Principal Data Analyst Stratford-upon-Avon

Working pattern: Full-time (Part-time hours considered)

Salary: Up to £48,000 per annum + 17.5% bonus + benefits

About the role

We're on the lookout for a talented Principal Data Analyst to help shape the future of our Underwriting and Pricing Data Team at Head Office. If you're someone who thrives on solving complex problems, loves turning data into meaningful insights, and enjoys supporting others to grow, this could be a fantastic next step for you.

In this role, you'll have real ownership - taking the lead on key data priorities and using your broad experience in data management to deliver projects that make a real impact. You'll be the go-to technical expert, not just getting stuck into the detail yourself but also guiding, mentoring and developing junior analysts to reach their full potential.

Day to day, you'll design and build innovative data solutions that align with our policies and deliver real business value. Whether it's engineering and transforming data, visualising it for key stakeholders, or ensuring we're meeting regulatory standards, your work will play a vital role in our decision-making processes.

You'll also help us raise the bar - reviewing and improving data models, transformation routines and performance reports to make sure our data is accurate, accessible and well-governed. Always with an eye on what could be done better or more efficiently.

And while technical know-how is important, so is collaboration. You'll work closely with colleagues across Underwriting, Pricing and beyond - building strong relationships, advocating for best practice, and helping to deliver high-quality data solutions that support wider business goals. You'll also be comfortable translating your findings into clear, actionable recommendations, making sure insights lead to positive outcomes.

As our technical lead, you'll balance project planning with hands-on delivery, making sure we meet timescales and deliver real value - all while championing improvements that benefit our customers, our team and the business as a whole.

About you

You're technically skilled, analytical and collaborative - someone who enjoys working with data and knows how to use it to drive real business impact. You're just as comfortable getting into the technical detail as you are explaining your findings to stakeholders in a clear and engaging way. Communication is one of your strengths, and you build strong relationships across teams, helping to ensure data-led decisions are well-informed and understood.

You're organised and delivery-focused, able to manage multiple workstreams and adapt when priorities shift. You take ownership of your work and are always looking for opportunities to improve how things are done - whether that's through automation, better data models or more efficient processes. And while you're confident working independently, you enjoy supporting others and sharing your knowledge.

You'll bring:

• Advanced SQL expertise, with hands-on experience in building complex queries and working with large, relational data sets
• ETL development experience, ideally using SSIS or similar tools, to extract, transform and load data across systems
• End-to-end data delivery skills - from gathering business requirements and designing solutions, through to building pipelines, testing outputs, and ensuring successful implementation
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement, including presenting technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences
• A collaborative, team-oriented approach, with experience supporting and mentoring others, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• Salary up to £48,000 per annum depending on experience
• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership - subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan- cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance
• Employee Volunteering - volunteering in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.

Working at NFU Mutual

We're one of the UK's leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we've put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being "a great place to work" and we're one of only 60 companies across the globe to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2024 award, and one of only 2 companies to receive the award for the ninth consecutive year. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023 and 2024.

We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.

We are a leading provider of General Insurance and Financial Services. From our strong farming roots we've grown to become a UK-wide organisation, turning over £1 billion annually. Yet success hasn't gone to our heads. We're proud to remain completely customer-focused, down-to-earth and committed to the rural communities we've grown from.

Our ethos - of trust, respect and personal service - lies at the heart of all we do and has seen us build an enviable reputation for exceptional member loyalty. Though we've been in business for over 110 years, we have big ambitions for the future. And that's why we're looking for talented people to join our growing organisation. Talented people like you.