Technical Business Analyst
On site
London, United Kingdom
£ 70,000 / year
Freelance
07-04-2025
Job Specifications
FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Data Business Analyst to work for our client within the insurance sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in London, Telford or Edinburgh.
As a Data Business Analyst, you will support sustaining the continued maturity of our client’s data journey and will contribute to the successful delivery of their vision. You will have an extensive track record of working with front, middle and back-office teams and have a good understanding of the trade lifecycle from both an investment and operational perspective. The role holder with have responsibility for developing the business and technical requirements required to evolve the data operating model, primarily for the asset management function of the business.
Responsibilities
Develop strong relationships with key business stakeholders and other colleagues to elicit requirements and subsequently update on requirements evolution in a business focused way
Support and host discussions within a multidisciplinary team with potentially difficult dynamics
Support the projects managers and deliver managers to regularly assess the progress and effectiveness of the discovery and analysis effort
Create artifacts supporting agile ways of working e.g., user stories with acceptance criteria (JIRA)
Create and maintain good quality stores of business knowledge and information (JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint etc)
Work with Scrum Master to prioritise the backlog
Support Delivery teams by communicating effectively within an agile framework
Identify and document risks, issues and dependencies that are likely to affect eh delivery of requirements
Support the development of sustainable, commercially viable change solutions with clear linkages to assess management goals and objectives – end to end (discovery, analysis/design, build, test and business readiness)
Requirements
At least 5 years’ experience in the banking, pensions, and finance/asset management industry
Direct experience with datasets relating to investment, asset data, including derivatives i.e., trade life cycle
Experience with front, middle and back-office teams to gather and interpret business process and technical requirements
Understanding of the key concepts of data platforms, warehouses/lakes
Relevant experience working as part of an agile team
Experience engaging with third party vendors
Proficient in Microsoft office tools to an advanced standard
Knowledge of Agile methodologies and tooling to support agile delivery of projects (e.g., Jira, confluence)
Understanding of architecture and design concepts for data exploitation solutions and technologies including analytics (e.g. R & Python) Reporting (e.g. Quicksight, tableau, Qlik, Power BI) and APIs
Why join us?
Career coaching and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
Initial upskilling pre-assignment that has been accredited by TechSkills
Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
Opportunity to obtain certifications from Microsoft, Salesforce, Cisco and more
Access to the Buy As You Earn share scheme
About FDM
We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 4,000 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.
Diversity and Inclusion
FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.
About the Company
We’re FDM, an award-winning global business and technology consultancy. For over 30 years we’ve been powering the people behind tech and innovation. We collaborate with world-leading companies to identify the expertise they need, exactly when they need it. We have helped successfully launch nearly 25,000 careers globally to date and we are a trusted partner to over 300 companies worldwide. Diversity, equity and inclusivity is at the core of everything we do. We have 4,000+ employees worldwide, with over 90 nationalities wo... Know more
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