MI Analytics & Reporting Manager

Location: Leeds or London.

The Bank of England is the UK's central bank. Our mission is to deliver monetary and financial stability for the British people. It is an historic institution with a rich history and important standing in UK public life. The Bank of England is a diverse organisation which benefits from different ideas being created by people from different backgrounds. Each of its 6,000 plus people are committed to public service and dedicated to promoting the good of the people of the United Kingdom by maintaining monetary and financial stability.

Central Services is at the heart of the Bank and integral to enabling it to deliver its vital mission by providing: assurance of a safe, efficient and robust operational running of the Bank; delivery of a strategic approach to prioritisation, planning and change; achievement of its cultural and sustainability commitments; as well as creating and supporting an employee population that better represents UK society, alongside allowing all to succeed and thrive in the workplace whether through technology or place.

The Role

We are recruiting for a MI Analytics & Reporting Manager to join the Central Services Optimisation Unit (OU), which is responsible for driving Central Services continuous improvement and optimisation of our enabling services. This is an exciting area of the Bank which plays an important role to drive and embed change and performance improvements across Central Services.

The Optimisation Unit reports to the Optimisation Director and forms part of the Central Operations function who are responsible for creating and maintaining safe, sustainable, and collaborative environments, across all our locations, to enable and protect the Bank fulfil its mission. We are a high performing team that has responsibility for delivering sustainable value for money solutions through strong supplier management and customer service.

We take pride in our people, with backgrounds and experiences as diverse as the services we provide. You'll enjoy flexible working opportunities, a strong sense of community and well-being, and a collective mission to promote the good of the people of the UK. All of which add up to make the Bank a hugely rewarding place to work.

The Analytics team lead together with the Data Hub Lead, shares overall responsibility for driving the delivery of accurate, timely and insightful MI and Analytics across Central Services. While the team produces outputs, the Team lead provides the leadership, direction and quality assurances that ensures these insights meets business needs and inform strategic and operational decisions. They will communicate the vision and priorities of the MI function, manage and develop a team of Analysts, Senior Analysts and Data Scientists and act as a key point of accountability together with the data hub lead for ensuring analytics drives measurable business value.

Role will also be critical in shaping how Business data is used and managed across central services by embedding a strong data culture through training, advocacy and adoption of best practices.

Role Description

Key accountabilities are to:

• Lead Snr Analysts, Analysts and Scientist, providing them with direction, coach and professional development

• Own delivery of MI, dashboards and analytics that are accurate, timely and actionable

• Work with key stakeholders to translate business requirements into clear analytical outputs that inform decision-making

• Drive the adoption got rh hub and spoke analytics models ensuring strong collaboration between Spokes and SMRs

• Partner with technology colleagues to delivery scalable and sustainable BI solutions and ensure data pipelines and infrastructure are well managed.

• Champion data driven culture in CS by providing training on analytics and BI solution for analytics team and wider CS colleagues

• Introduce and embed best practices in data analysis. Visualization and reporting ensuring consistency and quality across outputs

• Stay up to data with advances in analytics, applying new methods and tools to improve insight delivery and team capability

• Support in building integrations/connectors with Enterprise data platform from CS source systems

• Maintain and manage data registers, meta data catalogue and governance frameworks

Role Requirements

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience in leading analytics, MI or BI teams.

• Expertise in Business intelligence/MI tools (such as Power BI) and experience of developing scalable reporting solution

• Excellent skills in translating business problems into data and analytical solutions.

• Experience in training and building analytics competency for people and teams

• Strong skills in programming languages commonly used in data analytics, such as Python, R and SQL.

• Demonstrated ability to coach and develop teams with experience building a culture of learning and continuous improvement

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with ability to explain analytical insights to non-technical audiences

Desirable Criteria

• Certification in Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300) or similar

• Familiarity with other MI tools such as Oracle Fusion Data Intelligence (FDI) or Tableau

• Experience of working within a partnering model or federated analytics structure

• Familiarity with Cloud based solutions(e.g MS Fabric, Snowflake, Google BigQuery)

• Experience in AI solutions and emerging technologies

• Experience of project management in complex business programmes and projects.

This is a people management role. You will be responsible for day to day management of the team and for defining roles and responsibilities. You will develop your team through sharing information effectively, coaching and communicating a clear vision to ensure that your staff are productive, engaged and motivated to deliver the area's aims. This will include setting clear goals and smart stretching objectives that are aligned to those of the team, division and directorate. You will also be responsible for managing all staff-related matters that may arise including performance, absence and sickness. Number of direct reports: 3-4 ___

Our Approach to Inclusion

The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.

At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it's by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we'll continue to make the best decisions for the public.

We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed.

For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders.

Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme . If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the 'Candidate Personal Information' under the 'Disability Confident Scheme' section of the application.

Salary and Benefits Information

We encourage flexible working, part time working and job share arrangements. Part time salary and benefits will be on a pro-rated basis as appropriate.

This role offers a salary of:

• Leeds ranging from £65,440 - £73,620
• London ranging from £72,720 - £81,810

In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:

• Currently a non-contributory, career average pension giving you a guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked. There is the option to increase your pension (to 1/65th) or decrease (to 1/105th) in exchange for salary through our flexible benefits programme each year. The Bank has the discretion to vary standard accrual rates and dial up and dial down rates at any time and to withdraw dial up and dial down options at any time.
• A discretionary performance award based on a current award pool.
• An 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
• 26 days' annual leave with option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits.
• Private medical insurance and income protection.

National Security Vetting Process

Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank's Privacy Notice .

The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.

The Application Process

Important: Please ensure that you complete the 'work history' section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It's therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process.

The assessment process will comprise of two interview stages.

This role closes on 26 September 2025.

Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.