Business Analyst - Supplier Data Cleansing Temporarily Remote

Business Analyst – Supplier Data Cleansing

Client: Leading Insurance Sector Organisation
Location: London (Hybrid Working)
Employment Type: FTE/FTC
Start Date: ASAP (20 July preferred)
Grade: Senior Consultant / Manager

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst – Supplier Data Cleansing to support a time-critical supplier master data migration programme for a major insurance sector client. The successful candidate will lead the identification, remediation and validation of supplier master data, ensuring data is complete, accurate and fit for purpose ahead of key migration milestones.

This is a hands‑on delivery role requiring strong analytical capability, stakeholder management skills and the ability to drive outcomes  successful candidate will work across Procurement, Finance, third-party suppliers and business stakeholders to resolve data quality issues, manage dependencies and ensure successful delivery of cleansing activities.

The role will also provide day-to-day leadership, coaching and quality assurance for a junior Business Analyst supporting the data cleansing workstream.

• Analyse supplier master data to identify gaps, inconsistencies, duplicates and incomplete records.
• Lead remediation activities to improve data completeness, accuracy and compliance with migration requirements.
• Define and execute data cleansing and enrichment processes.
• Validate corrected data against agreed quality standards and business rules.
• Support data migration readiness assessments and sign‑off activities.

• Assess supplier data quality issues and quantify impacts on migration readiness.
• Prioritise cleansing activities based on migration tranche requirements and programme critical path.
• Track and manage data quality issues, risks and dependencies through to resolution.
• Establish clear data quality reporting and progress tracking mechanisms.
• Ensure delivery of cleansing activities supporting achievement of the 7 August programme milestone.

• Engage with Procurement, Finance, Supplier Management and external suppliers to source and validate supplier information.
• Facilitate workshops and working sessions to resolve data issues and secure business decisions.
• Build strong relationships across business and programme teams to accelerate issue resolution.
• Drive stakeholder accountability for data ownership, validation and approvals.
• Present progress updates, risks and recommendations to programme leadership.

• Provide day-to-day direction and oversight to a junior Business Analyst.
• Review and quality assure cleansing outputs, documentation and analysis.
• Coach and support team members to ensure consistent delivery standards.
• Monitor workload, priorities and progress across the cleansing workstream.
• Ensure activities are delivered against programme timelines and quality expectations.

• Maintain issue logs, action trackers and data quality dashboards.
• Produce regular status updates highlighting progress, risks and mitigation actions.
• Support programme governance forums and stakeholder reporting requirements.
• Ensure appropriate documentation of cleansing decisions, assumptions and audit trails.

• Significant experience as a Business Analyst, Data Analyst or Data Migration Consultant within large‑scale transformation programmes.
• Proven experience leading supplier or vendor master data cleansing activities.
• Strong understanding of data quality management, data governance and migration readiness processes.
• Advanced data analysis and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience working with large datasets and identifying data quality issues at scale.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior business stakeholders.
• Experience working with Procurement, Finance and supplier management functions.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently in fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environments.
• Experience managing work streams and coordinating delivery against critical programme milestones.
• Proven capability to coach, guide and quality assure junior team members.
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