Data Analyst - Outside IR35

About the role

Our client, a financial services organisation, is looking for an experienced Contract Data Analyst to support its Data & Integration Platform.

You’ll own source-to-target mapping, transformation rules and data cleansing requirements across platform integrations, working closely with data engineers, architects and business subject matter experts.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain field-level source-to-target mappings, documenting transformation logic, data types and lineage
• Use SQL to profile source data, identify quality issues and validate data across systems
• Define data quality and cleansing rules for duplicates, nulls and reference data inconsistencies
• Work with business and finance stakeholders to clarify requirements and document testable outcomes
• Collaborate with data engineers and architects so mappings fit the platform architecture
• Support source-to-target reconciliation and investigate discrepancies
• Keep clear documentation of mapping decisions, cleansing requirements and validation rules
• Work in an Agile environment using Azure DevOps or Jira

Essential

• 5+ years as a Data Analyst on data integration, migration or data warehouse programmes
• Proven field-level source-to-target mapping experience
• Strong SQL for profiling, validation and reconciliation
• Experience defining data quality and cleansing rules
• Snowflake or a comparable cloud data warehouse
• Understanding of medallion architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
• Ability to turn business and finance concepts into clear, testable requirements
• Agile delivery experience with Azure DevOps or Jira
• Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills

Highly desirable

• Background in private equity, fund administration or asset management
• Familiarity with Salesforce, Investran, Sage Intacct, Kyriba or Fenergo
• Analysing REST APIs and JSON payloads, with exposure to Fivetran or Azure integration tooling
• Master data management or canonical data modelling
• Awareness of data governance, including lineage, data residency and GDPR