People & Finance Data Integration Analyst in Manchester

We are seeking a People & Finance Data Integration Analyst to play a key role in shaping how People, Payroll and Finance data flows across City Football Group. Operating at the intersection of business and technology, you will work within our People function focusing on enterprise data infrastructure to identify, map and structure data, supporting the design and delivery of integration solutions that enable high-quality reporting and insight. You will contribute to building and maintaining data pipelines, defining schemas and ensuring data is accurate, consistent and ready for downstream analytics. Working closely with Technology you will help translate business requirements into scalable data solutions aligned to enterprise architecture principles. A key part of the role will be leading on master data governance across People and Finance domains ensuring alignment of core data entities, clear ownership and consistency across systems. You will act as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring data solutions meet both operational needs and long-term strategic goals. This is a unique opportunity to work across multiple domains in a global organisation, contributing to the development of a modern, integrated and scalable data ecosystem.

Your Impact Responsibilities

• Map and document People, Payroll and Finance data sources, structures and ownership.
• Support the design and build of data pipelines and integration solutions.
• Define schemas, data models and relationships to support analytical use cases.
• Validate, cleanse and prepare datasets for reporting and downstream use.
• Implement data quality controls, monitoring and governance processes.
• Collaborate with Finance, People, Payroll and Technology teams to align on data requirements and solutions.
• Produce clear documentation for data flows, schemas and integration patterns.
• Support and evolve master data governance across key entities and systems.

Qualifications and Experience

• Identify opportunities to improve data quality, efficiency and scalability, including leveraging AI tools.
• Experience in data integration, data modelling or pipeline development.
• Strong understanding of data structures, schemas and entity relationships.
• Experience working with or contributing to master data governance or cross-system data ownership.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
• Ability to operate across multiple domains, particularly People, Finance or Payroll.
• Experience with SQL and/or Python (e.g. pandas, numpy).
• Exposure to AI tools for data analysis or process improvement would be advantageous.

Benefits

As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and dental cover, an annual discretionary bonus, and a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts.

Equal Opportunities

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview. Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.