A Leading Financial Services firm are looking to hire an experienced Data Analyst with specific technical expertise with SQL/Tableau/Python.

• 750- 850 a day (Inside IR35/Umbrella or PAYE only)
• The role is initially a 6 month contract with scope to roll
• Hybrid - Based in London (3 days a week in the office/2 days a week at home)

Key Focus

Preventative Booking Controls focus on what is booked where, and why - ensuring adherence to business, desk and individual trader mandates, and also ensuring the integrity of legal entities in preventing material booking errors.
The candidate will be an integral member of a control remediation workstream, working with Front Office and Technology, involved in analysis of control design and implementation, also build out MI strategy for these controls.

Data Driven role

• Data is key - the role sits in Prev Booking control team (FO Controls)
• Reporting role - running metrics & generating reports - making them presentable
• Creating Decks
• Senior management reporting
• Doing the analysis
• Data Points - challenging issues
• Remediate the issues from the reporting
• Element BA/and Element of Data Analysis
• Key - portfolio of reports (generating - putting into excel and queries) - PROCESSING
• Candidate will need to have skills to automate and streamline this analysis and investigatory work
• Automate using Python or writing scripts (making it quicker and making it about the investigation and analysis)
• Analytical and problem solving
• Self-Starter and confidence to work with toolset - Advanced Excel, Query in SQL and Python and Scripting and Visualisation tools like Tableau

Responsibilities Include:

• Define business requirements for reporting and metrics to support ongoing review of preventative controls
• Provide quality assurance and monitoring through data analysis
• Partner with Business and Technology to review and follow up on defects through to resolution
• Produce procedure guides for day to day reporting/data analysis tasks
• Generate management information reports to demonstrate control performance and effectiveness
• Work with Audit and other Control groups to investigate control failures and drive forward control enhancement initiatives

Data Skills

• Experience in data analysis including working knowledge of data analysis using python or visualisation tools such as Tableau
• Experience in working on controls related change, working with technology, including writing detailed business requirements and overseeing technology implementation
• Proven track record in collaboration across different businesses, regions and/or support functions
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills - ability to think dynamically but with a Controls mindset at the forefront
• Excellent communication skills up to senior level
• Strong Excel, Word and Powerpoint skills
• In-business management/FO control functions, technology (BA), or other relevant change functions
• Experience in Markets products