Data Business Analyst (Asset Management)

Project overview

Data Business Analyst - Financial Services

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Project details

Glasgow (Hybrid)

Up to £450 per day (Inside IR35)

Contract: Initial 12 months

We are looking for an experienced Data Business Analyst to support a major financial services transformation programme.

This is a hands-on BA role sitting between business stakeholders and technology teams. You'll be responsible for understanding business and data requirements, analysing complex datasets and helping technical teams deliver enhancements to key platforms and data services.

The successful candidate will combine strong traditional Business Analysis skills with hands-on data capability, particularly SQL, data mapping and reconciliation.

Recent Financial Services experience is essential. Candidates without recent banking, investment banking, asset management or similar financial services experience will not be considered.

Candidates must also live within a sensible commuting distance of Glasgow, as the client is specifically looking for locally based candidates who can attend the Glasgow office as required.

Key Responsibilities

Essential Skills & Experience

Highly Desirable

The Ideal Candidate

You'll probably come from a Data Business Analyst, Technical Business Analyst, Data Analyst or Migration Analyst background within Financial Services.

We're particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate strong BA fundamentals while being comfortable getting hands-on with data, whether that's querying data in SQL, investigating discrepancies, mapping data between systems or working with developers to understand how data needs to flow through a platform.

Asset Management experience is advantageous but not essential.

Key Details

• Gather, analyse and document detailed business and data requirements
• Act as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical/engineering teams
• Use SQL to interrogate, analyse and validate complex datasets
• Perform data mapping and reconciliation across systems and data sources
• Support the build and enhancement of platforms and data solutions
• Investigate data quality issues and help define appropriate controls
• Understand and document data flows, dependencies and lineage
• Translate business requirements into clear requirements and user stories
• Work closely with engineering teams around data feeds, integrations and system changes
• Manage requirements and delivery activities using JIRA
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including refinement, sprint planning and delivery meetings
• Strong Business Analysis experience within complex technology or data programmes
• Recent Financial Services experience
• Strong hands-on SQL
• Experience working with financial data and large datasets
• Strong requirements gathering and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience with data mapping and reconciliation
• Experience supporting platform or system build-out and enhancement
• Strong understanding of data quality and controls
• Experience working closely with technical and engineering teams
• Strong Agile experience
• Hands-on experience with JIRA and related delivery tools
• Investment Banking or Asset Management experience
• Experience working with financial instruments or securities data
• Instrument Reference Data/Security Master experience
• Market data experience
• Data lineage and data governance experience
• Experience with APIs, data feeds and data ingestion
• BDD experience
• £450 per day (inside)
• Top-end rat
• Inside IR35
• Initial 12-month contract
• Glasgow hybrid working
• Recent Financial Services experience essential
• Must be based within a realistic commute of Glasgow
• Start: ASAP
• Duration: 12 months
• Location: Glasgow, UK, GB
• Rate: 53-56 EUR/h