Senior Data Business Analyst - M&G plc.

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

M&G Life covers over 5 million customers with more than £300bn invested across all of its products and wrappers, and has an ambitious growth plan for 2025 and beyond. M&G Life operations work with a number of partners including Equiniti, Diligenta, Waystone, Paragon, Willis Towers Watson, as well as M&G Global Services supporting our in-house operation.

M&G Life is making material investments in its digital and data capabilities, to improve customer experience, streamline processes, improve controls and embed data in the way we operate.

We are ramping up a number of M&G Life programmes to drive material improvements in complex processes operating across the Life Insurance business, including distribution, operations and Finance, through reengineering and automating processes and better access to data.

You will be the bridge between what the business needs and what technology delivers. This is a hybrid role - part business analyst, part data specialist - where you will need to roll up your sleeves and analyse source systems directly, not just document what stakeholders tell you. You will translate complex data requirements into actionable specifications, challenge requirements that are unfeasible or technically costly, and ensure data definitions align consistently across business groups. This role is about building permanent, in-house expertise and capabilities.

Key Responsibilities for this Role

Proven track record of documenting / cataloguing data requirements for existing business processes and redesigned business processes

Lead complex data analysis to validate business requirements - interrogating source systems directly rather than relying solely on stakeholder interviews

Translate data requirements into measurable business outcomes, supporting improved decision making and operational efficiency

Assess and document upstream and downstream data flows, dependencies and interdependencies within the enterprise data architecture

Produce clear technical IT change specifications and narratives that translate business needs into specifications technology teams can build against, with full end-to-end traceability

Interrogate and sense-check requirements from a sustainable data perspective, challenging and providing alternative solutions when requirements are unfeasible or technically costly

Work closely with data engineering teams to ensure requirements are accurately converted into built data products.

Influence senior stakeholders to align on data definitions, priorities and strategic data initiatives

Lead data quality assessments and support the development of data-driven improvement strategies, enforce and apply data governance in line with enterprise data governance frameworks

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience Our ideal candidate is analytically rigorous, digging into the detail and validating information rather than taking requirements at face value. You're confident constructively challenging where things don't stack up from a data perspective, while maintaining strong, productive relationships. A natural bridge between business and technology teams, you communicate clearly and can translate complex ideas in both directions. With a pragmatic approach to problem solving, you balance ideal data solutions with real-world delivery constraints. Above all, you are highly collaborative, working seamlessly across data engineering teams, business SMEs and senior stakeholders to drive the right outcomes.

Proven expertise combining business analysis, data analysis and data cataloguing skills to identify and document data requirements - you can analyse source systems and data

Proficient use of enterprise data platforms, semantic models, and dimensional modelling (star schemas, fact/dimension tables)

Proficient using data architecture principles, ETL processes, and data pipeline concepts

Track record of data modelling, architecture and use of data cataloguing tools

Proficiency in SQL for data validation and analysis; familiarity with data visualisation tools and cloud-based data platforms. Familiarity with Snowflake, Azure, Databricks, PowerBI.

Track record translating complex data requirements into technical specifications in financial services and/or Life operations

Ability to translate technical data concepts into business friendly language for diverse stakeholders up to senior leadership level

Strong experience of working in the Financial services industry, with exposure to the Life industry and PLC environment an advantage.

We'd love to hear from you if you're someone who's genuinely curious - the kind of person who asks thoughtful questions and digs a little deeper to understand what's really going on. You enjoy working with others and naturally bring people together, even when things feel a bit unclear. You think ahead, notice patterns early and stay focused on creating real value for the people around you.

Most of all, you care about making things better - for colleagues, for customers, and for the workplace as a whole.

If this sounds like you, we want you to apply!

Location: London, Kildean & Edinburgh Job Level: Manager/Expert Reports to: Director of Re-Engineering

What we offer

At M&G, we're committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18% , with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions . We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan , together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help gi