Data Analyst (contract)

Responsibilities

• Support Basel III capital and risk reporting initiatives through data management and data quality activities.
• Analyze, source, validate, and reconcile data used in regulatory capital and risk reporting processes.
• Perform data mapping and source-to-target analysis to ensure accurate movement and transformation of data across systems.
• Execute data validation, reconciliation, and testing activities to verify data accuracy and completeness.
• Collaborate with business, technology, risk, finance, and regulatory reporting teams to resolve data issues and improve data quality.
• Conduct data analysis using SQL, Excel, and Python to identify anomalies, trends, and data quality concerns.
• Document data requirements, mappings, validation results, and testing outcomes.
• Ensure adherence to data governance, data lineage, and regulatory reporting standards.
• Aid in identifying process improvements and opportunities to increase efficiency and accuracy in capital reporting processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in data analysis, data management, data mapping, testing and validation, and business analysis within risk, finance, regulatory reporting, financial services, or related environments.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including complex formulas and functions, pivot tables, data analysis and reporting, reconciliation and validation activities.
• Strong SQL skills, including data validation and reconciliation, joins and aggregations, data analysis and investigation.
• Experience using Python for data manipulation and analysis, data validation, testing and reconciliation activities.
• Experience supporting Basel III, regulatory capital, or risk reporting programs (preferred).
• Knowledge of regulatory capital reporting frameworks and related data processes.
• Experience with source-to-target mapping, data lineage documentation, data governance practices.
• Experience executing integration testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and reconciliation testing.
• Prior experience working within large financial institutions and highly regulated environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise data management and risk reporting platforms.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking abilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently within a fast-paced environment.