Location: Manchester
Hybrid: Tuesday to Thursday in the office
Competitive Day Rate
Are you a data-driven professional who enjoys turning complex information into actionable insights? We’re looking for a Data & Reporting Analyst to join our team on a 12-month contract, playing a key role in supporting business operations and enhancing complaint handling performance within a regulated environment.
What You’ll Do: Data Analysis & Reporting
Stakeholder Communication
- Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights and present findings to key stakeholders, including operational leadership, quality teams, and wider business partners.
- Provide commentary on performance against key metrics (e.g. turnaround times, uphold rates, backlog volumes), highlighting risks and recommended actions.
Data Quality & Systems Optimisation
- Review and troubleshoot data queries and reporting outputs to ensure accuracy, consistency, and performance efficiency.
- Support the design, development, and continuous improvement of reporting systems and data models, including maintaining user documentation and data definitions.
Process Improvement & Automation
- Identify opportunities to standardise, scale, and automate reporting processes and recurring data requests to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
- Partner with stakeholders to interpret evolving business and regulatory requirements, assess impacts, and implement sustainable reporting and process enhancements.
Visualisation & Insight Delivery
- Develop clear, user-friendly dashboards and visualisations (e.g. Power BI, Excel) to track complaint handling KPIs and operational performance in real time.
- Tailor output to different audiences, ensuring insights drive understanding, accountability, and action across the complaints team.
Training & Knowledge Sharing
- Provide training and guidance to team members and stakeholders on reporting tools, data interpretation, and best practice use of dashboards.
- Promote data literacy within the complaints function to support informed decision-making.
Project Support & Continuous Improvement
- Contribute to cross-functional projects, such as regulatory change initiatives, system migrations, or operational transformation programmes.
- Support root cause analysis activities by providing data-driven insights to help reduce complaint volumes and improve customer outcomes.
Additional Benefits
- Opportunity to make a real impact on customer outcomes and operational performance.
- Work in a collaborative, data-driven environment.
- Gain valuable experience in a highly visible, business-critical role.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Proven experience in a data analysis or reporting role, ideally within a regulated environment (e.g. financial services or complaints handling).
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex datasets and translate them into meaningful insights.
- Proficiency in reporting and visualisation tools (e.g. Excel, Power BI, or similar).
- Experience working with operational KPIs and performance metrics, with an understanding of complaints processes and regulatory frameworks (e.g. FCA DISP) desirable.
