Data Business Analyst

La Fosse; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and bonus

Holiday increase (30 days)

Pension plan

Employee discounts

Career development

On-site parking

Apprenticeship opportunities

Free office meals

Job summary

La Fosse is hiring a Data Business Analyst to shape how data is captured and used across the organisation. You’ll collaborate with Operations, Finance and Marketing to translate business needs into clear data requirements and build data capabilities that enable better decision making and customer experience.

The role involves partnering with UK stakeholders, conducting discovery sessions, and delivering data use cases, KPIs and technical specifications in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Data Business Analyst or Business Analyst.
• Domain expertise in hospitality/retail, finance & commercial analytics.
• Strong ability to gather, document, and manage business and data requirements.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies and delivery frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and data stewardship principles.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders across UK teams as a trusted data advisor.
• Run discovery sessions and workshops to clarify questions and opportunities.
• Translate business needs into data use cases, KPIs, and insight requirements.
• Capture business definitions, context, and metric logic in clear documentation.
• Convert requirements into technical specs (source-to-target mappings, rules, transformations).
• Work with Data Engineers to shape pipelines, integration, and data models.
• Support Agile delivery: backlog refinement, prioritisation, sprint planning, acceptance criteria.
• Define and maintain KPI and metric definitions for consistency.
• Set data quality rules, validation criteria, and operational checks.
• Champion data stewardship, metadata, and governance best practice.
• Partner with BI/analytics teams to ensure data products meet user needs.
• Support UAT, data validation, and troubleshooting of new datasets and pipelines.
• Enable self-service by improving the accessibility and usability of data assets.
• Identify opportunities to drive revenue, efficiency, and guest experience improvements.
• Improve requirements, documentation, testing, and delivery standards.
• Contribute to a scalable modern data platform through reusable standards and assets.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Documentation

BI tools (Power BI)

Tools

Power BI

Job description

• Pay up to £55,000 plus fantastic benefits, bonus scheme & discounts


• This role operates on a hybrid basis, with flexible days spent in the office and flexible working from home. You will need to live within a commutable distance of Milton Keynes.

What will your role look like?

As a Data Business Analyst, you will play a vital role in shaping how data is captured, made available and used across the organisation. Sitting at the centre of our clients data ecosystem, you’ll partner with business teams across Operations, Finance and Marketing to translate business needs into clear data requirements.

The Data Business Analyst role brings an exciting opportunity to be part of the team building the data capabilities that are enabling better decision making and enhancing customer experience, operational efficiency and revenue optimisation.

What a Data Business Analyst is responsible for:

• – Partner with stakeholders across UK teams as a trusted data advisor.


• – Run discovery sessions and workshops to clarify questions and opportunities.


• – Translate business needs into data use cases, KPIs, and insight requirements.


• – Capture business definitions, context, and metric logic in clear documentation.


• – Convert requirements into technical specs (source-to-target mappings, rules, transformations).


• – Work with Data Engineers to shape pipelines, integration, and data models.


• – Support Agile delivery: backlog refinement, prioritisation, sprint planning, acceptance criteria.


• – Define and maintain KPI and metric definitions for consistency.


• – Set data quality rules, validation criteria, and operational checks.


• – Champion data stewardship, metadata, and governance best practice.


• – Partner with BI/analytics teams to ensure data products meet user needs.


• – Support UAT, data validation, and troubleshooting of new datasets and pipelines.


• – Enable self-service by improving the accessibility and usability of data assets.


• – Identify opportunities to drive revenue, efficiency, and guest experience improvements.


• – Improve requirements, documentation, testing, and delivery standards.


• – Contribute to a scalable modern data platform through reusable standards and assets.

Essential Skills & Experience

• – Minimum 5 years’ experience working as a Data Business Analyst or Business Analyst


• – Domain expertise (hospitality/retail, finance & commercial analytics)


• – Strong experience gathering, documenting, and managing business and data requirements.


• – Proven ability to work with both business stakeholders and technical teams to deliver data-driven solutions.


• – Experience working with Agile methodologies and delivery frameworks.


• – Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.


• – Knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and data stewardship principles.

Desirable Skills:

• – Experience with BI tools like Power BI


• – Technical depth (data governance/cataloguing, Azure/cloud platforms)


• – Process expertise (data product thinking, MDM, change management & enablement)

Key benefits for you at Welcome Break:

• – Competitive salary plus bonus


• – 30 days’ holiday increase with service


• – Contributory pension (after 3 months)


• – Employee discounts


• – Structured career path and bespoke training


• – Free on-site parking across the business


• – Apprenticeship opportunities


• – Enjoy free food in the office, from tasty breakfast rolls to selection of sandwiches, salads, and plenty of tea and coffee throughout the day!

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