Lead Data Analyst
Posted Today by McGregor Boyall
£725 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
City of London, London
Summary: The Lead Data Analyst role involves supporting strategic control initiatives within a transformation team at a global financial institution. The position focuses on implementing a robust risk and control framework across complex payment flows to enhance operational resilience and mitigate risk. The analyst will collaborate with various teams to design and deliver payment control solutions while ensuring compliance with operational standards. This contract position is hybrid, requiring three days in the office each week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with solution leads to define and deliver payment control strategies.
- Work across business and technology teams to synchronise implementation and manage dependencies.
- Perform hands-on data analysis to support risk assessments and process enhancement.
- Promote standardisation and best practices across control solutions.
- Support delivery of a well-controlled, efficient, and client-centred payments environment.
- Ensure processes meet functional, legal, and operational standards, with room for future scalability.
- Contribute to programme planning, progress reporting, and issue escalation across stakeholders.
Key Skills:
- 10-15 years' experience in financial services, with extensive exposure to operations and technology.
- Strong background in data analysis, programme delivery, and business analysis.
- Proven ability to manage large-scale transformation or implementation programmes.
- Expertise in payment flows, systems, messaging, and control frameworks.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience influencing cross-functional teams.
- High emotional intelligence, adaptability, and decision-making ability in complex environments.
- Familiarity with a broad range of financial products (Markets, SSO, TTS, Lending) is advantageous.
- Python and Tableau experience is a strong preference.
Salary (Rate): 725
City: City of London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Finance