Lead Data Analyst – Finance BI
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Finance & Business Development
Closing date: 19 September 2025
Requisition ID: 400018577
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not handling projects, we’re helping all corners of the wider group with what they’re trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives you a real sense of purpose and responsibility. Better still, the team around you will listen to your ideas and opinions, and you’ll have every chance to try something new. The sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there’s always something else around the corner, and we’ll help and support you every step of the way. We’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.
Please note, this role is based out of our London Store Support Centre & Home. Colleagues go into the office 1-2 days per week on average.
Why join us
Joining the Finance BI Analytics team at Sainsbury's offers you the chance to work with one of the most exciting retail data sets in the UK and play a pivotal role in driving the commercial finance value of the organisation. In a fast-paced and collaborative environment, you will have the opportunity to lead and deliver impactful analytical projects and translate complex data into compelling narratives that inform and inspire decision-making. With a focus on continuous improvement, building strong relationships, and delivering actionable recommendations, this role offers a dynamic environment where you can make a significant difference while making the most of our continuous learning opportunities to help you grow in your role.
What you'll do
As Lead Analyst, you will play a crucial role in unlocking value from one of the UK's most dynamic retail data sets collaborating closely with Finance Managers and Senior Leadership. Your responsibilities will include owning the end-to-end delivery of advanced financial analytical projects, building strong relationships across the business, translating complex data into compelling narratives, questioning assumptions, and proposing innovative solutions. Your numerate background, strong SQL and Python skills, proven track record of delivering actionable insights, and high attention to detail will be essential as you drive decision-making and business change through impactful analysis and storytelling.
Who you are
You are a dedicated and innovative professional with a willingness to learn and proven track record of driving advanced data analysis and delivering actionable insights. With experience in BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau, as well as proficiency in SQL and Python, you excel in visualising and communicating complex analytics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Your strong relationship-building skills, resilience, and ability to prioritise effectively enable you to collaborate with key stakeholders, manage high-impact business analysis projects, and drive continuous improvement in analytics processes to enhance Finance's ability to contribute value to the organisation.
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable proficiency in SQL and Python for data analysis and manipulation (experience with Snowflake, R, GitHub, and Jira is advantageous but not required)
- Knowledge of the following Python modules is advantageous: Pandas, scikit-learn and statsmodels
- Experience delivering actionable insights that contribute to business change or impact
- Proven ability to translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives, evidenced through data storytelling or presentation work to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Evidence of building and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships, including engaging in director-level conversations with resilience and professionalism
- Experience using BI tools (such as Tableau, Power BI or other similar tools) to effectively communicate insights
- Educational degree or professional background in a numerate discipline, such as mathematics, statistics, finance or a related analytical field
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We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibiity criteria may apply).
