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Senior Business Data Analyst

Are you a skilled business analyst with a passion for data? Do you thrive in both the fine detail and the big picture? Can you translate between the business outcome and the technical requirement? If so, read on…

This is a brand-new role within our rapidly growing Customer Decision Science and Analytics team. By mapping out high-level data and system architectures while cataloguing technical and business interdependencies, you will help define the data strategy for a critical part of the business as we move towards an exciting and ambitious new technology stack. And by supporting data science and data engineering squads in managing inbound business requirements and outbound technical requirements, you'll play a key role in the development of exciting new data products.

If flexible working is important to you, then look no further! At Asda, we are proud of our culture and our commitment to flexible working. This role can be based in Leeds or London, with the option to work from home 2-3 days per week.

Your role

You will work as part of Asda's Customer Data Science and Analytics team. As a Senior Business Data Analyst, you will:

• Document key data products created by the Decision Science and Analytics team, including data inputs, data lineage, and high-level data architecture
• Influence the data strategy by creating a clear map of current and future data, tools, products, and capabilities
• Translate business requirements for key data products into detailed functional and technical specifications
• Liaise with colleagues across Asda's business and technical teams to understand and document interdependencies, to ensure our data strategy and product roadmaps align with those in other teams, and to understand and document the potential impact and opportunities related to upstream changes to data and systems
• Take a leading role in cataloguing and resolving issues, such as data quality incidents and tooling problems, liaising with the relevant technical departments and feeding back to the Customer Decision Science and Analytics team

About You

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.

• Educated to degree level
• Significant experience as a Business Analyst (or similar) in a data engineering, data science, or data architecture environment
• Understanding of data engineering and data science concepts, and previous experience working alongside these roles
• Comfortable mapping out data inputs and data lineage
• Strong understanding of the product development process and agile methodologies
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Strategic and analytical thinker
• Excellent initiative and ability to flourish in an open-ended role
• Basic SQL is desirable but not essential

Work Where it Works

Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works. This enables you to choose where you'll be the most effective. It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment (Usually around 3 days) that works best for you and your team, as well as across our network of stores and depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including

• £5,700 car allowance
• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards
• 25 days holidays and bank holidays

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy please contact maariyah.S.akram@asda.co.uk

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