Banking Data Analytics Lead — Insights & Automation

Barclays; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in Glasgow seeks a Lead Data Analyst to drive data-driven transformation through advanced analytics, data modelling, and stakeholder collaboration across business, technology and product squads.

The role focuses on translating complex needs into scalable data solutions, building data pipelines, and delivering actionable insights via dashboards and reports. Strong banking domain knowledge is valuable for success.

Qualifications

• HHands-on data analysis and modelling capability as the key discriminator.
• Strong SQL proficiency for data profiling, reconciliation, investigation and root-cause analysis.
• Translate business and data requirements into BRDs/FRDs, epics, features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Experience with source-to-target mapping and transformation rules across complex data landscapes.
• Exposure to data platforms such as Snowflake or Databricks is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Investigation and analysis of data quality, lineage, controls, and authoritative source identification, documenting data sources, methodologies, and quality findings with recommendations for improvement.
• Designing and building data pipelines to automate data movement and processing.
• Apply advanced analytical techniques to large datasets to uncover trends and correlations, develop validated logical data models, and translate insights into actionable business recommendations that drive operational and process improvements, leveraging machine learning/AI.
• Translate analytical findings into actionable business recommendations, identifying opportunities for operational and process improvements.
• Design and create interactive dashboards and visual reports using applicable tools and automate reporting processes for regular and ad-hoc stakeholder needs.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Breadth of data modelling

Agile analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Data requirements translation

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

Barclays in Glasgow seeks a Lead Data Analyst to drive data-driven transformation through advanced analytics, data modelling, and stakeholder collaboration across business, technology and product squads.

The role focuses on translating complex needs into scalable data solutions, building data pipelines, and delivering actionable insights via dashboards and reports. Strong banking domain knowledge is valuable for success.