Lead Insight Analyst – Contract

Location: Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield or Chester

Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days per week in the office, 2 days wfh

Contract: Initial contract to 31 December 2026

Rate: Up to £840pd via umbrella

Start: Candidates available within 1 month


We are currently recruiting for a Lead Insight Analyst to join a leading global financial services organisation, supporting a key UK Retail Banking project.

This is a hands-on analytics role where you'll be responsible for extracting and analysing large datasets, identifying key trends and drivers, and turning complex data into clear, actionable business insight.




You'll work closely with senior stakeholders to understand business challenges, investigate the data and recommend actions that can support growth, customer outcomes and business performance.

The Role

• Lead complex analytical projects from initial business question through to analysis, insight and recommendations.
• Independently extract and manipulate data from large data warehouses using SAS and SQL.
• Analyse customer, lending and credit data to identify trends, opportunities and potential risks.
• Translate complex datasets into clear, concise insights that can drive business decisions.
• Support initiatives across lending, pricing, customer targeting, retention, balance growth and regulatory change.
• Work with stakeholders across the business to understand requirements and communicate analytical findings effectively.
• Develop and maintain data products, reporting solutions and analytical outputs.
• Apply statistical and analytical techniques to investigate business problems and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Take ownership of projects end-to-end, managing delivery and stakeholder relationships with minimal guidance.

About You

We're looking for an experienced Analytics, Credit Risk or Insight professional who enjoys getting into the detail of the data and solving complex business problems.

You'll ideally have:

• Strong hands-on experience using SAS and SQL to extract and analyse large datasets.
• Previous experience in Risk Analytics, Credit Risk, Insight or Data Analytics.
• Good understanding of consumer lending, credit risk, profitability or customer analytics.
• Experience working with large and complex datasets and turning analysis into actionable insight.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience taking ownership of analytical projects from start to finish.
• Experience within financial services, lending or another large, complex organisation is beneficial.
• Python experience would be advantageous but is not essential.

We're particularly interested in candidates who can pull the data themselves, understand what it is telling them and clearly articulate what the business should do as a result.

This is not a traditional Business Analyst or reporting role — strong hands-on analytical and coding capability is essential.




If you feel this matches your skillset, please send your CV directly to bethford@hydrogengroup.com




Thanks,

Beth

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