Senior Data Analyst – 9 Month FTC
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Senior Data Analyst supporting Nucleus, a retirement platform provider, by burning down Change backlogs. Building SQL, Power BI and Microsoft Fabric reports, models and data outputs.
Responsibilities:
- Own, triage, size and prioritise the Change and reporting backlog and drive items through to completion
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications and explain data constraints and options to Change
- Complete source profiling, mapping, model design and non-functional requirements for larger data engineering work
- Build, test and release defined reports, semantic models and data extracts using SQL, Power BI and Microsoft Fabric
- Maintain backlog size, throughput and burn-down reporting for the Data Lead and Change stakeholders
- Validate outputs, apply standards for definitions and reconciliation, and resolve report discrepancies
- Handle day-to-day data requests while the permanent team is committed to the enterprise and corporate systems integration project
- Support analysts and developers through specification review, peer review and knowledge sharing
- Participate in sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives and improve team processes
- Document delivered items, decisions and remaining backlog for handover at the end of the contract
Requirements:
- Strong SQL skills for complex analysis, query optimisation and reconciliation across systems
- Experience building Power BI semantic models, DAX measures and reports
- Practical experience with Microsoft Fabric, including Lakehouse, Warehouse, Data Pipelines, notebooks and semantic models, or strong equivalent cloud data platform experience
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications for data engineers
- Experience owning and burning down a backlog, sizing work, prioritising with stakeholders and delivering to committed dates
- Experience working with Change, operations and senior stakeholders
- Understanding of data governance principles, definitions, lineage and reconciliation
- Awareness of data protection where outputs include personal or client data
- Ability to guide analysts and developers through review and knowledge sharing
- Experience in financial services, platforms or another regulated environment desirable
- Experience working in an Agile delivery environment
Benefits:
- Fixed-term employment for nine months
- Inclusion and diversity-focused culture
- Collaborative working environment
- Recognition and reward for efforts
- Social responsibility focus


















