Risk Data Business Analyst (AVP)
Location: London (Liverpool Street) - Hybrid (3 days onsite)
Contract: 6 months, Possible extension
Day rate: £550 per day via umbrella (Inside IR35)
Are you a hands‑on Risk or Data professional looking to make a real impact within a major, long‑term transformation programme?
This is an exciting opportunity to join a high‑profile BCBS239 initiative, working at the heart of Risk, Data, and Governance change for a leading financial organisation.
You will help enhance the firm's capability in risk data aggregation, lineage, governance, and reporting, supporting a multi‑year programme that is modernising how risk data is managed across EMEA. It's the ideal environment if you enjoy both shaping good practice and delivering tangible, hands‑on outcomes.
Key role and responsibilities
Risk Data & Analysis
Analyse and review datasets such as trade data, counterparty information, and key risk metrics (e.g., DV01).
Support enhancements to risk calculations and reporting processes.
Implement and embed data governance practices across Risk in line with BCBS239 requirements.
Define and manage data lineage, quality, metadata, and ownership for priority risk use cases.
Produce documentation including BRDs, requirements specifications, Terms of Reference, Target Operating Models and traceability matrices.
Facilitate workshops to gather input, refine scope and align stakeholders.
Support testing phases such as UAT.
Contribute to data migration and remediation efforts.
Deliver work across the full lifecycle: analysis → documentation → execution → delivery.
Work with colleagues across Market Risk, Credit Risk, Operational Risk, Enterprise Risk, Technology, Compliance and the EMEA Data Office.
Help stakeholders understand and adopt data governance in a maturing environment.
Key Skills and experience
Essential
Experience working within at least one risk discipline (Market, Credit, Operational or Enterprise Risk).
Stronghands‑on skills in:
Data analysis and manipulation
Data quality, lineage, profiling or migration
Producing business analysis documentation
Supporting testing activities such as UAT
Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Visio.
Comfortable working end‑to‑end and contributing within a small, collaborative team.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.Desirable
Familiarity with BCBS239 or regulatory data governance programmes.
Experience with Collibra or similar tools.
Exposure to SQL, VBA, Power BI, Tableau or SharePoint.
Experience working in regulated financial environments.Please note: Due to the high volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours, unfortunately, your application has not been successful on this occasion. However, we may retain your details for any future suitable vacancies and contact you accordingly.
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