Business Analyst - Supplier Data Cleansing

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

Role Overview

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 at pace. The 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.

Key Responsibilities

Supplier Data Cleansing

• 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.

Data Quality Management

• 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.

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

• 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.

Delivery 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.

Governance & Reporting

• 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.

Required Skills & Experience

Essential

• 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 workstreams and coordinating delivery against critical programme milestones.

• Proven capability to coach, guide and quality assure junior team members.

• Strong communication, facilitation and workshop management skills.

Technical Skills

• Advanced Excel and data analysis techniques.

• Experience using data quality, migration or master data management tools.

• Ability to analyse and manipulate data from multiple source systems.

• Skilled in requirements documentation, issue management and reporting.

• Familiarity with ERP and supplier master data structures.

Desirable

• Experience within the insurance or broader financial services sector.

• Experience supporting ERP, procurement or finance transformation programmes.

• Knowledge of supplier onboarding, procurement and accounts payable processes.

• Exposure to data governance frameworks and operating models.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Delivery of supplier data cleansing activities in line with agreed programme timelines and milestones.

• Support successful achievement of the 7 August migration readiness milestone.

• Timely identification, tracking and resolution of supplier data quality issues and dependencies.

• Effective stakeholder engagement resulting in prompt validation and approval of supplier records.

• High-quality reporting, documentation and issue management maintained throughout the programme.

• Effective management, coaching and quality assurance of the junior Business Analyst's deliverables.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be a proactive, delivery-focused consultant who combines strong data analysis expertise with excellent stakeholder management skills. They will be comfortable operating autonomously, driving issue resolution under pressure and maintaining momentum against challenging deadlines, whilst providing effective leadership and support to junior team members.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior Consultant or Manager with supplier master data and migration experience to play a critical role in a high-profile insurance transformation programme.

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to play a critical role in a high-profile supplier master data migration programme for a leading insurance sector client.

• A fast-paced, delivery-focused assignment with significant visibility across Procurement, Finance and programme leadership teams.

• Hybrid working arrangement with a central London office location.

• The chance to lead a key data cleansing workstream, working directly with senior stakeholders and influencing migration readiness.

• Opportunity to manage, coach and develop a junior Business Analyst while driving tangible business outcomes.

• Competitive salary, commensurate with experience.

If you have a strong background in data cleansing, data migration, master data management or business analysis, and thrive in fast-moving transformation environments, we'd love to hear from you.

Vantage Point Global is fully committed to being an Equal Opportunities, inclusive employer. We are passionate about attracting diverse talent, and welcome applications regardless of ethnicity, culture, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, or sexual orientation.

Things you need to know:

• To apply, you’ll need to provide us with a CV and answer a few initial questions.

• We’d like to make you aware that if you have not heard back from us within three weeks of the date of application that we will not be progressing your application.