Senior Data Analyst

Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Reading/Forbury Place, Havant/Penner Road.

Salary: £61,620 - £72,592 and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available.

The role: As a Senior Data Analyst, you will join SSE’s Data Platform team to drive analysis across complex data platforms and enable the delivery of high‑impact, data‑driven products. You will play a key role in SSE’s transformation by shaping scalable, well‑governed data products, ensuring strong data quality and lineage, and enabling better operational, commercial, and strategic decision‑making through trusted insights.

Working closely with Product Owners, data engineers, architects, and senior business stakeholders, you will provide analytical leadership across the data lifecycle from defining requirements and data models to managing dependencies and risk. You will act as a trusted advisor, translating complex data and technical concepts into clear, value‑led outcomes, while also supporting the development of analysis capability and best practice across SSE’s data community.

• Lead the elicitation, analysis, and documentation of complex business, product, and data requirements across SSE’s data platforms, ensuring alignment with data strategy and regulatory obligations.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Data Product Managers, and delivery teams to shape and govern the data product backlog, providing leadership in backlog refinement and dependency management.
• Define data models, facts, and dimensions, and produce complex data mapping and lineage artefacts to create scalable, reusable data products for multiple analytical and reporting uses.
• Provide senior oversight of testing and validation for data pipelines and analytics outputs, proactively managing data quality, lineage, and governance risks to ensure compliance with standards and audit requirements.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights for senior stakeholders, oversee analytical outputs using tools such as Power BI, Databricks, SQL, and Python, and coach analysts to enhance data analysis capability across the organisation.

You have:

• Significant experience as a Senior Product Analyst, Product Analyst, or Data Analyst working on complex, data‑enabled products within a large, enterprise environment.
• Strong, practical understanding of data platforms and analytics concepts, including data modelling, metrics, dimensional modelling, data quality management, and lineage.
• Hands‑on experience with modern data and analytics tooling, such as Databricks, SQL, Python, Power BI, or equivalent cloud‑based platforms.
• Proven experience operating in Agile product‑led environments (Scrum / Kanban), including backlog ownership, refinement, and prioritisation using tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira.
• Demonstrated ability to lead stakeholder engagement at multiple levels, translating complex technical and data concepts into clear, outcome‑focused narratives.

About SSE: SSE’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plans sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030. Our IT division powers growth across all SSE business areas by making sure we have the systems, software and security needed to take the lead in a low‑carbon world. They provide expertise, advice and day‑to‑day support in emerging technologies, data and analytics, cyber security and more.

Flexible benefits to fit your life: Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest‑free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer: SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.

Ready to apply? Start your online application. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we will be taking your application further. If you are offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.