Data Lead

Title: Data Lead

Location: London, Hybrid

Salary: Up to £60,000

Industry: FinTech

Contact: thomas.harris@forsythbarnes.com

Brief Overview:

We are a specialist financial institution dedicated to supporting UK businesses in achieving their goals. As an SME-focused bank, we cater to underserved markets with niche specialty services. Our expert teams in Specialist Business Finance (Asset Finance and Wholesale), Development Finance, Bridging Finance, and Specialist Mortgages deliver exceptional service, build lasting relationships, and provide the integrity and expertise businesses need to thrive.

In addition, we offer savings accounts for individuals and businesses. By lending to SMEs, our savers can trust that their funds contribute to strengthening the British economy.

Our vision is to be the bank of choice in our target markets, delivering exceptional customer outcomes, fulfilling careers, and strong shareholder returns. We are driven by a high-performing culture rooted in excellence and integrity.

JOB Responsibilities:

• Build, maintain, and enhance Tableau dashboards to support business needs.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and deliver tailored solutions to support decision-making processes.
• Ensure the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of all data visualisations and reporting outputs.
• Provide training and support to team members on using Tableau and interpreting reports.
• Lead the development and implementation of the bank’s data strategy within Savings and Marketing, representing the division on the Bank’s Data Committee.
• Work alongside internal stakeholders to ensure the delivery of data-led initiatives within the bank, particularly leading the division’s workstream for ongoing compliance with GDPR.
• Help develop and nurture the data literacy of people within the team.
• Drive process design to maintain and improve data quality, including data cleansing activities where needed.
• Support operational leads in building strong procedures and controls around data entry and quality.
• Discover and document data-lineage to trace the end-to-end data journey from point of creation to consumption, maintaining the division's ROPA mapping.
• Provide leadership and management oversight to junior team members working on data initiatives.
• Troubleshoot technical issues related to data operations.
• Create and oversee monthly data reporting in relation to data, introducing critical data quality metrics.

Job Requirements:

• Proven experience in producing/owning Data Quality reporting
• Strong understanding of Data Management frameworks & approaches
• Good Tableau and SQL knowledge
• Analytical mind, critical thinker, and problem solver
• Hold at least 5 GCSEs including English and Maths (or equivalent) at least Grade C (or equivalent) or above.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Exceptional organisational and time management skills.
• Outstanding attention to detail and administrative skills.
• Strong abilities to identify, analyse and solve problems including the ability to learn skills.
• Adaptable to change.
• A pro-active and can-do attitude with a desire to take ownership of matters to deliver good customer outcomes and solutions.

If you're interested, please apply by emailing a copy of your most up-to-date CV and your current availability.