People Data Solutions Analyst

City Football Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports organization in Manchester seeks a People Data Solutions Analyst to enhance data reporting and analytics within the People Services function. This role suits someone in the early stages of their analytics career, emphasizing data accuracy and impactful reporting. Ideal candidates will have strong Excel skills and a genuine interest in learning tools like Power BI and Python. The organization offers supportive training and a range of benefits including 26 days of leave and private healthcare.

Benefits

26 days annual leave plus an additional day for birthday

Private healthcare

Annual discretionary bonus

Lifestyle discounts

Qualifications

• Genuine interest in data, analytics, AI, and problem-solving.
• Willingness to learn Power BI, SQL, and Python.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and refresh core dashboards and reporting packs.
• Deliver reporting requests through the ticketing system.
• Support data preparation, reconciliation, and validation.
• Run routine data quality checks.

Skills

Strong Excel skills

Interest in data and analytics

Clear communication skills

Organised and curious

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Python

Job description

Closing Date of Applications – 26 January 2026

Our Story

Established in 2013, City Football Group is the world’s leading private owner and operator of football clubs, with total or partial ownership of twelve clubs across the world. City Football Group also invests in other football related businesses and serves as a global commercial platform for our partners, whilst fulfilling our purpose of empowering better lives through football on a local and global scale, consistent with what “City” football has meant to people for over a century.

Our Winning Team

Our purpose is to empower better lives through football. We are proud of the role City Football Group clubs play in their localities, delivering positive economic, social and environmental impact through our operations and through programmes and activities that bring about meaningful, lasting change.

City Football Group is looking for a People Data Solutions Analyst to support high-quality reporting and data delivery across our People Services function. This is an exciting opportunity for someone early in their analytics career who is curious, detail-driven and keen to develop hands-on experience with data, dashboards and emerging tools including Power BI, Python and AI. You’ll play a key role in keeping our people data accurate, accessible and impactful, while learning quickly in a supportive, modern analytics environment.

This is Your City

As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and a Simply Health cash plan, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts.

Your Impact

• Maintain and refresh core dashboards and reporting packs used across the People organisation.
• Deliver day-to-day reporting requests through the ticketing system, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Support data preparation, reconciliation and validation across People datasets.
• Run routine data quality checks and flag issues or inconsistencies.
• Assist with the development and testing of new analytics products and datasets.
• Use AI tools to support summarisation, documentation and quality checks.
• Maintain documentation, SOPs, data definitions and dictionaries.
• Support workflow automation and updates to data assets as required.

What we are looking for

• A genuine interest in data, analytics, AI and problem-solving.
• Strong Excel skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Willingness and ability to learn Power BI, SQL and Python.
• Clear communication skills and confidence supporting internal stakeholders.
• Organised, curious and comfortable working in a fast-moving environment.
• Bonus: Exposure to Power BI, SQL, Python or AI tools, and/or experience working with HR or operational data.

*We regularly review applications and reserve the right to close an advert early if we identify suitable candidates. To avoid disappointment, please submit your application as soon as possible.

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.