Data Business Analyst

Policy Expert; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative insurance company based in London is seeking a Data Business Analyst to lead data initiatives from discovery to implementation. The role involves collaborating with Data Engineers, Analysts, and Scientists to enhance business performance through data solutions. Key responsibilities include running workshops to gather requirements, ensuring effective communication across teams, and investigating data quality issues. Strong SQL skills and a detail-oriented approach are essential for success in this dynamic role, which offers a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in data payload ingestion and transformation projects.
• Interest in leveraging data for business value.
• Ability to articulate the commercial value of ideas.

Responsibilities

• Run discovery workshops to understand data initiative requirements.
• Bridge communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Investigate data quality issues and gather tooling requirements.

Skills

Strong SQL skills

Experience with complex data sets

Data mapping and modelling knowledge

Data quality checking

Detail-oriented mindset

Open and transparent communication

Job description

Having achieved rapid growth since being founded in 2011, we've won over 1.5 million customers in Home, Motor and Pet insurance and have been ranked the UK's No.1-rated home insurer by Review Centre since 2013. As a Data Business Analyst, you will take ownership of a data initiative from discovery through to implementation and beyond, working closely with the business, Data Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Scientists. You will digest and communicate the business value of the data being delivered, ensuring they enhance our business performance and operations.

• Running discovery workshops to understand the requirements and potential benefits of proposed data initiatives.
• Acting as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clear and effective communication of progress.
• Ensuring delivery is in line with the wider product and business strategies.
• Delving into the data and related processes to understand opportunities for delivering value.
• Collaborating with Data Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Scientists to find the right data solution that aligns with the business priorities and strategic aims.
• Prioritising and managing sprint backlogs through collaboration with the team, ensuring that user stories and tasks are well‑defined, estimated, and ready for development.

Examples of Projects / Work This Role Would Be Involved In

• Bringing data from other systems into our data warehouse, providing requirements on data that needs to be stored for reporting purposes, and mapping it correctly into the layers of the data warehouse.
• Investigating issues with data quality by interrogating and analysing the data.
• Gathering requirements for tooling for Data Analysts, such as data transformation tooling, facilitating the implementation and providing training and examples of best practice.
• Requirements for new initiatives such as the implementation and data modelling for a new dimensionally modelled multi‑layered data warehouse.

At Policy Expert, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process to accommodate your needs, please do not hesitate to let us know. We are dedicated to ensuring every candidate has an equal opportunity to succeed and will work with you to provide the necessary support.

Qualifications

• Experience in projects concerned with implementing data payload ingestion, pipelines and transformations, from discovery to implementation and support.
• An interest in data and how it can be leveraged to deliver business value.
• Data skills and knowledge, including strong SQL skills, experience working with complex data sets, and knowledge of data mapping and modelling.
• Experience checking data quality and creating test plans for data sets.
• A detail‑oriented mindset with a focus on delivering high‑quality work.
• An open and transparent communicator who enjoys working in a team while also being able to be self‑motivated to get work done.
• You will be able to articulate the commercial value of an idea to communicate the value of the work we do.
• Knowledge of the UK Personal Lines Insurance industry would be helpful, but what is more important are the skills to analyse, question, collaborate and communicate.

This role will be based in our London office in a 50/50 Hybrid mode.