Job Description
Analytics Lead
Bolton
£55,000
Are you an experienced analytics professional ready to step into a role where you can make a tangible impact? We're partnering with a leading healthcare provider undergoing exciting growth, and they're looking for an Analytics Lead to champion data excellence, guide an established team, and drive insight-led decision-making across the organisation.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about data, who thrives in a fast-moving environment, and wants to contribute to meaningful work that ultimately supports high-quality patient care.
What You'll Be Doing
As the Analytics Lead, you'll play a key role in shaping and delivering the organisation's reporting and analytics strategy. Your responsibilities will include:
Leadership & Team Management
* Managing a multi-disciplinary analytics team (Power BI, Reporting, and Insights Analysts).
* Coaching, supporting and developing colleagues, helping them build technical and professional capability.
Technical Delivery
* Hands-on development, maintenance and optimisation using:SQL, SSIS, SSRS, Power BI, ArcGIS, and related reporting tools.
* Owning the organisation's SQL reporting infrastructure and ensuring business continuity.
* Overseeing the request pipeline, ensuring reporting and analytics outputs are delivered on time and to a high standard.
* Administering reporting systems and providing end-user support.
* Creating and maintaining workflows/subsystems in K2.
Continuous Improvement
* Streamlining reporting processes and driving best practice.
* Enhancing data quality, governance and usability across the business.
* Supporting operational teams with robust, actionable insights.
About You - Skills & Experience
You'll excel in this role if you're technically strong, comfortable managing expectations across multiple stakeholders, and passionate about producing high-quality analytics.
You should bring:
* Advanced Excel skills (Power Query, VBA, Macros).
* Strong SQL experience, including complex queries across multiple sources.
* Experience with SSRS, SSIS and Power BI (Fabric exposure is a bonus).
* High levels of attention to detail and accuracy.
* Logical problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
* Excellent communication skills - able to translate complex information clearly.
* Strong interpersonal skills and confidence building relationships at all levels.
Who You Are
We're looking for someone who is:
* A genuine self-starter with a passion for data.
* Proactive and solutions-focused, with a desire to take ownership.
* Comfortable managing both their own workload and that of a team.
* Keen to learn specialist knowledge and continuously develop.
* Positive, motivated and committed to delivering excellent service.
This role is perfect for someone who enjoys both hands-on technical work and leading people, and who wants to contribute to a mission-driven organisation making a real difference to patient outcomes.
Why Apply?
* Make a meaningful impact in a highly respected healthcare organisation.
* Lead a talented, ambitious analytics team.
* Use a wide range of analytics tools and technologies.
* Enjoy a supportive environment that values innovation, continuous improvement and personal development.
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