Senior Business Data Analyst

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. 

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role:

The Business Data Analyst is responsible for understanding business requirements and identifying the data requirements needed to deliver the business outcome. The role involves working with Business stakeholders and members of technology and data teams to contribute to the delivery of software that delivers outcomes for the Asset Management business. 

This is a Fixed Term contract.

• Working with business stakeholders, project teams and software delivery teams to establish data requirements as part of technology solutions that deliver a business outcome.
• Supporting the development of Asset Management data capabilities by contributing to the design and delivery of data sets that are approached with a “capability first” mindset and align with Data Governance policy.
• Assess potential data risks, opportunities and business impact.
• Apply overall data strategy in solution design.
• Build strong working relationships with business functions to ensure timely delivery of data that meet the requirements.
• Support the development of data related procedures and guidelines to be at the forefront of best practice.

Key responsibilities for this role:

• Being part of a team with a strong sense of product ownership and commitment to build scalable, extensible and robust software.
• Delivering outcomes that are clearly defined, using discretion over how to achieve them.
• Developing complete solutions to the end consumer by participating in a cross functional team comprising of requirements gathering, data modelling, data integration, software engineering, testing and release oversight.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders across the Business, Investment Data Services and other teams across Investments Technology & Change. 

Key Skills, Competencies & Experience:

• Data exploration and analytical skills that enable the identification of patterns and solve new problems.
• Ability to influence the approach to requirements analysis being taken to understand a business problem and the associated data requirements.
• Ability to represent requirements to software delivery team members to facilitate solution discussions.
• Ability to explain complex data scenarios to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 
• Ability to define exception scenarios and understand how they might affect the operating model.
• Ability to investigate and diagnose data issues.
• Excellent attention to detail, focus on delivering work to a high standard, and ability to work efficiently to project deadlines. 
• Proactivity manage own workload and work as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables with inter-related dependencies and meet deadlines
• Good understanding of the components of Investment Data (Transactions, Positions, Instrument T&Cs, etc).
• Good understanding of Data Governance principles .

Experience:

• Business requirements gathering and translation into lower level data requirements for Asset Management initiatives
• Defining acceptance criteria covering an appropriate range of possible scenarios
• Working within large delivery programs
• Facilitating discovery analysis workshops with business stakeholders and technical teams
• Experience of delivering change using Agile methodologies 

What we offer:

At M&G, we’re committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

• As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18%, with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions. We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan, together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.

• Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy – to balance your work and personal commitments.  

• Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.

• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions. 

If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at: [email protected]