Senior Data Business Analyst

Internal use only - Grade E

About us

Were the team behind digital retailer Very.

Our purpose helping families get more out of life powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! If youre high-performing ambitious and make the most of every opportunity we want to hear from return youll enjoy heaps of flexibility great perks and benefits and the freedom to be yourself keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a difference youll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers.

About the team

Our Data team is at the heart of our transformation journey enabling smarter decisions better customer experiences and stronger business performance through trusted accessible and high-quality data.

Were building a modern product-led approach to data moving beyond traditional reporting to create data products that deliver measurable value across the organisation. Bringing together Product Engineering Governance Analytics and Delivery expertise the team works collaboratively to solve complex challenges and unlock new opportunities through data insight and AI.

This is an exciting time to join a team that is investing in its people technology and ways of working with the ambition to build industry-leading data products that make a real difference for our customers colleagues and business.

About the role

As a Senior Business Analyst youll lead discovery and delivery activities across large-scale cross-functional programmes with a strong data focus.

Youll:

• Lead strategic discovery activities to identify data-driven opportunities and define solutions that deliver measurable business value.

• Work with Product Data Engineering Architecture Analytics and business stakeholders to translate complex business problems into clear requirements and actionable data solutions.

• Analyse business processes data flows customer journeys and operational challenges to identify improvement opportunities.

• Facilitate workshops with senior stakeholders to define outcomes success measures KPIs and business cases.

• Own requirements from discovery through to implementation ensuring full traceability from business need to realised benefit.

• Partner with Product Managers to shape and prioritise backlogs based on customer impact commercial value risk and technical complexity.

• Support the evolution of data platforms reporting capabilities governance frameworks master data data quality and self-service analytics.

• Use quantitative and qualitative analysis to inform decisions validate assumptions and measure outcomes.

• Lead solution validation UAT strategy and benefits realisation activities.

• Provide expert guidance on organisational change process redesign and adoption of new data capabilities.

• Influence senior leaders and help drive alignment across multiple teams and business functions.

About you

Were looking for an experienced Business Analyst who has delivered complex Data initiatives and has a genuine passion for using data to solve business problems.

Youll bring:

• Significant experience operating as a Senior Business Analyst within large complex environments.

• Proven experience delivering data analytics reporting or platform transformation programmes.

• Strong understanding of data architecture data flows data governance data quality and modern data ecosystems.

• Experience working closely with Data Engineering BI Analytics Product and Technology teams.

• Advanced requirements engineering process modelling and systems analysis skills.

• Strong analytical capability with the ability to interrogate data identify trends and translate findings into clear recommendations.

• Experience defining KPIs success measures business cases and benefits tracking frameworks.

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence at Director and Executive level.

• Strong facilitation negotiation and communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts.

• Experience working within Agile environments and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.

Nice to have

• Experience delivering data governance master data customer data AI or advanced analytics initiatives.

• Experience supporting vendor selection processes and technology evaluations.

• Knowledge of Retail eCommerce Financial Services or other customer-centric environments.

• Professional certifications such as CBAP CCBA BCS Advanced Business Analysis SAFe or Agile qualifications.

Some of our benefits

• Flexible hybrid working model
• Inclusive culture and environment check out our Glassdoor reviews

• 1000 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
• 30days holiday bank holidays
• LinkedIn Learning access
• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
• Up to 25% discount on

• Matched pension up to 6%
• More benefits can be foundon our career site

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly and if successful in securing this role you will be required to undertake a credit CIFAS Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken including any unspent criminal convictions.

What happens next

Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if youre successful so keep an eye on your emails! Well arrange a short call to learn more about you as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like were a good match well share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a two stage interview process for this position:

1st stage - A one hour Teams interview with the hiring team to discuss your skills and relevant experience competency questions. This is also a great opportunity to find out more about the role and to ask any questions you may have.

2nd Stage - Task Based Final stage - face to face with the hiring team.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If youd like to know more about our interviews you can find out here.

Diversity inclusion and equal opportunities

Werebuilding a culture of everyday inclusion and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We dont discriminate based on age disability gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity race religion or belief sex or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply interview or perform a role let us know via Well be happy to support you.

Were proud to be aDisability Confident Committed Employerand have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.

Required Experience:

Senior IC