Senior Business Intelligence Analyst (Contract) in Hove

The Senior Business Intelligence Analyst is responsible for providing expert analytical, reporting, and business intelligence support predominantly to external partners within the Connecting Systems Intelligence (CSI) team. The post holder will act as a trusted analytical partner, helping stakeholders understand their information requirements and translating these into high-quality data products, reporting solutions, data pipelines, and automation processes, while ensuring high standards of data quality, governance, and information security.

We provide NHS commissioned healthcare including memory assessment and MSK services, alongside bespoke data analytics products and services.

Job Responsibilities

• Leadership: Coaching/mentoring more junior Information Analysts within the team, providing motivation, support, and personal development.
• Communicate proactively, clearly and professionally, both verbally and in writing.
• Present options clearly, including risks, benefits and trade-offs, to support decision-making.
• Work collaboratively as part of multiple project teams, providing technical expertise and advice.
• Provide updates on projects using project management software.
• Technical & Analytical Duties: Design and create multiple and complex datasets using SQL, ensuring they are logical and efficient and optimised.
• Produce professional, high-quality reports and dashboards, typically using Power BI.
• Lead on data quality checking, cleansing and validation to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Maintain an understanding of the complete data lifecycle, including operational processes.
• Build and maintain data pipelines in Azure Data Factory.
• Support Robotic Process Automation using tools such as UIPath.
• Undertake horizon scanning for new technologies, making recommendations and preparing business cases for adoption.
• Embed quality assurance into all aspects of analytical work, supervising the outputs of others where appropriate.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of operating procedures, organisational policies and data governance standards.
• Ensure all work complies with information governance, cyber security, and change control processes.
• Proactively communicate availability, progress, and any risks to delivery.

Essential Skills

• SQL: Minimum of 18 months' experience in data transformation and report development using SQL, with a proven ability to work independently and at pace on advanced level problems.
• PBI/Reporting: High level of analytic skill and attention to detail, with at least 18 months experience of data analysis across multiple datasets, using tools such as Power BI (Fabric), Tableau, Excel or similar.
• RPA/ADF: Intermediate level knowledge and experience in at least one of the following: 1) Building and maintaining data engineering pipelines from scratch using tools such as Azure Data Factory 2) Building and maintaining UI based Robotic Process automations from scratch using tools such as UIPath.

Demonstrates ongoing commitment to professional development through degree-level education or equivalent experience. Effectively manages time, workload, and competing priorities, proactively communicating availability and escalating risks to ensure deadlines are met. Integrates seamlessly with operational teams, ensuring analysis is informed by and aligned with frontline perspectives. Knowledge of cyber security principles and procedures with an awareness of the importance of information governance.

Desirable Skills

• Experience of configuring or administering a TPP SystmOne unit.

Demonstrates commitment to the organisation's purpose and values. Demonstrates self-motivation, accountability, and punctuality, with evidence of successful autonomous working in remote settings, showing strong ownership of tasks and professional handover when required.

Able to train, mentor, or coach junior analysts.