Lead Data Analyst

Understanding Recruitment Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Understanding Recruitment Ltd is recruiting a Lead Data Analyst to join a fast-growing start-up in the United Kingdom. The role focuses on owning data platforms, building data pipelines, and delivering SQL-driven insights in a financial services context.

You will collaborate with analysts, stakeholders, and senior leaders to shape data collection, modelling, and usage across the business, enabling informed decision-making and long-term data strategy.

Qualifications

• Hands-on data pipeline and data platform experience.
• Strong SQL skills.
• Experience with ETL pipelines in a financial services context.
• Financial Services experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define how data is collected, modelled, and used across the business; work with analysts, stakeholders, and senior leaders.
• Own data platform evolution and drive data-driven decision making.

Skills

SQL

ETL pipelines

Data pipelines

Financial services

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Lead Data Analyst

£90,000–£110,000 | Remote, United Kingdom

As the Lead Data Analyst you will join a fast growing start-up organisation that’s about to make a significant investment in their data platforms, with data at the centre of everything. This is a rare chance to join right at the start. It is vital you have SQL skills, knowledge of ETL pipelines and the ability to understand and navigate complex financial domain.

The Lead Data Analyst will help define how data is collected, modelled, and used across the business, working closely with analysts, stakeholders, and senior leaders. It is essential you have a strong academic background with a relevant degree.

As a Lead Data Analyst, you'll bring:

• Hands-on experience building data pipelines and data platforms
• Strong SQL skills
• Experience of ETL pipelines
• Financial Services experience.

Data Analyst | Data Platforms | Cloud | SQL | ETL

This is a rare chance to be at the heart of a long-term data journey, with real ownership, influence, and progression as the platform and the business grows.