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# Lead Data Analyst

- **Company:** Understanding Recruitment
- **Location:** UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £90,000.0 - £110,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Database Queries, Standard Sql, SQL Databases, Data Management, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.understandingrecruitment.com/job/lead-data-analyst/

## About the Role

As the Lead Data Analyst you will join a fast growing start-up organisation that's about to make a significant investment in their data platforms, with data at the centre of everything. This is a rare chance to join right at the start. It is vital you have SQL skills, knowledge of ETL pipelines and the ability to understand and navigate complex financial domain.

The Lead Data Analyst will help define how data is collected, modelled, and used across the business, working closely with analysts, stakeholders, and senior leaders. It is essential you have a strong academic background with a relevant degree.

As a Lead Data Analyst, you'll bring:

 * Hands-on experience building data pipelines and data platforms
 * Strong SQL skills
 * Experience of ETL pipelines
 * Financial Services experience.

Data Analyst | Data Platforms | Cloud | SQL | ETL

This is a rare chance to be at the heart of a long-term data journey, with real ownership, influence, and progression as the platform and the business grows.

## Description

Lead Data Analyst

£90,000-£110,000 | Remote, United Kingdom

As the Lead Data Analyst you will join a fast growing start-up organisation that's about to make a significant investment in their data platforms, with data at the centre of everything. This is a rare chance to join right at the start. It is vital you have SQL skills, knowledge of ETL pipelines and the ability to understand and navigate complex financial domain.

The Lead Data Analyst will help define how data is collected, modelled, and used across the business, working closely with analysts, stakeholders, and senior leaders. It is essential you have a strong academic background with a relevant degree.

As a Lead Data Analyst, you'll bring:

 * Hands-on experience building data pipelines and data platforms
 * Strong SQL skills
 * Experience of ETL pipelines
 * Financial Services experience.

Data Analyst | Data Platforms | Cloud | SQL | ETL

This is a rare chance to be at the heart of a long-term data journey, with real ownership, influence, and progression as the platform and the business grows.


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