Data Analyst

Job Title

Data Analyst

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Business and Systems Analysis

Closing Date

5 August 2025

 

This role requires on-site presence at Asda House in Leeds three days per week (Mon & Fri, plus one other day). We’re really looking forward to having

you around!

We’re looking for a Data Analyst to join our Data Team. You’ll be a key member of an Agile data squad, working closely with Product Managers, Data Engineers, and Data Architects to deliver trusted, high-quality data products that underpin Asda’s strategic priorities.

You'll play a pivotal role in turning data into actionable insights, while also championing great data quality, that drive decisions across the business. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders across Asda to uncover data needs, shape fit-for-purpose solutions, and enable smarter, faster decisions. This is a great opportunity to work on high-impact projects, drive data innovation, and play a central role in advancing a data-first culture across the organisation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Documenting and analysing business requirements and data flows to inform analytics and reporting solutions.

• Collaborating closely with data engineering teams to translate business needs into technical specifications and supporting solution design.

• Investigating and documenting data sources, assessing data quality and availability, and identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement.

• Creating and maintaining key project artefacts such as data dictionaries, source mappings, and design documentation.

• Validating data throughout the development lifecycle to ensure alignment with business needs.

• Supporting the adoption and effective use of business intelligence and self-service analytics tools, empowering users to make data-driven decisions.

• Supporting the Data Product management team to work with business stakeholders aligning requirements with business need and supporting conversations around prioritisation.

• Working closely with Data Architecture teams to define and build correct data models to support efficient reporting solutions.

• Participating in Agile ceremonies and ways of working, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

• Working closely with Asda’s data governance team to support activities to monitor and improve data quality across your domain.

• Identifying opportunities to improve processes and contributing to the exploration of new technologies and data capabilities that align with Asda’s data strategy.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in data analysis, with the ability to interpret complex information and deliver meaningful insights.

• Advanced SQL knowledge, and experience using Databricks

• Familiarity with relational databases and data structures.

• Proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft Office tools; experience with BI platforms such as Power BI is a plus.

• Strong documentation skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise outputs for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and ways of working.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to adapt your style to suit different audiences.

• A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for driving innovation and continuous improvement within data environments.

We welcome applications from candidates seeking part-time hours, flexible working arrangements, or job share opportunities.

If you have any questions about the role, then please email clare.tempest@asda.uk

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Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices.Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced  to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves