The Company
A fantastic opportunity to join a leading hospitality franchise with over 600 hotels across the UK/Ireland and Europe.
There are 120 people in the UK head office and team follow a hybrid work pattern.
You’ll join a LEAN, agile business environment that adopts LEAN principles.
The Role
We’re looking for a Data Business Analyst to join the business on interim basis. This is initially a 6-month contract (outside IR35) with a requirement to be in their North Oxfordshire office 3-days per week.
This is a multi-faceted role and the objective will be to assist the group in driving forward their data capability. The business is currently migrating from a legacy Microsoft environment to MS Azure.
We’re ideally looking for an experienced BA with strong data experience who can work cross-functionally and also assist with dashboarding work.
Responsibilities:
* Requirements Gathering & Documentation
* Collaborate with business stakeholders to capture and define detailed requirements.
* Translate business needs into clear technical requirements and user stories.
* Document functional and non-functional requirements to ensure clarity across teams.
* Work closely with the data delivery and analytics teams to ensure solutions align with business objectives.
* Data Analysis & Execution
* Partner with data engineers, product teams, and stakeholders to define and deliver actionable data products.
* Develop and maintain data models that accurately reflect business requirements.
* Support data analysts in exploratory scripts, logic investigations, and data validation.
* Reverse engineer existing (“as-is”) and future-state (“to-be”) data pipelines for improved understanding and alignment.
* Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
* Act as a bridge between business and technical teams, ensuring alignment on goals and deliverables.
* Manage relationships with stakeholders at all levels, balancing priorities and expectations.
* Facilitate workshops, presentations, and demonstrations to communicate findings and solutions.
* Champion best practices in data governance, quality, and documentation.
Experience required:
* Proven experience as a Data Business Analyst, with examples of multiple data projects delivered end-to-end.
* Strong understanding of data modelling, data pipelines, and data product delivery.
* Experience working with multiple data sets from external resources.
* Excellent skills in requirements gathering, process mapping, and documentation.
* Ability to work with cross-functional teams, including data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders.
* Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking, with attention to detail.
* Experience with MS Azure, Salesforce, Jira and PowerBI are all very beneficial.
* Experience in the tourism, hospitality, or related industries (desirable but not essential).
More details available on successful application