Lead Data Analyst

Salary: £61,000 - 101,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proficiency with SAP Datasphere, including space design, data flows, replication flows, and semantic modelling
• Experience designing greenfield platforms from scratch rather than migrating existing systems
• Strong data modelling skills, including fact and dimension design, semantic layers, and governance
• Ability to explain data architecture clearly to Finance and business stakeholders
• Ability to review and challenge systems integrator technical designs for long-term supportability
• Working knowledge of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) as a consumption layer
• Understanding of data governance and how to implement it within projects
• Ability to design complex low-level design documentation for data, BI, and cloud solutions
• Familiarity with S/4HANA Finance data structures, including the Universal Journal and cost and profit centres
• Experience in a RISE with SAP or clean core environment
• Knowledge of integrating non-SAP data into Datasphere
• Exposure to SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) and its integration architecture
• SAP certification in Datasphere or BW/4HANA
• Awareness of Joule and embedded AI capabilities within BDC

Responsibilities:

• Join our Finance Transformation Programme to replace our BW/BPC landscape with SAP Datasphere and Business Data Cloud, using SAC as the reporting and planning layer as part of our S/4HANA transformation
• Work across the programme from greenfield platform design during the Explore phase through post-go-live stabilisation
• Focus on the data platform layer as part of a two-person analytics team
• Develop standards, documentation, and an approach for gathering data requirements
• Ensure requirements are understood and deliver reports
• Help evolve our work from basic reporting to insights and analytics that support business intelligence and decision-making

Technologies:

• AI
• Business Intelligence
• Cloud
• Embedded
• Support
• SAP
• SAP Analytics Cloud
• SAP Datasphere
• Network

More:

We are MAG, the largest UK-owned airport operator, providing airport facilities and travel services for more than 60 million passengers a year across Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports, with more than 270 destinations. This Lead Data Analyst – SAP role is based at Manchester Airport and is a two-year fixed-term contract, with flexible and hybrid working. We are replacing our BW/BPC landscape with a greenfield SAP platform, so early design decisions will be important. We offer a bonus scheme, a 10% company pension contribution, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, free parking, subsidised public transport, company discounts, a 24/7 virtual GP service, a Care Concierge service, and two volunteering days per year. Sustainability, inclusion, and supporting our local communities are central to our work. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, are a Disability Confident employer, and can provide adjustments for applications and interviews. Our Colleague Communities include groups supporting women, race and ethnicity, LGBTQIA colleagues, mental health, parents and carers, disability and neurodiversity, and inclusion and diversity.

last updated 39 week of 2026