Barclays Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Overview
Join us as a Portfolio Data Analyst at Barclays, where you\'ll play a key role in driving governance, process improvement, and agile transformation across the Insurance & Packs Sub-LAB within the Life Moments LAB. In this role, you\'ll support mission-critical and regulatory deliverables by maintaining and analysing data in Jira, Navigator, and related tools, enabling better sprint velocity tracking, trend analysis, and pack creation. You’ll collaborate with Scrum Masters and project leads to enhance data hygiene, improve Jira usage, and provide actionable insights that support agile ways of working, with a focus on project governance, process controls, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
* Investigation and analysis of data issues related to quality, lineage, controls, and authoritative source identification.
* Execution of data cleansing and transformation tasks to prepare data for analysis.
* Designing and building data pipelines to automate data movement and processing.
* Development and application of advanced analytical techniques, including machine learning and AI, to solve complex business problems.
* Documentation of data quality findings and recommendations for improvement.
Qualifications & Skills
* Proficiency in Jira/JQL Reporting, Taxonomy, and Data Analysis.
* Proven experience with PMO Governance and Controls, with the ability to analyse project management processes to identify governance gaps and areas of failure, ensuring compliance and effectiveness.
* Experience with Navigator and Tableau Reporting and Analysis.
* Experience in reviewing and enhancing processes to optimise efficiency and support continuous improvement initiatives.
Additional Information
Some other highly valued skills may include experience with Navigator and Tableau Reporting and Analysis, and experience in reviewing and enhancing processes to optimise efficiency and support continuous improvement initiatives.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
The successful candidate can be based in Knutsford or Northampton.
Purpose of the role
To implement data quality processes and procedures, ensuring that data is reliable and trustworthy, then extract actionable insights from it to help the organisation improve its operation and optimise resources.
Accountabilities
* Investigation and analysis of data issues related to quality, lineage, controls, and authoritative source identification.
* Execution of data cleansing and transformation tasks to prepare data for analysis.
* Designing and building data pipelines to automate data movement and processing.
* Development and application of advanced analytical techniques, including machine learning and AI, to solve complex business problems.
* Documentation of data quality findings and recommendations for improvement.
Assistant Vice President Expectations
* Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
* Lead a team performing complex tasks, using professional knowledge to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives.
* Demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard (LEAD: Listen, Energise, Align, Develop).
* For individual contributors, lead collaborative assignments, guide team members through structured assignments, and identify the need for cross-functional input.
* Consult on complex issues; provide advice to People Leaders to support resolution of escalated issues.
* Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
* Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
* Collaborate with other areas to keep up to speed with business activity and strategy.
* Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
* Communicate complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
* Influence stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship and the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology
Industries
* Banking and Financial Services
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