Data Analyst – Insurance Migration & Insights (Hybrid)

Howden; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Howden is seeking a data analyst to join the UK&I data team for a large-scale policy admin system migration project on an 18-month fixed-term contract. You will support preparation by understanding data needs and monitoring key KPIs before and after migration, ensuring business outcomes are achieved.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, technology partners and external vendors, providing data-driven insight and timely recommendations while identifying risks and potential issues

Qualifications

• Experience with personal lines insurance products.
• Experience working on insurance datasets and policy admin systems.
• Experience investigating and resolving data anomalies and defects.
• Clear communicator with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Self-starter with proven ability to jump into complex projects and perform effectively.
• Experience supporting system migrations, transformation programmes or large-scale change initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manipulate, analyse, and interpret large datasets to uncover insights and support commercial and operational decision-making relating to the project.
• Communicate insights clearly to colleagues across the organisation, turning complex findings into actionable recommendations.
• Proactively identify, investigate and escape data quality issues, migration risks and performance impacts that could affect customers, trading performance, operational processes or regulatory outcomes.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, project teams, technology partners and external vendors to understand migration requirements and support successful delivery.
• Support migration testing activities by validating data integrity, completeness and accuracy across legacy and target systems.
• Produce clear and actionable analysis that enables stakeholders to understand migration impacts, make informed decisions and prioritise remediation activities where required.
• Contribute to the design and continuous improvement of reporting, dashboards and analytical processes used throughout the migration programme.

Skills

SQL

Databricks

Python

Data analysis

Communication

Self-starter

Insurance data

Stakeholder engagement

Migration support

Tools

Acturis

Applied Epic

Job description

Howden is seeking a data analyst to join the UK&I data team for a large-scale policy admin system migration project on an 18-month fixed-term contract. You will support preparation by understanding data needs and monitoring key KPIs before and after migration, ensuring business outcomes are achieved.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, technology partners and external vendors, providing data-driven insight and timely recommendations while identifying risks and potential issues