Senior Risk Intelligence Analyst

Senior Risk Intelligence Analyst

• Make a visible impact through risk intelligence and analytics across the Risk Division, while supporting model risk management across the wider Organisation.


• Develop your expertise through apprenticeship support and training academy opportunities

• Hybrid 80% homeworking and 20% from Stratford upon Avon

About the role

At NFU Mutual, you’ll join the Risk Division as a Senior Risk Intelligence Analyst, working within the Risk Intelligence Team alongside Model Validation colleagues as part of the Model Risk Team. You’ll help strengthen the way risk information is understood, managed and used by developing data initiatives that support consistent, practical and evidence led decision making

In this role, you’ll design, build and improve insight-led tools that bring together complex data and turn it into clear, practical outputs. Working closely with stakeholders across the Risk Division to understand their challenges, you’ll shape solutions that are easy to use, and present insight in a way that supports confident decisions and recommendations.

You’ll also play an important role in making sure risks, controls and limitations are clearly understood and appropriately managed. This includes contributing to Model Risk Management activity by supporting second line assurance over the way models are identified, assessed, validated and governed, as well as coaching colleagues and helping build wider capability through training, workshops and clear communication.

This role is based in our Tiddington Head Office, just outside Stratford upon Avon. However, we understand how important a positive work life balance is, so to help you give your best, we offer great facilities when you want to be in an office environment and support to work up to 80% of your hours from home.

About you

You’ll bring a blend of technical data capability, sound risk judgement and strong stakeholder skills. You’ll be comfortable working in an agile way, using complex information to shape clear insight and explain what it means in a way that supports practical decisions. You’ll also be confident challenging constructively, coaching others and helping build data confidence across the team and wider division.

To join NFU Mutual, you’ll also bring:

• Essential: Strong SQL capability, with experience using reporting or analytical tools such as Power BI


• Essential: Experience improving data outputs beyond Excel, including data engineering, management information analysis, controls or assurance checks


• Essential: A degree, equivalent qualification or relevant work experience in statistics, mathematics, computer science, data science or a related field


• Desirable: Practical Python skills, using code to support analysis, automation or insight development


• Desirable: Experience with R, Microsoft Fabric, PyCharm, RStudio, machine learning, artificial intelligence, model validation or model risk management

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

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 £52,000 dependent 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 - volunteer 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.


• Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility

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Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services organisations, and for over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us, so we’re proud to be recognised as “a great place to work”.

Our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2026 award was not only awarded with Distinction, but it also marked us as the first UK based company to earn a Gallup Exceptional Workplace award for eleven consecutive years. We’ve also been consistently recognised by Glassdoor. We appeared in the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK list in 2023, 2024 and 2026 — and in 2026, we were the highest ranked insurance business in the UK, highlighting our strong employee experience and the positive feedback our people share on the platform.

Additionally, we were named in the LinkedIn Top Companies 2026 list of “Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK”, and we’ve been certified as a UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
We offer a supportive and empowering culture where people are inspired to perform, given opportunities to grow, and recognised and rewarded for 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’re successful now and in the future.