Business Data Analyst
Posted 1 day ago by Stanton House
£500 Per day
Undetermined
Hybrid
Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Data Business Analyst role is a 3-month contract with potential for permanent placement, focused on supporting a strategic data transformation initiative within a retail environment. The position involves re-platforming the organization's data environment onto Microsoft Fabric, ensuring reliable data and modern reporting. The analyst will work closely with various stakeholders to map current data flows and define future requirements. This role offers high visibility and engagement with senior management while shaping a greenfield data platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the re-platforming of the data environment onto Microsoft Fabric, laying the foundations for ERP-ready data and future analytics.
- Lead deep-dive discovery for reporting and analytics, mapping current (“as-is”) reports and data flows and defining future (“to-be”) requirements.
- Act as the primary bridge between business stakeholders, internal IT/development teams and an external implementation partner.
- Translate commercial and operational reporting needs into clear, structured and testable requirements.
- Trace and reconcile data from source systems through to reports, validating accuracy and consistency.
- Maintain strong analysis governance, including requirements logs, data dictionaries, reporting inventories and documentation.
- Collaborate with finance, merchandising, insights/CRM, operations and IT stakeholders to shape reporting and data solutions.
- Support the design of robust data structures and reporting layers within Microsoft Fabric.
- Communicate progress, risks and issues clearly to senior stakeholders and end users.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Data Business Analyst working across data platforms, reporting and analytics.
- Strong background in data-led transformation projects, particularly discovery and requirements definition.
- Ability to work across current-state and future-state reporting, data flows and source-to-report analysis.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across business, IT and third-party partners.
- Organised, detail-driven and comfortable managing multiple priorities.
- Hands-on mindset with the ability to balance strategic thinking and detailed data analysis.
- Experience with modern data platforms (Microsoft Fabric advantageous but not essential).
- Comfortable working hybrid, with regular on-site presence in Stevenage.
Salary (Rate): Up to £500 per day
City: Stevenage
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Role: Data Business Analyst
Contract: 3-month contract (with strong potential to transition into a permanent role)
Rate: Up to £500 per day
Location: Stevenage (Hybrid) (2-3 Days in Office)
Overview
This role plays a key part in a strategic data transformation supporting a wider ERP programme and long-term data ambitions. Reporting to the CFO and working closely with the Head of IT, the Data Business Analyst will support the re-platforming of the organisation’s data environment onto Microsoft Fabric, ensuring ERP-ready, reliable data and modern reporting across sales, stock, member/customer and operational domains. You will be embedded in an in-depth discovery phase, working hands-on with source systems and existing reports to understand current data flows and define future-state requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the re-platforming of the data environment onto Microsoft Fabric, laying the foundations for ERP-ready data and future analytics.
- Lead deep-dive discovery for reporting and analytics, mapping current (“as-is”) reports and data flows and defining future (“to-be”) requirements.
- Act as the primary bridge between business stakeholders, internal IT/development teams and an external implementation partner.
- Translate commercial and operational reporting needs into clear, structured and testable requirements.
- Trace and reconcile data from source systems through to reports, validating accuracy and consistency.
- Maintain strong analysis governance, including requirements logs, data dictionaries, reporting inventories and documentation.
- Collaborate with finance, merchandising, insights/CRM, operations and IT stakeholders to shape reporting and data solutions.
- Support the design of robust data structures and reporting layers within Microsoft Fabric.
- Communicate progress, risks and issues clearly to senior stakeholders and end users.
About the Environment
Fast-paced retail/consumer environment where stock, trading performance and customer insight are critical. Opportunity to shape a greenfield data platform. High visibility and direct engagement with senior stakeholders. Initial 3-month contract focused on discovery, with scope to extend into migration, ERP-ready data and longer-term initiatives on a permanent basis.
Skills & Experience
Proven experience as a Data Business Analyst working across data platforms, reporting and analytics. Strong background in data-led transformation projects, particularly discovery and requirements definition. Ability to work across current-state and future-state reporting, data flows and source-to-report analysis. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across business, IT and third-party partners. Organised, detail-driven and comfortable managing multiple priorities. Hands-on mindset with the ability to balance strategic thinking and detailed data analysis. Experience with modern data platforms (Microsoft Fabric advantageous but not essential). Comfortable working hybrid, with regular on-site presence in Stevenage.