Data Analyst in Macclesfield, Cheshire

Are you an experienced Data Analyst with a passion for transforming data into actionable business insights? Do you enjoy working at the intersection of data, technology and business change, helping organisations improve decision-making and unlock the value of their data assets?

We are looking for a talented Data Analyst to join a fast-paced digital team supporting transformation initiatives. This role offers the opportunity to shape data strategies, improve data quality, establish governance frameworks and deliver meaningful insights that drive business performance and readiness for AI-enabled innovation.

As a Data Analyst, you will play a key role in establishing reliable and trusted data foundations across the business. You will work closely with stakeholders to understand business challenges, map critical data sources and integrations, assess data quality, and define data requirements that support transformation programmes.

You will combine technical data expertise with strong stakeholder engagement skills to develop dashboards, KPIs and reporting solutions that enable informed decision-making and support data-driven transformation.

• Define, document and maintain data requirements, dependencies and ownership structures.
• Support the development and implementation of data governance standards and best practices.
• Maintain a central register of master data sources, including ownership, business criticality and data quality status.
• Assess data maturity across business functions and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluate existing data products and identify critical business data, dependencies and integration points.
• Develop and maintain remediation plans to address data quality issues and compliance gaps.
• Develop and execute data self-assessment and inspection activities.
• Translate business challenges into data migration, integration and analytical requirements.

• Analyse complex data sets to identify trends, risks and improvement opportunities.
• Define and measure key performance indicators (KPIs) relating to data quality and transformation initiatives.
• Support business stakeholders with data-driven recommendations and insights.
• Conduct gap analysis to support strategic and operational decision-making.

• Design, develop and maintain dashboards and reporting solutions.
• Produce regular reports on data health, quality metrics and transformation progress.
• Present findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensure reporting solutions provide clear, actionable business insights.

• Partner with business, digital and technology teams to understand requirements and priorities.
• Provide guidance and coaching to project teams on data standards, governance and best practices.
• Communicate technical concepts and data findings clearly to a wide range of audiences.
• Build strong relationships across stakeholders to support successful delivery of transformation initiatives.

• Identify opportunities to improve data governance, data quality and information management practices.
• Support initiatives that improve organisational readiness for advanced analytics and AI adoption.
• Promote a culture of data quality, accountability and continuous improvement.

• Extensive experience mapping complex data sources, integrations and data flows.
• Strong data analysis, data profiling and gap analysis experience.
• Understanding of data modelling and data architecture principles.
• Knowledge of data governance, master data management and data quality frameworks.
• Experience defining data requirements for business and transformation initiatives.
• Strong dashboarding and reporting experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to communicate technical findings to non-technical audiences.
• Strong report writing, presentation and documentation skills.
• Experience managing multiple priorities within fast-paced project environments.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and quality.

• Opportunity to work on high-impact digital transformation programmes.
• Exposure to data strategy, governance, analytics and business change initiatives.
• Collaborative and innovative working environment.
• The chance to influence how organisations leverage data to drive better business outcomes.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

If you're a Data Analyst who enjoys solving complex data challenges, driving improvements in data quality and governance, and delivering insights that support business transformation, we'd love to hear from you.

Join a team committed to building trusted data foundations and enabling the next generation of digital and AI-driven business capabilities

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan.