Lead Analyst

Lead Analyst — London Bridge or Remote (with occasional office visits). £55,000 to £65,000, plus up to 20% bonus

They are a global education organisation that supports international students in progressing to university study across multiple destinations. Their work spans student recruitment, pathway programmes, and extensive support services. With a large international footprint and a growing focus on data maturity, they are building the foundations for scalable decision-making and long-term analytics capability.

In this Lead Analyst position you will play a key role in shaping analytics for recruitment and marketing, acting as a bridge between reporting, engineering, and commercial teams.

You will be responsible for:

• Delivering pipeline analysis, conversion reporting, and agent performance insights.
• Owning BAU reporting and early-stage forecasting across recruitment teams.
• Leading the enhancement and repurposing of dashboards and analytics products.
• Translating stakeholder requirements into clear specifications for data engineering and IT teams.
• Managing workload prioritisation and pushing back confidently where needed.
• Coaching analysts and executives, building capability, and supporting team autonomy.
• Contributing to major data transformation programmes, including the move to Microsoft Fabric, lakehouse architecture, and Power BI.
• Supporting reporting migration, validation, and quality assurance.
• Working on early forecasting models with opportunities to collaborate on data science projects over time.

You will be well suited to this role if you bring:

• Strong commercial experience in analytics, business intelligence, or data-focused roles.
• Proven ability to deliver analytics projects end to end.
• Confidence engaging and influencing senior stakeholders through collaboration.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, or managing junior analysts.

If this Lead Analyst role sounds like the right next step, click apply to begin the conversation.