Lead Technical Business Analyst/Data and Analytics Lead
Salary: c£45 dependent upon experience
Hours: 35 hours per week
Benefits
- Attractive holiday allowance
- Generous pension contribution and Life Assurance after qualifying period
- Wellbeing and Smart Health Employee Assistance Programme
- Up to 21 hours paid volunteering time per annum
- Hybrid working arrangements
- Free onsite parking
- Free onsite electric car charging points
This is a superb opportunity to play a leading role in building the future capability of a rapidly growing, ethical financial services organisation and to drive change in measurement, management and reporting of our impact in delivering a sustainable future for all and responding to the ever-changing needs and demands of members.
About us
Ecology Building Society is a successful and thriving member-owned mortgage and savings provider with a clear environmental focus and a mission to promote sustainable development. We are committed to building a greener society through the provision of a range of simple, ethical savings products to support mortgages for properties and projects that respect the environment.
About the role
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Lead Technical Business Analyst to lead the creation, reporting and interpretation of data across the business to enable delivery of key management information, modelling, regulatory returns and monitoring in pursuit of the Society’s mission and values.
Working within a small team and reporting directly to the Head of IT, this role will oversee the leadership and delivery of the Society’s data strategy. This is a role which requires a deep technical understanding of modern data architectures supported by a small team of technical specialists.
Main areas of responsibility
- Lead the development of the Society’s Data & Analytics strategy and oversee delivery against plans
- Develop a modern data architecture to support the Society’s future growth requirements
- Deliver key data-related projects including the Society’s defined 3-year Data & Analytics Plan
- Work closely with key stakeholders to understand business requirements in order to develop insightful data outcomes
- Identify, analyse, and interpret data trends to support and inform key business decisions
- Translate business and regulatory information requirements into SQL queries, design report layouts, and play an active role in the deployment and maintenance reports
- Lead, develop and inspire the Data & Analytics team to deliver data excellence to support the overall member experience
- Manage the team’s day-to-day workload, ensuring established change management processes are followed and maintained in line with good data governance principles
- Maintain current knowledge of data-related developments in the Financial, FinTech and IT sectors to understand their impact on the Society and foster a culture of innovation.
About you
If you are passionate about data, keeping up to date with new technologies and have a good eye for detail, then this is the role for you.
You will have a modern and innovative approach to data analysis and data visualisation and bring excellent delivery skills, assume responsibility for your own workload and manage timelines effectively and independently. You will be comfortable coordinating multiple priorities and workstreams.
This role requires excellent communication and leadership skills to enable you to build and manage relationships with your team and all stakeholders across the Society. You will have demonstrable people skills and a desire to step up in a management capacity within an analytics role.
Knowledge and skills desired
Technical skills required:
- ETL (SSIS)/SQL/SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
- Microsoft Access/Microsoft Excel
- Documentation, specification, and process mapping
- Dashboard or reporting skills.
Desired skills:
- Understanding of the Building Society model/or of working in the Financial Services sector
- Experience of Agile working
- Tableau/PowerBI/VB.Net/Oracle/PanIntelligence
- Azure Data Lakes/Azure Data Factory
- MS linked servers.
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter to [email protected] outlining your suitability for the role and your alignment with our mission. Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.
We celebrate equality, diversity and inclusivity, and welcome applicants of all backgrounds.
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to undergo a Basic DBS and credit check.
Contract type: Permanent
Application deadline: 8 May 2022
