Business Insight Manager

Two Rivers Housing; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Two Rivers Housing in Newent, Gloucestershire, is seeking a Business Insight Manager. The role leads BI, analytics and reporting, develops Power BI dashboards, and produces insights to inform strategy.

You’ll manage KPI frameworks, drive data governance, and coach a BI team in a hybrid setting with on-site days as required. The ideal candidate will have extensive BI leadership experience, advanced Power BI skills, strong stakeholder management, and a track record of turning data into actionable

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading a BI, analytics or performance reporting function.
• Advanced Power BI and data visualization skills.
• Experience developing and monitoring KPIs and corporate reporting.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Experience using data to influence organisational performance and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Leading the delivery of business intelligence, analytics and performance reporting services.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions.
• Produce meaningful insight to support operational and strategic decision making.
• Manage corporate performance reporting and KPI frameworks.
• Drive improvements in data quality, governance and reporting standards.
• Provide analysis, forecasting and performance trends to inform business planning.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.
• Lead, coach and develop the Business Insight team.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes through automation and innovation.

Skills

Power BI

Data visualization

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

SQL

Data analytics

Performance reporting

Education

Data analysis and reporting certification

Housing sector knowledge (Desirable)

Microsoft 365 proficiency

Tools

MIS Active-H

Power BI Toolset

Job description

Business Insight Manager

£48,622 per annum

Newent, Gloucestershire

Full-Time

Permanent

Come make a real difference as our Business Insight Manager

Everyone should have a warm, safe, affordable home. As Business Insight Manager, you'll play a key role in helping us provide this for our tenants.

You'll be responsible for:

Leading the delivery of business intelligence, analytics and performance reporting services.

Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and reporting solutions.

Produce meaningful insight to support operational and strategic decision making.

Manage corporate performance reporting and KPI frameworks.

Drive improvements in data quality, governance and reporting standards.

Provide analysis, forecasting and performance trends to inform business planning.

Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.

Lead, coach and develop the Business Insight team.

Identify opportunities to improve processes through automation and innovation.

This is a hybrid role and requires regular office attendance to our Newent office in line with our agile working policy, with flexibility to attend onsite meetings as required. Please consider your commute when applying for this role. While the role is not fully remote, we are committed to considering reasonable adjustments to support individual circumstances where appropriate.

What you'll bring to our team

You'll be a strategic thinker with a passion for data, performance and continuous improvement. Equally comfortable working with detailed datasets and senior stakeholders, you'll understand how to turn information into actionable insight that supports operational and strategic goals.

You'll bring:

Proven experience leading a business intelligence, analytics or performance reporting function.

Advanced Power BI and data visualisation skills.

Experience developing and monitoring KPIs, performance frameworks and corporate reporting.

Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

Experience using data to influence organisational performance and service improvement.

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.

A commitment to data quality, governance and continuous improvement.

What we're looking for

Significant experience within a business intelligence, insight, analytics or performance management environment.

Advanced knowledge of Power BI and reporting technologies.

Experience working with large datasets, databases and SQL.

Strong understanding of performance management and business reporting.

Excellent communication and presentation skills.

The ability to translate complex information into clear and actionable insight.

Proven leadership and people management experience.

A collaborative approach with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.

Qualifications

Experienced in Data Analysis and Reporting using Microsoft Power BI reports and dashboards or quickly able to build skills to expert user level (e.g. experienced in a similar data analysis and reporting technology or toolset)

Experienced in producing data-sets for reporting and analysis. Able to work with the IT Team and vendor technical teams to agree data extracts necessary. Good understanding of relational databases and the SQL language highly beneficial, or ability to understand and build SQL skills quickly.

Good technical skills in IT systems and software including Microsoft 365 applications.

Able to plan, prioritise and execute own workload or as part of a team or as project lead in collaborative business improvement group. Able to build business relationships and work in a resource capacity for all areas of the organisation.

Knowledge and or experience in the housing sector, a repairs contractor or with housing management systems (esp. MIS Active-H) - Desirable.

Business or Data Analysis certification or qualification - Desirable.

Microsoft Power BI certification - Desirable. If not already held willingness to work towards a certification such as 'Microsoft Power BI Analyst Associate'.

SQL certification desirable such as MCDBA.

Closing Date - Friday 20th November 2026