Overview
Core-Asset Consulting is delighted to be partnering with a leading global financial services organisation to recruit a Data Business Analyst in Edinburgh for an initial 6-month contract.
This is an exciting opportunity for a data-driven professional to sit at the intersection of business and analytics, helping translate complex business needs into robust, data-led solutions. The role will support revenue growth initiatives, enhance data quality and documentation standards, and contribute to the development of advanced data pipelines that enable AI and machine-learning-driven insights for front-office markets activities.
You will work closely with a broad range of stakeholders across trading, quantitative teams, technology, finance and operations in a highly collaborative, international environment.
Essential Skills/Experience
* Professional experience in data analysis, business analysis or a closely related role
* Strong working knowledge of data analysis tools including SQL, Python and Excel
* Experience with data visualisation tools such as Tableau or Power BI
* Experience with data pipelines and getting clean data into AI/ML models, working closely with Data Scientists.
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex datasets
* Strong communication skills, with confidence presenting insights to non-technical stakeholders
* High attention to detail and a strong focus on data quality and accuracy
* Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and manage multiple priorities in a global environment
Core Responsibilities
* Analyse large and complex datasets to identify trends, patterns and actionable insights that support business decision-making
* Gather, define and document business requirements, ensuring alignment with data and analytics solutions
* Design and maintain dashboards and reports to clearly communicate insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders
* Support data quality, accuracy and integrity through validation, cleansing and control processes
* Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven initiatives and remediate gaps in data documentation and governance
* Identify opportunities for process improvement and recommend data-led enhancements to business performance
* Manage data-related workstreams, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with wider business objectives
Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter, and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.
Job reference: (16357)
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
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