

  • Lead a team of three analysts supporting operations, finance and the regulatory affairs team.
  • Built the organisation's first demand forecasting model, now used in annual planning and the CRU submission.
  • Present monthly performance and recommendations to the executive team and the board's audit committee.

Skills to put on the data analyst CV

Hard skills

SQL
It is the first skill tested in almost every Irish data analyst interview, so show it in your bullets, not only in the skills list.
A BI tool such as Power BI, Tableau or Looker
Adverts name one, and dashboards people actually open are the visible output of the role.
Python or R
Scripting lets you go beyond the BI tool, and it separates analysts who are ready for harder questions.
Excel and Power Query
Managers in Irish businesses still live in spreadsheets, and advanced Excel is how your work reaches them.
Experimentation and statistics
Reading an A/B test correctly protects a company from a bad decision, and the Dublin tech offices expect it.
Data protection and GDPR
Irish employers answer to the Data Protection Commission, and an analyst who handles personal data carefully is trusted with more of it.

Soft skills

Storytelling with data
An analysis only counts once a manager acts on it, so show the decision your chart led to.
Curiosity about the business
Asking why the question matters before writing the query produces answers people use.
Stakeholder management
An analyst serves several teams at once, and ordering the requests well keeps the important questions answered first.

Mistakes that cost data analyst interviews

  1. Dashboards without users

    Built dashboards tells a hiring manager nothing. Say who used them, how often, and what they replaced or decided, such as seven weekly spreadsheets for forty managers.

  2. A tool list with no depth

    SQL, Python, R, SAS, Tableau and Power BI in one line raises doubts. Keep the tools you use well and show each one in a bullet.

  3. Forgetting the business question

    Start bullets with the question you answered, such as when households switch supplier, not with the query you wrote. It shows you think like the business.

  4. No qualification level or college

    Irish recruiters look for the level and the college and move on if they cannot find them. Put the degree, the Higher Diploma and the NFQ level in the education section near the top.

  5. Results nobody can picture

    If you cannot share exact figures, describe the direction and the decision: churn fell after the tariff launched, or the team stopped a campaign that was losing money.

Questions about the data analyst CV

What skills should a Data Analyst put on a CV in Ireland?

SQL, a BI tool, Excel and usually Python or R, plus experimentation and data cleaning. Add GDPR-aware data handling and the soft skills that show impact, such as explaining findings to managers.

Can I become a data analyst in Ireland through Springboard+?

Yes. A Level 8 or Level 9 Higher Diploma or master's in data analytics is a recognised route and many employers hire from them. Lead the CV with two or three portfolio projects on real Irish open data, each with the question, the method and what you found.

Should I include certifications on a Data Analyst CV?

They help early in your career or when switching fields. List the exact certification and year, and back it with a project that uses the same tool.

What is the difference between a data analyst and a business analyst CV?

A data analyst CV centres on data, tools and analysis. A business analyst CV centres on requirements, processes and stakeholders. Many Irish adverts blend the two, so read the verbs in the advert carefully.

How long should a Data Analyst CV be in Ireland?

Two sides of A4, with the second page carrying earlier roles and the portfolio. Put a link to a portfolio or repository in the header rather than adding a third page.

How do I tailor a data analyst CV to a specific advert?

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