SQL Data Analyst - Risk & Controls

Job Title: SQL Data Analyst - Risk & Controls
Location: Sheffield - 3 days per week onsite
Salary/Rate: £425 per day inside IR35
Start Date: 05/05/2026
Job Type: Contract until end of November

Company Introduction
This role is critical to ensure successful delivery of the ongoing Controls Transformation Projects within CTO. Given the wide range of automation and tooling development activities being carried out, this role will ensure requirements are accurately gathered and documented for clear articulation of the timelines and efforts, which will enable us to achieve the delivery milestones.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

• The Data Analyst will collect, interpret and visualize complex data sets to provide actionable business insights. Identifying trends, patterns, and correlations to aid decision-making. It will also include retrospective documentation of existing data flows in order to provide transparent and easily consumable documentation/artefacts.
• Data Collection: Gathering data from various sources and ensuring data integrity (often 60-70% of the role).
• Analysis & Modelling: Utilizing statistical methods to interpret data sets and identify trends, patterns, or anomalies.
• Reporting & Visualization: Where necessary supporting the development of automating reports and interactive dashboards (eg, Tableau, Power BI), including validation of output.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Communicating technical findings to non-technical audiences to support strategic decision-making.
• Database Management: Querying databases using SQL and optimizing data collection processes.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in SQL and Excel is essential; knowledge of R, Python, or specialized BI tools is highly preferred.
• Analytical Thinking: Strong problem-solving skills to understand the "why" behind the data.
• Mathematics & Statistics: Solid understanding of statistical analysis.
• Communication: Ability to present data insights clearly to stakeholders.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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