Data Inventory Analyst
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Sainsbury's Tech
Closing date: 20 February 2026
Requisition ID: 400046652
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Think about the scale it takes for us to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety it involves. Then you’ll realise that ours is a modern software engineering environment because it has to be. We’ve made serious investment into a Tech Academy and into setting standards and principles. We iterate, learn, experiment and push ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to awesome opportunities in everything from AI to reusable tech.
Data Inventory Analyst (C3)
Division/Department
Data Governance & Information Security (DGIS)/Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)/Risk & Data Inventory Team
Location
Hybrid working - home and Coventry SSC
Reporting to
Data Inventory Analyst (C4)
Directly or indirectly manages
No direct reports
Budget
No direct budget responsibility
In a nutshell
You will work in the Data Inventory team within Data Governance and Information Security (DGIS) to ensure the register of in-scope data inventory assets is properly maintained and monitored.
What I am accountable for
You will assist with the quarterly access reviews, contacting stakeholders, collating results, and escalating when appropriate. You may also be required to support other governance projects across GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance).
- Gather and maintain a list of all in-scope data assets
- Assist with the quarterly access reviews
- Validate the results of the reviews, feeding back to stakeholders & escalating when appropriate
- Support stakeholders within DGIS with data inventory related queries and data requests
- Improve and streamline processes, as necessary and as regulatory frameworks evolve
- Sending timely comms to stakeholders
- Assist with the reporting for senior stakeholders on identified compliance gaps, remediation activities and assets in escalation
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across the business
- Document and maintain processes used within the team
- Support the adoption of appropriate process documentation and controls
- Work closely with the risk & policy team to ensure a joined-up process across GRC teams
- Support the C4 Data Inventory Analyst and Risk Manager to further promote and increase awareness
What I need to know
Essential
- Passion for Information Security and an eye for detail
- Some knowledge and experience of information security, data governance, key security controls, inc. risk management or control design and reviews
- Appetite to learn and expand knowledge of Information Security and relevant frameworks
- Well organised, able to work independently and within a team
- Someone with the ability to think methodically and logically
- Be able to communicate well using spoken and written word
- Work collaboratively with a range of people to support the team and wider business agenda
- To be able to deliver quality results on time
Desirable
- An understanding of NIST, ISO27001, PCI DSS, GDPR & ITGC and how and why they apply to Sainsbury’s
- An information security or data governance qualification or certification
What I need to show
Demonstrate consistent achievement of objectives while exemplifying our valued behaviours.
- Own it
- Always do what you say you’ll do and suggest solutions for problems as you spot them
- Ask questions and contribute honestly in discussions or conversations
- Prioritise your work in line with team or project goals
- Make it better
- Willing to try new approaches in order to improve and simplify
- Embrace variety and open to opportunities to transfer your skills to new challenges
- Seek information to better understand your role and how teams around you operate
- Act on feedback you receive and give accurate and timely feedback to others
- Be human
- Show care and respect to everyone
- Seek opportunities to connect with others and build trusted relationships
- Walk in the shoes of your internal and external customers, considering their needs in all you do
Support we will provide
- Your line manager and the Riak and Data Inventory Manager will provide support and guidance
- Access to the DGIS teams who have a wide array of skills and knowledge
- Extensive support and training materials available
- Other resources as required
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, our roles may close early.
Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on how we perform.
Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.
Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.
Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
