Data Analyst - Market Risk Controls (BELFAST)

Summary: The Data Analyst - Market Risk Controls role involves supporting the development of a control framework for a strategic data platform within Market Risk at a leading investment bank. The position focuses on analyzing data quality and defining control metrics rather than directly implementing controls. The ideal candidate will possess strong SQL skills and experience with large datasets, contributing to the overall improvement of risk data quality and traceability. This is a hybrid role requiring 2 to 3 days per week in the office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting control development through analysis, helping to define metrics and assess data quality rather than coding or implementing controls
• Performing deep-dive data analysis using SQL on large, complex datasets
• Identifying and tracing data quality issues back to their source, including mapping data lineage where required
• Producing dashboards in Tableau (Power BI or similar also suitable) to surface key control metrics and data quality indicators
• Working closely with market risk, data and transformation teams to ensure controls are meaningful and reflected in reporting

Key Skills:

• Strong SQL skills and experience handling large datasets
• Experience building dashboards that measure data quality or control-related metrics
• Familiarity with data quality issues, including identifying root causes and suggesting fixes
• Knowledge of asset classes (such as securities or OTCs), and experience with data lineage in a risk or controls context (nice to have)

Salary (Rate): £600.00

City: Belfast

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: Finance