Data Management Analyst
Job Title: Data Management Analyst
Salary: The starting salary is £38,926, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £35,998 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £38,523. Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Kilburn
Met Business Services (MBS) is a new way for the Met to deliver enabling services to all of our officers and staff. MBS is a front-line focused services organisation that sets our people up to succeed, reduces admin, provides a single source of truth for all HR, Finance and Commercial data, providing a critical cornerstone to fix our foundations.
MBS will help every person and supplier working with the Met by:
- Building a modern and efficient industry-standard business services directorate, building and pooling key specialist capabilities, strengthening HR, Finance and Commercial functions whilst removing functional silos
- Designing end-to-end services, building them for the needs of the users rather than in functional process silos and seamlessly integrating them regardless of how they are delivered
- Providing easy-to-use interfaces and ‘one-touch’ services for end-users that leverage the potential of contemporary technologies like automation and low-code workflows.
This is an exciting time to be part of MBS – we are building new capabilities and new ways of working that will directly help the frontline to focus on what matters and make a real difference to London. The Met as a whole is transforming to deliver on our goals of More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards, and being part of establishing this new organisation puts you at the heart of that journey with tremendous potential for growth both within the team and across the Met. The value and purpose of MBS is wired into the heart of the Met, with opportunities to collaborate across the organisation, drive innovation to get the right outcomes and support our people in policing London.
The Met Leadership have approved the design and implementation of a centralised service delivery model (Met Business Services – MBS), to replace functional services with business services, breaking down silos and building end-to-end services around user requirements. The initial scope of the MBS model will be MPS Commercial, Finance and HR scope of services functions with the flexibility and scalability of bringing additional new services into it.
A key enabler of the MBS led transformation is the implementation of a new Data and Solutions Capability within MBS. The MBS Data Management Team will drive the management of data throughout its lifecycle to enable data-driven decision making and supporting compliance with relevant regulations. By collaborating with cross-functional teams, they will establish data management best practices and promote a culture of data stewardship.
The MBS Data Management Analyst will be responsible for developing, implementing and subsequently managing data management processes and controls to ensure integrity of data across Met Business Services. They will report into the MBS Data Management Lead, support the Senior Data Management Analysts, and have support from the MBS Junior Data Management Analysts – working alongside the other MBS Data Pillars including Reporting, Data Quality, and Data Governance to drive the delivery of these capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
What does the average day look like? Your core duties will include (but are not limited to):
MBS Data Management
- Analyse the people, process and technology aspects required for effective data management to identify the scope of data involved in Reference Data, Master Data, Data Hierarchies, as well as Transactional and Reporting Data
- Support development and updates to key artefacts such as the Data Dictionary, Business Process and Systems Landscape mappings. Such artefacts will be used to inform impact assessment of changes, data quality assessment and improvement, and ensuring data harmonisation across systems
- Work with Data Quality team members to review controls to prevent data quality issues from occurring, as well as ongoing data quality monitoring, root cause analysis and issue remediation
- Impact assess data change requests on downstream systems
- Manage the end to end process to receive and impact assess all changes to master data
- Model large data sets using tools that include and are not limited to Power BI, MS Excel, OAC.
- Work with external supplier to ensure data is transacted correctly in PSOP, escalating issues where needed
- Ensure governance relating to data change requests are correct
- Engage stakeholders across Finance, Commercial, HR and wider MPS to ensure data management principles are adhered to
- Effectively implement functional requirements into technical development and to articulate technical information in a clear and concise manner
- Taking notes during workshops across all levels including senior colleagues, practitioners, and external stakeholders
Teamwork & Culture
- Use communication skills to transfer knowledge to team members and other stakeholders
- Support junior team members with requests, and offer support to senior analysts
- Actively monitors own objectives and seeks feedback to continuously improve quality and performance
- Promote a culture of respect, inclusion, and diversity across their teams, that supports and encourages overall team ethos and removes silos
- Help foster a culture of high-performance, innovation and continuous improvement embracing MBS and MPS values
- Provide guidance and training where needed to junior analysts
- Foster a data-driven culture throughout MBS, promoting data literacy and data analysis tools and techniques
Additional Information:
Please note that if selected you will be expected to remain in this role for two years before applying for any other internal roles.
This role will be based at Kilburn with requirement to travel to Westminster on occasion.
You may in addition be required from time to time to undertake additional duties necessary to meet the needs of the Met; such duties to be commensurate with the responsibilities and grading of the post.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply now" button below. The application process requires a comprehensive CV and an online application form.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 13th June 2025.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence 1 week after closing date.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence 1 to 2 weeks after hiring manager review.