Business Data Analyst Regulation & Strategy · Hatfield ·

Affinity Water; Hatfield; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus scheme

Generous pension scheme

Annual leave 26-30 days + extra days

Wellbeing support

Tap4Perks discounts

Family benefits (maternity/paternity)

Job summary

Affinity Water is launching an 18-month FTC to transform data, reporting and insight capabilities. You will join the Data Analytics and Governance Team to shape how we manage and use data, delivering dashboards and data products.

You’ll gather requirements, map data flows, and partner with data scientists, engineers and architects to turn needs into practical data solutions and insightful visuals.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a Data or BI Business Analyst role.
• Strong SQL and data analysis skills, with experience working with large datasets.
• Good understanding of data quality, data governance, data warehousing and ETL processes.
• Experience with data mapping, modelling and gathering detailed data requirements.
• Knowledge of data visualization tools, preferably Qlik Sense, and an understanding of Python.

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse and document business and data requirements, using techniques such as process mapping and gap analysis.
• Work with stakeholders across Affinity Water to understand challenges and identify opportunities to use data more effectively.
• Map data flows and lineage to support data quality, integrity and governance.
• Support exploratory data analysis and work with data science, engineering, architecture and IT teams to deliver data solutions.
• Create clear and engaging data visualisations and communicate insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to scalable, sustainable data solutions aligned with business and technical standards.

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Data quality

Data governance

ETL

Data mapping

Qlik Sense

Python

Stakeholder management

Tools

Qlik Sense

ETL tools

Job description

We’re launching a transformational two-year programme to strengthen our data, reporting and insight capabilities, and we’d love you to be part of it.

We’re looking for a Business Data Analyst to join us on an 18-month FTC, helping us deliver improvements to our data quality, reporting, visualisation and insight capabilities.

You’ll join our established Data Analytics and Governance Team, helping to shape how we manage, understand and use data across Affinity Water. You’ll work closely with business and technical teams to turn requirements into effective data solutions, improve data quality and governance, and deliver meaningful insights that support better decision-making.

You’ll also support exploratory data analysis, data mapping and visualisation, working alongside data scientists, engineers and architects to develop reporting, dashboards and data products.

What you’ll be doing

• Gather, analyse and document business and data requirements, using techniques such as process mapping and gap analysis.
• Work with stakeholders across Affinity Water to understand challenges and identify opportunities to use data more effectively.
• Map data flows and lineage to support data quality, integrity and governance.
• Support exploratory data analysis and work with data science, engineering, architecture and IT teams to deliver data solutions.
• Create clear and engaging data visualisations and communicate insights to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to scalable, sustainable data solutions aligned with business and technical standards.

What you’ll bring

• Significant experience in a Data or BI Business Analyst role, ideally within data transformation programmes.
• Strong SQL and data analysis skills, with experience working with large and complex datasets.
• Good understanding of data quality, data governance, data warehousing, data lakes and ETL processes.
• Experience with data mapping, modelling and gathering detailed data requirements.
• Knowledge of data visualisation tools, preferably Qlik Sense, and an understanding of data science and scripting languages such as Python.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex information clearly.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a naturally curious approach to understanding data and finding solutions.
• Experience working in agile environments and managing your own workload to meet deadlines.
• Experience within the water industry and knowledge of billing, customer, asset, hydraulic or GIS data would be advantageous

Advert closes Friday 2nd October

Benefits

• Salary from £45,000 dependant on skills and experience
• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
• Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets through our Tap4Perks scheme
• Discounts on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme through salary sacrifice
• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.