Head of Analytics
Head of Analytics
London (Hybrid)
£k
You will lead a central Analytics & MI team operating as a shared service across the business, supporting functions including Finance, Marketing, and the C-suite.
Overview of the company
We are a UK-based financial services provider offering straightforward loans and credit options, regulated by the financial authorities. Our focus is on making credit accessible and easy to understand.
The Role
This is a high-impact leadership role at the centre of a business-wide transformation in analytics, decision making, and AI adoption. You will lead a centralised Analytics & MI function operating as a shared service across the organisation, driving actionable insight, improving decision-making, and accelerating the adoption of AI-powered analytics. The role combines strategic leadership (50%) and hands-on delivery (50%), with a strong emphasis on, turning data into commercial insight, embedding AI into analytics workflows and driving change across multiple business functions
Essential Experience
- Proven leadership of Analytics / MI teams in a complex business environment
- Strong track record of turning data into actionable business insight
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders, including C-suite
- Hands-on technical capability (SQL + Python preferred)
- Experience with modern data stacks (e.g. Snowflake, Power BI or similar)
- Demonstrated ability to improve data structures, reporting, and processes
- Leadership Style - comfortable being both hands-on and strategic
AI & Innovation Mindset
- Active engagement with AI tools in analytics (e.g. LLMs, automation tools)
- Strong understanding of the AI tooling landscape, including pros/cons
- Experience applying AI commercially (not just theoretical exposure)
Ideal Background
- Financial Services experience preferred (lending, credit, banking, fintech)
- Open to other data-rich, commercially driven sectors (e.g. airlines, insurance, tech)
- Candidates from larger organisations welcome, but must be comfortable in a less structured, fast-moving environment.
Please apply with your CV.