Technical Business Data Analyst

Job Description

Bristol or London: Hybrid working arrangements, (1-2 days per week in the office and the rest from home)

Salary & Benefits: £40,335 to £56,774 per annum (location dependent), plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution, 4% flexible cash pot, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays.

We also offer flexible working hours, agile working practices flexibility to suit your lifestyle and ensure a good work-life balance.

Lloyds Banking Group?

Lloyds Banking Group is on a mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help to do it!

Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.

Where does this role sit?

We’re the Enterprise Data and Machine Learning Value Stream (EDML)!

Data – the Crown Jewels of the bank, key to the Group’s strategy and at the centre of the Group’s investment programme.

In EDML, we 're shaping the Group’s ambition by enabling the bank to gain value from data by providing safe and efficient Group wide data capabilities and services.

What will I focus on in this role?

Our Technical Business Data Analysts will support the end-to-end solutions that deliver the data, and how we can do that in a way that is efficient, enables re-use of the data and delivers data that is of a high quality.

You’ll support the data management strategy for the platform, being responsible for the end to end processes around data quality, metadata management, data lineage & data management best practice.

We work using modern Agile software engineering practices, including DevOps, Continuous Integration & Continuous Development.

Specific activities might include:

• Support the Senior Business Analysts and Product Owners, Data Engineers  to understand the problem & data solutions.
• Analysing data from key source systems and supporting design activities. You’ll be involved in producing data solutions, including data models, data flow diagrams, data mappings and scenarios that transform the data from source to target.
• Identify generic patterns within the requirements to produce design blueprints that can be re-used by future use cases and/or recognise where existing patterns can be re-used.
• Understand the data and requirements at a deep level to ensure the data that is delivered by the end solution conforms to the six Data Quality dimensions (accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, uniqueness, and validity).
• Work with software engineers & other engineering staff
• Support the end-to-end change process including testing, implementation and reviewing of solutions to ensure functional and data assurance requirements are met.
• Support migration of our systems  to a cloud platform.

Together, we make it possible!

What do we need to see from applicants?

We like people who come from diverse cultural backgrounds and are really looking for someone passionate about data, ambitious and has a good problem solving mindset.  On your CV, we need to see the following to consider you for interview;

• This role could suit a Data Analyst who has done some business analysis or solution design, or a Technical Business Analyst with a passion for data projects, or a Data Management professional with solution design experience.
• Familiar with the basics of banking systems, financials/accounts & batch/streaming data services.
• Extensive background within data and a passion for what can be done with data solutions!
• Great communication or interpersonal skills.

We’re fairly technology agnostic as long as you have the relevant background in the points above, however if you have any knowledge of SQL, Hadoop or  Cloud technologies that would be a big plus for us.

Why else would you want to work with us?

We are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. We have the scale and breadth to provide you with a wide range of training and development opportunities, helping you achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career. Join us and be part of an inclusive, values-based culture focused on making a difference.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

We are proud supporters of Women in Data®.  Connect, engage and belong to the largest free female data community in the UK – visit: www.womenindata.co.uk to join our community.