Overview
The Data Business Analyst will play a crucial role in supporting a major transformation program focused on Reporting and Governance improvements. In this hybrid position, the contractor will collaborate with business stakeholders, data teams, and delivery teams to gather and translate complex business needs into clear data requirements, ultimately enhancing data-driven decision making. The role requires strong analytical skills and experience in reporting, KPI definition, and data governance to ensure effective reporting solutions are implemented successfully.
Responsibilities
- Lead stakeholder workshops, discovery sessions, and requirement gathering activities.
- Translate business objectives into clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Define and govern KPIs, metrics, business rules, and reporting standards.
- Develop and maintain data dictionaries, business glossaries, and reporting documentation.
- Map business requirements back to source data, tables, fields, and reporting logic.
- Support data quality, validation, UAT, and business acceptance processes.
- Partner with technical teams to deliver reporting and analytics solutions.
- Educate stakeholders on the art of the possible with data, reporting, and insight.
Requirements
- Strong background as a Business Analyst within data, reporting, or analytics environments.
- Proven experience working with finance data and business teams.
- Strong understanding of data requirements, reporting logic, governance, and quality principles.
- Ability to analyze datasets and confidently work with SQL to validate requirements and data outputs.
- Experience working with Power BI reporting solutions.
- Exposure to modern data platforms, ideally Databricks and Azure.
- Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to challenge, influence, and drive alignment.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to bridge business and technical teams.