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Head of Data

Head of Data

  • Location

    City of London

  • Sector:

    Data and Analytics

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    Negotiable

  • Contact:

    Gavree Sandhu

  • Contact email:

    g.sandhu@finitas.co.uk

  • Job ref:

    BBBH143025_1722268369

  • Published:

    about 2 months ago

🌟 Exciting Opportunity: Head of Data!

Are you an experienced data professional with a passion for driving data strategy and management? Join a leading company in the commercial insurance market and help create a fairer market for policyholders.

πŸ” About the Role: As the Head of Data, you will be a key member of the newly created Transformation team. You will lead and shape projects across all aspects of data strategy and management, with the potential for a longer-term permanent role based on performance. Key success criteria include enhancing data architecture, internal & external reporting capabilities, and using MI to support internal governance in achieving business goals. You will also be responsible for hiring and developing a team to grow internal capabilities around application integration scripts, data governance & manipulation, and reporting.

🎯 Key Responsibilities:

  • Build a strong understanding of the data environment and act as an internal subject matter expert.
  • Enhance the current IT estate to create a more robust long-term data architecture, including the potential rollout of a data warehouse solution.
  • Monitor integration errors, and maintenance requirements, and manage the development & rollout of relevant fixes.
  • Design, develop, and roll out additional internal data analysis & reporting capabilities, including Power BI dashboards.
  • Manage the design & development of additional client capabilities, from initial design through to testing & rollout.
  • Oversee in-house and external development activity to ensure cohesive delivery of wider IT projects.

πŸ“Œ Key Requirements:

  • Proven experience delivering data architecture improvement projects in a corporate environment.
  • Excellent knowledge of data management approaches, particularly data storage & manipulation.
  • Strong analytical & programming skills; knowledge of Python, and REST-based APIs.
  • Proven experience in the design, development & optimization of reporting tools (Power BI essential).
  • Relevant experience of SQL and relational databases; ability to query, manipulate, and manage large volumes of data.
  • Proven experience delivering IT and data transformation projects on time and within budget.
  • Experience liaising with senior stakeholders and managing project lifecycles.

🌍 Work Environment:

  • Will be an initial 6-month FTC then made permanent.
  • Hybrid working: 3 days remote, 2 days in the central London office.

πŸ“© Apply Today: If you have the skills and drive to succeed in this role, apply today to join a dynamic and supportive team in the commercial insurance industry!