Technical Business Analyst (Data & Reporting)

hireful
Manchester, United Kingdom
Last week
£55,000 – £60,000 pa

Salary

£55,000 – £60,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
27 May 2026 (Last week)

Benefits

25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays Your birthday off every year Healthcare cash plan Matched pension contributions up to 5% Life assurance Cycle to work scheme Long service awards

Join this fast-growing B-Corp Financial services company and help shape the future of data, reporting and financial inclusivity. We’re looking for an experienced Senior Data Business Analyst (Data & Reporting), but this role will also suit candidates from Data Business Analyst, BI Business Analyst, Data Warehouse Business Analyst or Data Solutions Analyst backgrounds, who have worked as the intersection of business stakeholders, SMEs and technical delivery teams.

In this role, you’ll translate complex business requirements into clear, testable technical specifications for data engineers, BI developers and QA teams. You’ll lead workshops across Finance, Credit Risk, Compliance, Operations and Product, defining reporting requirements, KPI logic, data lineage, source-to-target mappings, reconciliations and data warehouse structures to ensure reporting is accurate, compliant and audit-ready.

You’ll play a key role in Agile delivery, managing backlogs, writing user stories, supporting UAT and partnering with engineers on semantic models, facts, dimensions, grain and reporting solutions.

Role: Senior Data Business Analyst / Senior Technical Business Analyst (Data & Reporting)

Location: Manchester city centre – Hybrid working (3 days a week in the office)

Salary: £55k-£60k base salary plus a fantastic employee benefits package

Benefits: 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, your birthday off every year, healthcare cash plan, matched pension contributions up to 5%, life assurance, cycle to work scheme and long service awards.

We’re looking for someone with strong stakeholder management skills, excellent documentation standards and solid experience with SQL, Power BI, JIRA and Confluence. Exposure to Tableau, Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse or ADF would be highly beneficial.

we’re building a collaborative, inclusive and innovative culture where everyone is welcome and empowered to succeed. Fancy jumping on board? CLICK APPLY and send through a CV

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