Lead Analyst

Job Description

Lead Analyst

Circa £45,156 dependent on skills and experience
Permanent, full time (37 hours) with flexibility for part time
Huntingdon / Peterborough

Make every drop of your potential count, join our team!

The Quality Environment and Assurance Lead Analyst will lead our Data Analyst team to maximise value through our systems, processes and data across the Directorate. You will ensure that your team uphold the highest standards of impartiality, while unlocking greater value from our data to inform decision-making and strengthen performance.

In this role, you will cultivate a collaborative and inclusive team culture, championing continuous improvement in both our practices and our systems. Through clear development pathways and empowering leadership, you will motivate the team to deliver excellence and innovation.

You will you support the Reporting and Analytics Manager to build trusted relationships with regulators, continually enhance our data systems, and drive forward improvements in our systems, processes and reporting. By leading the team to extract meaningful insights and maximise the impact of our data, you will help ensure our scientific and regulatory teams operate at full capacity, maintaining impartiality, resilience, and consistently high-quality service delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Line management and coaching to our Data Analysts and Associate Analyst.

• Continually exploring and building the team's ability to add value by translating data into insights.

• Maintain product metadata and advocate for improvements.

• Seeking opportunities to continually improve the efficiency of our reporting and analytics products and coordinate delivery and maintenance of analytics products.

• Build and support data visualisations for effective decision making alongside streamlining our regulatory reporting requirements.

We invest in our people - as a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care

• Generous double match pension – contribute 7% and Anglian Water will contribute 14%, giving a total contribution of 21%

• 24-hour Virtual GP service for you and your household

• A car allowance

• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more

• Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)

• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)

• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay

• Bonus scheme

• Flexible benefits and working culture to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

What does it take to be successful?

• Degree or equivalent; strong maths and IT skills.

• Experience with relevant data types and multi-disciplinary teams.

• Logical, analytical, and effective communicator.

• Strong influencing, negotiation, and coaching skills.

• Promotes innovation, best practice, and continuous improvement.

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Closing date: 17th June 2026

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