Business Data Analyst

£450 per day | Outside IR35 | 6-month contract

London | 3 days per week onsite

ASAP start

We’re looking for an experienced Data Business Analyst to join a major global data transformation programme, helping shape data initiatives from the very beginning and turning business requirements into clear, validated specifications for engineering teams.

This isn’t a role where you’ll simply inherit an established backlog.

You’ll be working at the outset of new data initiatives, running discovery with business stakeholders, working closely with Data Stewards and helping establish the definitions, processes and governance engineering teams will build against.

You’ll sit within an Agile delivery pod alongside Data Engineering, QA and reporting teams, supporting work from initial discovery through development, validation and business sign-off.

What you’ll be doing

• Running discovery sessions with stakeholders to understand business and data requirements. • Turning high-level requirements into clear, testable specifications for engineering teams. • Working closely with Data Stewards around data ownership, definitions, governance and sign-off. • Defining and documenting business rules, metrics, KPIs and acceptance criteria. • Documenting data lineage and source-to-target mappings. • Establishing structured documentation and approval processes so engineers can build against validated requirements. • Working closely with engineers throughout two-week sprint cycles, clarifying…