Business Analyst - Data & Analytics (18 Months FTC)

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Reading, Berkshire, England, GBR
Hybrid
Mid level
Fashion • Retail
The Role
Capture and translate business requirements for data and analytics initiatives. Engage stakeholders across functions to define reporting, data flows, and processes. Produce user stories, process maps, data diagrams, and acceptance criteria. Support testing, UAT, delivery prioritisation, data governance, and adoption to enable a modern data platform and analytics capability.
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Company Description

Because we strive to put people first.
Culture, our way.

Technology at Primark

What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.

Our technology team is actively shaping the next wave of advancements, bringing together innovative thinking and technical expertise to drive Primark’s transformation agenda. As a Data & Analytics Business Analyst, you will work across business and technology teams to understand processes, decision-making needs, data flows, and reporting requirements, translating them into clear business requirements that support modern data platforms, customer and trade analytics, improved reporting, and foundational data initiatives, ensuring practical, adoptable, and business-focused outcomes.

Job Description

What You’ll Do as Business Analyst - Data & Analytics

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

  • Support Primark’s Data & Analytics Transformation by capturing business requirements, data needs, process dependencies, and adoption considerations to enable a scalable modern data platform and analytics capability.
  • Drive Customer, Trade & Reporting Insights through engagement with stakeholders across Buying, Merchandising, Marketing, Digital, Retail Operations, and other functions to understand decision-making processes, reporting challenges, and analytics requirements.
  • Elicit, Analyse & Document Requirements using workshops, interviews, process mapping, and business analysis techniques, translating business needs into user stories, process maps, data flow diagrams, acceptance criteria, and functional documentation.
  • Assess Current & Future-State Processes by documenting business workflows, decision points, data ownership, reporting dependencies, controls, and change impacts, while helping establish trusted, governed, and usable data across the organisation.
  • Collaborate Across Delivery Teams by working closely with Project Managers, SMEs, Solution Architects, Data Engineers, Analytics Teams, Data Governance Leads, and Change Managers to prioritise, validate, and deliver business requirements successfully.
  • Enable Successful Adoption & Delivery through requirements traceability, risk identification, testing and UAT support, business readiness activities, stakeholder engagement, knowledge transfer, and the creation of clear documentation that supports long-term adoption of data, analytics, and reporting solutions.

Qualifications

What You’ll Get

This role is a hybrid opportunity, offering 2-3 days Working from office.

People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.  

Additional Information

What You’ll Bring  

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular: 

  • Degree qualified or equivalent experience, with 3+ years’ experience as a Business Analyst within data, technology, analytics, or business transformation environments.
  • Proven ability to gather, analyse, and document business requirements, translating stakeholder needs into clear user stories, functional requirements, process maps, and delivery-ready outputs.
  • Strong understanding of business processes, decision-making frameworks, data flows, reporting ecosystems, and operational dependencies, with the ability to identify improvements and drive business value.
  • Experience working on Data & Analytics, Business Intelligence, reporting, data platform, data governance, or enterprise transformation initiatives, supported by knowledge of data ownership, quality, lineage, and integration principles.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to influence, challenge constructively, and build trusted relationships across business teams, technology functions, delivery partners, and senior leadership.
  • Analytical, organised, and commercially minded, with experience supporting testing, UAT, business readiness, and change adoption, ideally within retail, customer, merchandising, supply chain, or other fast-paced operational environments.

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

 

About Primark 

At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.  

If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist. 

All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns, please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss. 

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Skills Required

  • Degree qualified or equivalent experience with 3+ years as a Business Analyst in data, technology, analytics, or transformation environments.
  • Proven ability to gather, analyse, and document business requirements into user stories, functional requirements, process maps, and delivery-ready outputs.
  • Strong understanding of business processes, decision-making frameworks, data flows, reporting ecosystems, and operational dependencies.
  • Experience on Data & Analytics, Business Intelligence, reporting, data platforms, data governance, data ownership, quality, lineage, and integration principles.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with ability to influence and build trusted relationships across business and technology teams.
  • Experience supporting testing, UAT, business readiness, and change adoption.
  • Experience in retail, merchandising, supply chain, or other fast-paced operational environments.

Primark Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Primark and has not been reviewed or approved by Primark.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is often characterized as fair or good compared to similar retail roles, and overtime availability can improve take-home earnings. Recent UK minimum-rate increases and the removal of age-related pay tiers reinforce a sense of improving pay fairness.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Paid time off stands out as comparatively strong for retail, with full-time roles described as having notably generous PTO alongside sick time and paid holidays. This breadth can increase the overall value of the compensation package beyond hourly wages.
  • Parental & Family Support Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and surrogacy payments are positioned as meaningful additions to the rewards package. Ongoing colleague discounts and family-oriented support contribute to a more rounded benefits offering.

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The Company
HQ: Dublin, Dublin
37,781 Employees
Year Founded: 1969

What We Do

Primark is an international fashion retailer employing more than 80,000 colleagues across 17 countries in Europe and the US. Founded in Ireland in 1969 under the Penneys brand, Primark aims to provide affordable choices for everyone, from great quality everyday essentials to stand-out style across women’s, men’s and kids, as well as beauty, homeware and accessories. With a focus on creating great retail experiences, Primark has over 440 stores globally and continues to expand with the aim of reaching 530 stores by the end of 2026. ­­ Primark is working to make more sustainable fashion affordable for everyone through its Primark Cares strategy, a multi-year programme that focuses on giving clothing a longer life, protecting life on the planet and supporting the livelihoods of the people who make Primark clothes. As part of this, Primark unveiled nine commitments it is working to achieve by 2030. These commitments include making all of its clothes from recycled or more sustainably sourced materials by 2030, halving carbon emissions across its value chain and pursuing a living wage for workers in its supply chain.

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