Data Business Analyst

Data Business Analyst (x2)

Glasgow 6-Month Contract

We are currently seeking 2 experienced Data Business Analysts to join a major transformation programme within a highly regulated environment. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in shaping data strategy, operating models and governance frameworks while working alongside business, data and technology stakeholders.

Contract Details

• Rate: 390
• Location: Glasgow
• Duration: Initial 6 months
• Working Pattern: Hybrid
• Onsite Requirement: 2-3 days per week in Glasgow

The Role

As a Data Business Analyst, you will support a number of critical workstreams across Operating Model Design, Data Quality, Data Dictionary and Data Taxonomy initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead requirements elicitation, analysis and traceability activities across multiple workstreams.
• Produce and maintain business requirements documentation, process maps and data mapping artefacts.
• Develop user journeys, business process models and traceability matrices.
• Facilitate workshops to gather requirements and validate proposed solutions.
• Work collaboratively with business, data and technology teams to resolve issues and assess change impacts.
• Support governance, testing, business readiness and documentation activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure alignment between programme scope, business requirements and delivery outcomes.
• Contribute to operating model development and transition into BAU environments.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Extensive Business Analysis experience within complex change or transformation programmes.
• Strong requirements gathering, management and scope decomposition capabilities.
• Proven experience delivering end-to-end requirements traceability.
• Experience working within both Agile and Waterfall delivery environments.
• Advanced stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
• Strong user story development and backlog refinement experience.
• Experience producing user journey maps and supporting service design activities.
• Knowledge of operating model design and business transition processes.
• Strong data analysis, data mapping and impact assessment experience.
• Experience delivering controls, governance and regulatory change initiatives.
• Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence and Visio.

Desirable Experience

• Data Management and Data Governance expertise.
• Understanding of:
• Data Dictionaries
• Taxonomies
• Metadata Management
• Data Lineage
• Data Quality Frameworks
• Ability to operate independently across both business and technology functions.
• Experience working within large-scale transformation or regulatory programmes.