Senior Data Business Analyst
A well established reinsurance organisation is investing in its permanent internal data capability to meet growing demand across underwriting, operations, and finance. This is a senior, high impact role where you will help shape how data is defined, governed, and used across the enterprise. You will sit at the intersection of business analysis, data architecture, and enterprise change, working closely with senior stakeholders, data architects, and engineering teams to turn complex data challenges into clear, governed, and scalable outcomes. This role is ideal for a Senior Data Business Analyst who enjoys operating in a structured, regulated environment, influencing how data works at an organisational level rather than delivering reports in isolation.
What you’ll be doing
Leading Data‑Led Change
- Lead the initiation, discovery, and delivery of data‑focused initiatives across multiple business domains.
- Apply structured business analysis and change management approaches within a governance‑led delivery environment.
- Take ownership of smaller data projects and enhancements from early discovery through to business‑as‑usual adoption.
- Contribute to the ongoing evolution of data BA standards, tooling, and ways of working across the organisation.
Data Architecture Aware Business Analysis
- Capture and define requirements with a data architecture mindset, ensuring solutions are scalable, consistent, and fit for purpose.
- Work confidently with data models and platforms:
- Conceptual, logical, and physical data models
- Data warehousing and analytical data platforms
- The distinction between data dictionaries and data glossaries
- Master data vs reference data
- Define requirements using data flows, lineage, source‑to‑target mappings, and reporting specifications.
- Act as a critical bridge between business stakeholders and data architecture / engineering teams, ensuring shared understanding and alignment.
Data Governance & Data Quality
- Embed data governance principles into delivery, including data ownership, standards, and controls.
- Support data quality assessments, issue identification, and remediation definition.
- Drive consistent data definitions and usage across domains.
- Ensure delivery aligns with enterprise data strategy and regulatory expectations.
Stakeholder Engagement & Influence
- Engage with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership.
- Translate complex data concepts into clear, pragmatic recommendations that support decision making.
- Support adoption, change, and transition of data solutions into BAU.
- Act as a trusted advisor on data‑related decisions across the business.
What success looks like
- Clear, agreed data definitions and specifications that reduce ambiguity across business areas.
- Data governance being embedded into delivery, not treated as an afterthought.
- Improved visibility of data quality issues and agreed remediation approaches.
- Strong relationships between business, data architecture, and engineering teams.
- Stakeholders trusting data outputs and the decisions built on them.
What we’re looking for
Essential experience
- Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst delivering data‑centric initiatives.
- Strong conceptual understanding of data architecture and data warehousing (hands‑on delivery not required).
- Experience working in structured, governance‑heavy delivery environments.
- Ability to explain complex data concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
Desirable experience
- Insurance experience (London Market desirable but not essential; wider insurance backgrounds welcomed).
- Exposure to SQL, Power BI, SSRS, or similar data and BI technologies.
- Experience partnering closely with Data Architecture teams.
- Familiarity with Visio, Azure DevOps, JIRA, Confluence, Miro.
Benefits (Only for Permanent and Fixed Term Employees)
Leave
- 25 days of annual leave with option to buy/sell more days
- Adoption and fertility leave
- Generous enhanced parental leave
Healthcare
- Comprehensive private insurance coverage for employee and dependents
- Group life insurance coverage of 9x basic annual salary and group income protection up to 75% of basic annual salary
- Optical benefits
Savings & Retirement
- 15% combined employee/employer contributions
Wellness
- Subsidised gym membership
- Access to Employee Assistance Program
- Cycle to Work and Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Time off for volunteering
- Charitable matching of employee donations
You Can Be Who You Are
We are committed to a culture of diversity and inclusion that embraces the authenticity of all employees, partners and communities. We support all employees to thrive and achieve their fullest potential. As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities. Please contact us about your needs so that we can discuss these with you to make sure that suitable adjustments are made, where possible.
Pacific Life Re Values
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