Business Data Analyst

We have partnered with a highly successful alternative investment manager on a very exciting hybrid position where you will be given the opportunity to capitalise on both your commercial acumen and stakeholder management skills alongside your technical background & expertise.

Sitting in their London office, you will be bridging the gap between the traders and the data engineering team to support the scaling data infrastructure of the firm.

Key responsibilities:

Operate across the full data life cycle – from requirement gathering through deliveryGather and clarify business requests into actionable deliverables, partnering closely with the data engineering team to support implementation and deliveryEnsure data products are implemented in line with architectural standards and principlesUtilise market data and alternative datasets across multiple asset classes to translate complex trading strategies into scalable data engineering requirements, ensuring seamless delivery to the front officeYour background:10+ years experience in a similar roleExtensive experience working with market data/alternative datasets across multiple asset classes (ideally with vendors like Bloomberg or Refinitiv/LSEG), experience working across structured & unstructured datasetsDeep understanding of schemas, data modelling principles, query optimisation – working understanding of SQL & Python will be importantDemonstrated experience in stakeholder management with front office – comfortable acting as the bridge between developers/engineers & tradersUnderstanding data normalization and de-normalization challenges when integrating multiple vendors and internal systemsExperience with equities & fixed-income asset classes (buy or sell-side)This is suitable for a technical business analyst who is comfortable dealing with different stakeholders – you will need to utilise your technical background in order to sit with traders, understand their priorities, and feed this back to our data engineers.

This is a very unique opportunity to sit in a high-impact role in a hugely successful business.