Senior Data Analyst

Claims Recruitment Services; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Claims Recruitment Services is seeking a Senior Data Analyst for an award-winning Lloyd's Syndicate in London. The role focuses on shifting from platform delivery to value-added analytics and commercial insight, supporting the Data Analytics Manager, applying technical standards, and introducing AI tools into the analytics workflow.

You'll lead analytics for underwriting classes, translate business questions into analyses and dashboards, collaborate across teams to automate processes, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a data analytics or BI role with Lloyd's sector exposure.
• Strong SQL skills including query optimisation and Azure data stack experience.
• Advanced Power BI capabilities: data modelling, DAX, Power Query and deployment.
• Experience with BI governance, version control and release processes.
• Ability to translate business questions into scoped analytics and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Act as senior analytics partner to underwriting classes to improve pricing and risk decisions.
• Translate commercial questions into analyses and dashboard requirements; identify automation opportunities.
• Apply practical AI tooling in analytics workflows and ensure value addition.
• Embed development lifecycle for BI assets with version control and governance.
• Coach analysts on SQL, DAX, data modelling and engineering hygiene.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering on semantic layers and data marts; deliver end-to-end analytics workstreams.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Power BI

Python for data analysis

Data modelling

DAX / Power Query

AI tooling / LLMs

Azure data stack

Git-based version control

Tools

Power BI

Azure Data Factory

Synapse / Fabric

dbt

GitHub Actions

Fabric

Job description

London, United Kingdom | Posted on 12/05/2026

We are recruiting for a Senior Data Analyst on behalf of an award-winning Lloyd's Syndicate.

The successful candidate must have experience working in a Lloyd's syndicate, managing agent, London Market broker or specialty (re)insurer.

You will help the team through its shift from platform delivery toward value-added analytics and commercial insight. They will support the Data Analytics Manager by applying and role-modelling technical standards, contributing to complex analysis, and introducing new techniques including the practical application of AI tools within the analytics workflow.

Key Responsibilities

• Acting as the senior analytics business partner to one or more underwriting classes, proactively identifying where analytics can improve pricing, portfolio steering, renewal decisions and exposure management.
• Translating open-ended commercial questions into well-scoped analyses and dashboard requirements, and collaborating with the wider business to identify opportunities for automation and operational efficiency gains.
• Identifying and applying practical AI tooling within the analytics workflow, including LLMs, agentic tools and code-generation assistants, with a pragmatic view on where they add genuine value.
• Embedding the team\'s development lifecycle for BI and analytics assets, including robust source-control practices for Power BI content (PBIP / TMDL format, Git-backed repositories, feature branches, pull requests and meaningful commit history), and contributing to workspace governance across Dev /Test / Prod environments.
• Coaching analysts and BI developers on SQL, DAX, data modelling, visual design and engineering hygiene.
• Working closely with Data Engineering on changes to the semantic and curated layer and data marts.
• Delivering complex analytics workstreams end-to-end, and working within an Agile framework to break down requirements into epics and user stories, contribute to backlog prioritisation and provide realistic estimates.

Key Requirements

• 5+years\' experience in a data analytics or BI role, with at least 2 to 3 years in a Lloyd\'s syndicate, managing agent, London Market broker or specialty (re)insurer.
• Advanced SQL, including query optimisation and working with the Azure data stack(Data Factory, Synapse / Fabric, SQL-based semantic layers).
• Advanced Power BI: data modelling (star schemas), advanced DAX, Power Query / M,performance tuning, RLS and deployment via pipelines.
• Astrong understanding of Power BI engineering discipline: PBIP / TMDLsource format, Git-based version control, pull-request review andstructured release processes, with demonstrable experience in a teamsetting.
• Provenability to carry out peer review and QA of analytics work, spotting modelerrors, DAX issues, performance problems and UX weaknesses.
• Excellentwritten and verbal communication skills, including presenting to underwriters and senior stakeholders, with a track record of turningambiguous business problems into delivered analytical outcomes.
• Pythonfor data analysis and an appreciation of wider data science techniques,sufficient to collaborate credibly with Data Scientists and Actuarialcolleagues.
• Hands-onexperience applying AI and LLM tooling to analytics work (such as Copilotfor Power BI / Fabric, MCP-style integrations or agentic assistants).
• Experiencewith Microsoft Fabric, dbt, Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions and data-qualitytooling.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking analytics function within an established and respected Lloyd\'sSyndicate, at a genuine inflection point in how data drives underwriting decisions. If you have the technical depth and the commercial curiosity to thrive in this environment, we would be delighted to hear from you.

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