HMRC's Risk and Intelligence Service (RIS) are looking for people with the experience and skills to join us as a Senior Data Analyst. You'll find excellent opportunities for career development in a collaborative and ambitious environment that empowers you to make a real difference in transforming lives through technology. You will be part of a team that uses data to deepen our understanding of how to ensure the right tax is paid, working with some of the most complex and comprehensive data in the country.

About the Risk & Intelligence Service (RIS)

Risk and Intelligence Service (RIS) plays a vital role in HMRC's compliance and enforcement strategy. We collect, integrate, and analyse one of the most extensive and diverse data landscapes in the world, enabling HMRC to identify and manage risks related to non-compliance across the UK tax system.

As a Senior Data Analyst in RIS, you'll be part of a team that leverages complex, large-scale data to generate actionable insights. Your work will directly support our mission to ensure the right tax is paid, using cutting-edge analytical approaches to protect public funds and improve outcomes for society.

• RIS Data Analytics Team (DAT): RIS DAT leverages advanced data analysis and data science techniques to support HMRC's strategic decision-making and operational efficiency. They work with complex datasets to uncover insights, streamline processes, and optimise outcomes.
• RIS Compliance Operational Insight & Risking (COIR): COIR focuses on providing analytical products, tools, and services to support HMRC's compliance efforts. They work on various projects to enhance risk identification and management, ensuring effective compliance strategies.
• RIS Preventative Risking: RIS Preventative Risking identifies, prevents, and disrupts fraudulent registrations and repayment claims, ensuring HMRC responds effectively to attacks. Potential non-compliance by legitimate customers is identified, and high-risk repayments are referred to compliance partners for intervention, improving future compliance.
• RIS Offshore: RIS Offshore serves as HMRC's coordination centre for offshore intelligence, data acquisition, risk identification, and case development. They support the No Safe Havens strategy by broadening and increasing the impact on offshore customer groups and behaviours.
• Large Business Data Analytics: The Large Business Data Analytics (LBDA) team provides data analytical services to identify tax risks and support compliance activities across large businesses. They work at national, regional, and local levels to deliver data-driven insights and risk analysis.
• RIS Strategic Risking: Strategic Risking develops innovative capabilities using new data and cutting-edge tools and the latest technology to improve compliance outcomes. The team designs and tests solutions to tackle tax fraud, evasion, and avoidance, while also shaping future strategy and investment decisions.
• CREST IDRS: The CREST IDRS team maintains and develops the IDRS system on the Minerva Platform, enabling HMRC to risk approximately £100bn in repayment claims and secure around £1bn in yield annually. Our analysts use platform tools to provide data insights for end-users, support teams, and data source owners.

Person specification

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Data Analyst in RIS, you'll be part of a team that leverages complex, large-scale data to generate actionable insights. Your work will directly support our mission to ensure the right tax is paid, using cutting-edge analytical approaches to protect public funds and improve outcomes for society.

• Develop your expertise in handling large and complex datasets by using a range of new tools and techniques, drawing on taxpayer, government, public, and commercial data sources.
• Lead on complex analytical work, ensuring accuracy, rigour, and actionable insight.
• Mentor and support data analysts, building their confidence and developing their skills and capability.
• Provide guidance and quality assurance to junior analysts, establishing clear processes, standards, and templates to improve the consistency and impact of analysis and data visualisations.
• Contribute to the development of the wider analytical community by promoting efficient ways of working and creating an environment where others can thrive.
• Champion good data governance and management practices, embedding standards and guidelines into the team's products and services.

Your work will contribute directly to protecting public revenue and ensuring fairness in the tax system, making a meaningful impact on people's lives across the UK.

Data Analysts in the Civil Service are part of the Government Digital and Data (GDAD) profession - a community of experts driving digital transformation across government. The essential and desirable criteria for this role are aligned with the GDAD capability framework, which you can read more about here .

This role offers unparalleled variety and scope, with opportunities to work on meaningful projects, solve complex problems, and apply your expertise to real-world challenges. You'll collaborate with colleagues across HMRC and other government departments, contributing to a joined-up, data-driven approach to public service delivery.

As part of a supportive and forward-thinking profession, you'll also benefit from ongoing learning and development, access to professional networks, and opportunities to grow your career in a culture that values innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

Essential Criteria:

To be considered for this role, your application must demonstrate evidence of all the following essential criteria:

1. Analysis and Synthesis: You can translate business needs into clear analytical goals, apply appropriate methods to analyse data and synthesise insights, and support others to do the same.
2. Project Management: You can plan, prioritise and manage delivery with stakeholders and teams, sharing project management tools, techniques and approaches to support effective delivery.
3. Communication: You can support or host difficult discussions within the team or with senior stakeholders.
4. Leadership: You can lead or mentor others through project delivery and professional development, supporting growth and sharing expertise to build capability across the team.
5. Analytical Tools: You can deliver data analysis and/or data science projects using coding languages manually or via an interface, such as Python, R, SQL or Base SAS, to support effective data exploration, interpretation, and insight generation.

Desirable Criteria:

To help you succeed in this role, the following desirable criteria may be considered in the event of a tie between candidates:

• Membership of a recognised analytical profession (e.g. GDAD, GES, GSR, GORS) or the Statistical community (e.g. GSS, GSG).

Webinars

We'll be hosting a series of 30-minute webinars to give you an insight into the Senior Data Analyst role and the different teams you could join within HMRC. Join us on one of the following dates:

• Wednesday 2 July, 11:00 AM
• Tuesday 8 July, 6:00 PM

Please register your interest in either session above by e-mailing the RIS Recruitment Service at risrecruitmentservice@hmrc.gov.uk with the subject line "414818 - Senior Data Analyst Webinar - POD 4" and letting us know which session you wish to attend.

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• A Technical presentation on a single piece of substantial analysis you have recently undertaken. Full details will be provided prior to interview if you are shortlisted.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,110, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £12,778 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

HMRC operates both Flexible and Hybrid Working policies, allowing you to balance your work and personal commitments. We welcome applications from those who need to work a more flexible arrangement and will agree to requests where possible, considering our operational and customer service needs.

We offer a generous leave allowance, starting at 25 days and increasing by a day for every year of qualifying service up to a maximum of 30 days.

• Pension - We make contributions to our colleagues' Alpha pension equal to at least 28.97% of their salary.
• Family friendly policies.
• Personal support.
• Coaching and development.

To find out more about HMRC benefits and find out what it's really like to work for HMRC hear from our insiders or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service

Things you need to know

Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

How to Apply

As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide the following:

A name-blind CV outlining your employment history, qualifications, and technical skills in data analytics and/or data science. Your CV should also demonstrate how you have translated business needs into analytical goals, applied appropriate methods to generate insights, and planned and managed delivery with stakeholders and teams, addressing Essential Criterion 1 and Essential Criterion 2.

• We recommend including your employment history up to the last 3 roles, along with any other roles or experience relevant to this position.
• Please clearly state your job titles, time periods (including start and end dates), and a summary of responsibilities and achievements for each role. This will help us assess the depth and duration of your experience.
• Your CV must not exceed 500 words. Although the box has no word count restriction. Anything over the max wordcount will not be reviewed and may result in information you believe is relevant not being considered.

A 750-word personal statement demonstrating how your experience meets Essential Criteria points 3,4 and 5, and aligns with the key responsibilities.

• We recommend using the Situation, Task, Action, and Result (STAR) method to help structure your examples clearly and effectively.
• Your personal statement must not exceed 750 words. Anything over the max word count will not be reviewed and may result in information you believe is relevant not being considered.

Please complete a separate statement for the Desirable Criteria where applicable. If you meet this desirable criterion, please provide a summary in 250 words or fewer describing details of your membership of any recognised analytical profession (e.g. GDAD, GES, GSR, GORS) or the Statistical community (e.g. GSS, GSG). This is not essential for the role but may be considered by the vacancy-holder where candidates have the same scores at sift or interview.

Further details around what this will entail are listed on the application form.

We acknowledge that AI can assist you in your application. Find our guidelines here.

Sift

In the event of a large number of applications, an initial shortlisting/sift will take place against your CV.

At full sift your CV, and your personal statement will be assessed, with the successful candidates being invited to interview.

We may also raise the score required at any stage of the process if we receive a high number of applications.

Interview

If your application is shortlisted, you will be invited to interview. This will be held in person with a panel of typically 3 people and will last around 60 minutes, consisting of:

• Experience questions
• A Technical presentation on a single piece of substantial analysis you have recently undertaken. Full details will be provided prior to interview if you are shortlisted.

See the Success Profiles framework for how we assess Experience and Technical.

Vacancy timeline

Dates are provided as a guide only, and may change:

• Sift/shortlisting: We will aim to provide the outcome of your application around a week after the advert closes.
• Interviews: Interviews will aim to take place 3 weeks after the advert closes.

Interviews will take place face to face. Sift and interview dates to be confirmed.

Eligibility

Please take extra care to tick the correct boxes in the eligibility sections of your application form. We understand mistakes sometimes happen but if you contact us later than two working days(Monday-Friday) before the vacancy closes, we will not be able to reopen your application for you. If you do make a mistake with your eligibility form, please contact us via: unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk - Use the subject line to insert appropriate wording for example - 'Please re-open my application - 414818 & vacancy closing date 15/07/2025'.

To check that you are eligible to apply for this role, please review the eligibility information before submitting your application .

Reserve List

A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months from which further appointments may be made for the same or similar roles - if this applies to you, we'll let you know via your Civil Service Jobs account.

Merit List

After interview, merit lists will be created for each location advertised within the vacancy. If you are successful at interview, you will be placed on the merit list for any locations you have expressed an interest for. Appointments from each merit list will be made in strict merit order.

Criminal Record Check

Applications received from candidates with a criminal record are considered fairly in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice and the Recruitment of ex-offenders Policy.

Reasonable Adjustments

We want to make sure no one is put at a disadvantage during our recruitment process. To assist you with this, we will reduce or remove any barriers where possible and provide additional support where appropriate.

If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should:

• Contact the UBS Recruitment team via unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk as soon as possible before the closing date to discuss your needs.

Complete the "Assistance required" section in the "Additional requirements" page of your application form to tell us what changes or help you might need further on in the recruitment process. For instance, you may need wheelchair access at interview, or if you're deaf, a Language Service Professional.

Additional Security Information

Please note: in addition to the standard pre-employment checks for appointment into the Civil Service, all candidates must also obtain National Security Vetting at Security Check (SC) clearance level for this vacancy. You will normally need to meet the minimum UK residency period as determined by the level of vetting being undertaken, which for SC is 5 years UK residency prior to your vetting application. If you have any questions about this residency requirement, please speak to the vacancy holder for this post.

Important information for existing HMRC contractual homeworkers:

This role may be suitable for existing HMRC employees who are contractual homeworkers. Occasional attendance to the office will be required where there is a business need. Please consider the advertised office locations for this role when applying and only select locations from the 'location preferences' section that you can travel to.

Additional Information

We are looking into ways to enhance the applicant experience.

As part of our legitimate interests, we are testing the use of new technologies such as automation and/or Artificial Intelligence in the assessment for CV, personal statement and behaviour statement.

Please note that for this specific vacancy, this testing may run in parallel with our standard assessment process and will not influence or determine the outcome of your application in any way. You can read the Civil Service Jobs and HMRC Privacy Notices for more information about our lawful basis for processing your personal data and HMRC's use of AI.

If you don't want your data to be used as part of the trial, please send your Application ID and the Vacancy Reference to talentacquisitionaiteam@hmrc.gov.uk

Terms and Conditions

Customer facing roles in HMRC require the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English and/or Welsh where required. Where this is an essential requirement, this will be tested as part of the selection process.

HMRC has a presence in every region of the UK. For more information on where you might be working, review this information on our locations .

The Civil Service values honesty and integrity and expects all candidates to abide by these principles. The evidence you provide in your application must relate to your own experiences.

Any instances of plagiarism or other forms of cheating will be investigated and, if proven, the relevant application(s) will be withdrawn from the process.

Recording of interviews is prohibited unless explicit agreement is sought in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulations.

Questions relating to an individual application must be emailed as detailed later in this advert.

Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant's details held on the IFD will be refused employment.

A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.

New entrants will join on the minimum of the pay band.

Please note that, if you are applying for roles on a part-time basis, the salary agreed will be pro-rata, reflective of the working hours agreed within your contract.

If you experience accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window) .

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window) .

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : RIS Recruitment Service
• Email : risrecruitmentservice@hmrc.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : unitybusinessservicesrecruitmentresults@hmrc.gov.uk

Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. You have the right to complain if you feel there has been a breach of the Recruitment Principles.
In the first instance, you should raise the matter directly via ubsrecruitmentcomplaints@hmrc.gov.uk. Please note that we do not accept complaints or appeals regarding scoring of outcomes of campaigns, unless candidates can provide clear evidence that the campaign did not follow the Recruitment Principles.
If you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their website.

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