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Job Description
Job Title: Finance Data Analyst
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Park
Working style: Hybrid – 50% home/office
Closing date: 27th January
Job summary
Join Group Finance within our Finance Systems and Development team, where we look after the accounting, transactional and banking systems, provide first-line support to users, drive automation to remove manual processes, and ensure the smooth flow of data through our end-to-end architecture. You will help own and manage Group Finance Power BI requirements, finance data models and visualisation across Finance, delivered via our Snowflake data platform and Power BI/Power App tools.
About the role
- Understand end-to-end Finance system processes and data sources; identify opportunities to improve key processes and controls for effectiveness and efficiency.
- Manage and deliver small changes and defect fixes to Power BI reports and Power App workflows.
- Maintain, develop and govern business-critical Group Finance reporting across Snowflake and other SQL-based databases, Power BI and Power App.
- Translate future business and regulatory change requirements into system designs and specifications.
- Design and build robust finance data models within the strategic Snowflake platform to enable efficient querying and analysis.
- Build, test and iterate interactive dashboards and reports that visualise data and present actionable insights.
- Develop and maintain data integration and ETL pipelines, data warehousing and transformations within Snowflake and other SQL databases.
About you
- Able to translate technical concepts for senior and non-technical audiences, with clear written and verbal communication.
- A clear-thinking problem solver who can unravel complex issues, evaluate options and shape business solutions.
- Experience improving controls and processes across finance systems and data.
- Proficient with Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI Desktop, Power App), with strong data visualisation skills.
- Solid data modelling and engineering skills, particularly in SQL and Snowflake; comfortable with ETL and data warehousing.
- Working knowledge of SQL, Azure and DAX; familiarity with SDLC and modern change control processes (Waterfall, Agile).
- Collaborative, proactive and organised—able to manage workload effectively and work well with business and technical teams.
About Royal London
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve. We’ve always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.