Senior Business Analyst - Data

TN United Kingdom; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Business Analyst specializing in data to join their dynamic team in Guildford. This role involves collaborating with finance stakeholders and IT teams to drive data-driven strategies, ensuring effective data governance and quality. You'll be instrumental in creating consolidated data solutions that support financial reporting and analysis, while enjoying a hybrid work environment that promotes innovation and work-life balance. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this opportunity offers flexible working options and a range of benefits to support your career development.

Benefits

Flexible buy/sell holiday options

Annual performance related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Discounts on insurance products

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of data analysis and business requirements.
• Experience in delivering data-driven solutions in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define and document business requirements.
• Support development and testing of data solutions aligned with business needs.

Skills

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Agile Methodologies

Data Governance

Data Quality

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Data Science

Tools

Data Modelling Tools

Data Warehousing Tools

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08.05.2025

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Senior Business Analyst - Data

Role Description

We are excited to offer an outstanding opportunity to join our dynamic Central Functions Change team as a Data BA. In this role, you will collaborate with change experts who are trusted partners in driving our business towards achieving our strategic objectives.

As part of the Central Functions Change team you will play a key role in:

the creation of a single consolidated and granular data solution for financial reporting and analysis in support of our Finance Transformation journey. Working closely with Finance stakeholders and data scientists as well as architects and IT teams, you will understand and analyse business requirements, gather and analyse data, and make changes to support our data-driven strategy.

Here at Allianz helping you achieve a good work life balance is important to us, we believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity and you to excel. You ’ ll combine working from our Guildford office with working from home

Salary Information

Location: Guildford (hybrid)

Key Responsibilities

• Understanding the current (AS-IS) and future (TO-BE) business environment and systems landscape
• Elicit, understand, and define requirements to realise the objectives of the Finance team aligned to Allianz UK Data Strategy, translating data analysis and business vision into actionable requirements and insights
• Collaborate with Product teams to design and implement solutions that align with our data-led strategy
• Assess, appropriately document, and manage the impact of requirements on Data processing and provisioning
• Support the development, systems testing, user acceptance testing, and implementation of solutions by fostering close collaboration with solution partners, suppliers, and business stakeholders
• Learn from previous experiences and understand how benefits have been delivered, by participating in post-implementation reviews, lessons learned sessions, and knowledge-sharing/peer reviews
• Demonstrate a passion for the BA role with a track record of success in data-oriented Change roles involving high-complexity deliveries
• Be proficient in the use of mainstream data tools and exhibit familiarity with Data Modelling, Warehousing & architecture concepts
• Able to work with business stakeholders to prototype provisioning requirements to facilitate iterative report development
• Possess a solid understanding of Master & Reference Data, Data Quality, and Data Governance, as well as the ability to apply this knowledge to requirements definition and lineage management
• Have experience in delivery within an Agile framework, showcasing an agile mindset and a flexible approach to meeting business priorities
• Demonstrate excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all levels
• Ability to communicate complex data concepts effectively to individuals at all levels of understanding

We support the government scheme “Access to Work” please feel free to ask us about the access to work scheme.

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.

We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.

For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Joel Gardiner

We reserve the right to close the ad early if we reach enough applications.