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Posted 15 August, 2026

Lead Business Intelligence Analyst

Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
London, ENG, GB Full Time

Job Description

Lead Business Intelligence Analyst (Tableau)

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London

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Up to £60,000

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This is an opportunity to take ownership of a business-critical Tableau environment at a time of significant data transformation. You'll play a leading role in shaping BI best practice, influencing data strategy, and helping modernise a growing analytics function as it transitions to a cloud-first architecture.

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The Company

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They are a well-established international organisation with a strong reputation within their sector and a growing commitment to data-driven decision making. Data sits at the heart of their strategy, supporting product development, commercial performance, and operational effectiveness. With a collaborative data team and investment in modern analytics platforms, they are building a scalable, governed, and future-focused data environment.

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The Role

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As a Lead Business Intelligence Analyst, you will act as the technical lead for Tableau across the organisation, driving standards, governance, and platform maturity.

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Responsibilities include:

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  • Leading end-to-end Tableau development across Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep, and Tableau Cloud
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  • Designing and maintaining scalable data sources, semantic layers, and reporting solutions
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  • Defining and embedding Tableau development best practices across the business
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  • Building high-quality dashboards that deliver actionable business insights
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  • Writing and optimising SQL across cloud and enterprise data environments
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  • Supporting and enabling business users with self-service analytics capabilities
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  • Owning BI governance, data quality frameworks, and reporting standards
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  • Acting as the escalation point for complex BI and reporting challenges
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  • Partnering with data engineering teams on architecture, modelling, and performance optimisation
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  • Contributing to a major cloud migration programme and helping modernise the wider analytics ecosystem
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Your Skills & Experience

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  • Strong commercial experience with Tableau, including dashboard development, data source development, and Tableau Prep
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  • Experience delivering end-to-end BI solutions rather than focusing solely on front-end reporting
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  • Strong SQL skills, including complex querying, table creation, and performance optimisation
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  • Experience improving, scaling, or maturing a Tableau environment
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  • Understanding of data modelling, governance, and BI best practices
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  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
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  • Experience working with cloud data platforms, migrations, or analytics modernisation programmes is advantageous
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  • Exposure to Tableau administration, performance tuning, and self-service analytics initiatives would be beneficial
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