Senior Analytics Manager (Financial Services)

A well-established UK financial services organisation undergoing a major data transformation, with significant investment in data engineering, governance, and a modern data platform (Microsoft Fabric).

With strong foundations now in place, the focus is on building a central analytics capability to drive insight-led decision making across the business.

This is a greenfield leadership role reporting into the Director of Delivery & Data, with a vision to create an AI-first, insight-driven organisation.

You'll establish and lead an Analytics Centre of Excellence, partnering across key business areas such as performance, risk, and finance.

This is a player-coach role, leading a small team (3-4 analysts/data scientists) while remaining close enough to delivery to ensure analytics drives real business value.

• Establish the central Analytics CoE
• Define standards, processes, and priorities
• Manage and develop a high-performing team

• Deliver actionable analytics that influences decision-making
• Translate business problems into analytical solutions
• Identify opportunities to improve performance and efficiency

• Work closely with C-Suite and senior leaders
• Challenge and shape business questions
• Embed analytics into decision-making

• Lead development of semantic models and datasets (Gold layer)
• Collaborate with Data Engineering teams
• Drive self-service analytics adoption

• Contribute to AI and advanced analytics initiatives
• Help drive a shift toward predictive, data-driven decisions

• Experience leading analytics, insight, or BI teams
• Background in data transformation or capability building
• Track record of delivering commercial impact through analytics
• Strong experience working with senior stakeholders / Exec level

• Strong grounding in:
  • SQL and data analysis
  • Data visualisation tools (Power BI or similar)
• Understanding of:
  • data / semantic modelling concepts
  • working with data engineering teams
• Exposure to advanced analytics or AI is beneficial

• Comfortable in a player-coach role
• Strong communicator, able to translate data into business value
• Commercially focused and outcome-driven
• Curious, proactive, and confident challenging stakeholders

• Able to be onsite in Nottingham 2 days per week (Tuesdays & Wednesdays)

• Genuine greenfield opportunity to build a function
• Modern data platform already in place
• High visibility with senior leadership
• Opportunity to influence how analytics is embedded across the business
• Strong benefits package (bonus, pension, holiday)

If you're looking to build an analytics function, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver real business impact, this is a standout opportunity within a forward-thinking organisation.