Data and Insights Lead

The Ellison Institute Of Technology (eit); Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel allowance

Performance bonus

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life insurance

Private medical insurance

Electric car scheme

Cycle to work

Coaching & therapy services

Job summary

The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) seeks a Data and Insights Lead to drive trusted business data for better decisions in Oxford. You will oversee financial and operational reporting, data quality and governance, and enable self-service analytics with AI-enabled tools.

Transition to Oracle Fusion and ensure data migration and reconciliation are seamless. You will collaborate with Finance, Operations and Technology, coordinating with implementation partners and the Systems Manager.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering enterprise reporting, analytics or data improvements.
• Ability to translate business questions into useful reporting requirements.
• Proven leadership of a reporting/data team or workstream.
• Familiarity with data migration, validation and reconciliation processes.

Responsibilities

• Define reporting priorities with stakeholders and deliver financial and operational insights.
• Lead reports, dashboards and self-service analytics ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Manage data migration to Oracle Fusion including mapping, cleansing and validation.
• Establish KPI definitions and governance with Finance and owners.
• Oversee data models and integration, ensuring traceability from reports to source data.
• Coordinate with systems/partners to deliver complex reporting solutions.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data governance

SQL / data querying

Leadership

AI analytics

Communication

Tools

Power BI

Oracle Fusion

Oracle Analytics Cloud

BI Publisher

Job description

At EIT we are seeking a Data and Insights Lead to help EIT use trusted business data to make better decisions. You will lead financial and operational reporting, improve data quality and governance, and help colleagues access reliable information through dashboards, self-service analytics and AI-enabled tools. An immediate priority is the transition from other business systems to Oracle Fusion, including data migration, reconciliation and reporting continuity. As EIT develops its use of Fusion AI agents, you will help establish the data definitions, quality checks and assurance needed for dependable answers and insights. You will work with Finance, Operational Teams and Technology, and coordinate specialist delivery with the Systems Manager, systems architect and implementation partners. The remit covers enterprise business systems and their connected reporting data. We welcome candidates from enterprise reporting, business intelligence, data management or finance systems backgrounds. Strong transferable experience and the ability to learn new platforms is essential. Oracle Fusion and practical AI experience are valuable but are not prerequisites.

Your Responsibilities

• Work with business stakeholders to understand the decisions they need to make, agree reporting priorities and deliver clear, useful financial and operational insights.
• Lead the delivery and maintenance of reports, dashboards and self-service analytics, ensuring that formal financial and management reporting remains accurate, reproducible and timely.
• Lead data and reporting migration from NetSuite and other business systems to Oracle Fusion, coordinating mapping, cleansing, validation, reconciliation and stakeholder sign-off.
• Establish common definitions for key performance indicators and business measures, with Finance and operational owners approving the relevant rules and assumptions.
• Own the reporting data models and work with the systems architect and technical specialists on integration, performance and traceability from reported figures to source data.
• Coordinate data governance across enterprise business systems, agreeing ownership, quality standards and retention and cleansing arrangements with business owners and relevant policy specialists.
• Assess existing reports and simplify the reporting estate. Identify where standard reports, dashboards, conversational queries or proactive alerts best meet the business need.
• Partner with functional and technical teams to enable AI-assisted insight and exception monitoring, using approved data sources and agreed business definitions.
• Validate AI-generated answers against reconciled data and expected results. Work with security and process owners to test access restrictions, supporting evidence and escalation to human review.
• Lead reporting and data testing for system releases, including regression checks for key reports and AI-enabled analytics as these capabilities are introduced.
• Lead and develop the reporting team, coordinate implementation partners and manage delivery priorities. Provide hands‑on analysis where needed and bring in specialist expertise for complex work.
• Help colleagues use reporting and analytics effectively. Track adoption, data quality, accuracy and business benefits to guide improvement. Demonstrated experience delivering enterprise reporting, analytics or data improvements, with responsibility for leading a team, workstream or substantial project.
• A sound understanding of financial and operational processes, measures and controls, and the ability to translate business questions into useful reporting requirements.
• Practical experience with an enterprise business system and a reporting or analytics platform. Relevant backgrounds may include Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Workday, NetSuite or comparable environments.
• Experience improving data quality, establishing consistent definitions and applying data governance in partnership with business owners.
• Experience of data migration, system change or integration, including validation, reconciliation and business acceptance.
• Technical fluency in data querying, modelling and validation, using SQL or equivalent tools, with the ability to assess technical proposals and work effectively with developers and architects.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including explaining findings clearly and resolving competing requirements.
• Comfortable combining hands‑on delivery with team leadership.
• A practical interest in AI-enabled analytics, sound judgement about checking its outputs, and the willingness to develop expertise in Oracle Fusion and emerging capabilities.

Desirable Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• Experience with Oracle Fusion reporting or analytics, such as Fusion Data Intelligence, OTBI, BI Publisher, Smart View or EPM. Expertise across the full suite is not required.
• Experience with AI-assisted analytics, conversational reporting, automated monitoring or evaluating AI outputs in a business setting.
• Experience with cloud data platforms, data integration tools or modern business intelligence platforms such as Power BI or Oracle Analytics Cloud.

Join us at EIT

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Your Role

• Competitive Salary + travel allowance + bonus
• Enhanced holiday. Our annual leave allowance is 25 days plus 8 bank holidays and an additional 3 days between Christmas and New Year. You will also have the opportunity to purchase an additional 5 days annual leave in January and July.
• Pension - Employer contribution 7.5%, minimum employee contribution 5%
• Life Assurance.
• Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance as standard for you, your partner and any dependents. Including hospital Cash Plan
• Employee discounts
• Electric car scheme
• Nursery Salary Sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Family Planning
• Neurodiversity support including advise and assessments
• Coaching & Therapy services

Working Together - What It Involves

• You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary. We cannot offer sponsorship for this role.
• You will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford (or be willing to relocate) and can commit to being onsite 3 days per working week as part of EIT's hybrid working pattern.