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Contract Business Analyst - West Yorkshire - Outside IR35

I have an exciting opportunity based in West Yorkshire in the Financial Services sector where my client is looking for a skilled Business Analyst on a contract basis.

Description of Role

The Business Analyst will manage business analysis activities for the Data and Reporting Domain. Responsibilities include:

Acting as a bridge between the business and data engineers to produce requirements for reporting and data feeds.
Working closely with the solution architect to maintain technical documentation related to data storage and transformations.
Collaborating with the BA community of practice to ensure alignment of dependencies and requirements.
Data literacy and the ability to derive insights from reporting are critical.
Building data pipelines, ingesting data from the new ecosystem into the Microsoft Azure modern data platform, and consolidating into existing data marts for downstream reporting, analytics, and modelling processes.
Working on a Microsoft Azure modern data platform
Working in a SAFE Agile methodologyRole Details

📜 Outside IR35

💷 Day rate: £525 - £550 per day

🏢 On-site working: West Yorkshire- Expected on-site 2 days per week(non-negotiable)

⏳ Contract length: 6 months initially, with a high likelihood of extensions

📅 Start date: Mid December 2024

Description of Role

The Business Analyst will manage business analysis activities for the Data and Reporting Domain. Responsibilities include:

Acting as a bridge between the business and data engineers to produce requirements for reporting and data feeds.
Working closely with the solution architect to maintain technical documentation related to data storage and transformations.
Collaborating with the BA community of practice to ensure alignment of dependencies and requirements.
Data literacy and the ability to derive insights from reporting are critical.
Building data pipelines, ingesting data from the new ecosystem into the Microsoft Azure modern data platform, and consolidating into existing data marts for downstream reporting, analytics, and modelling processes.
Working on a Microsoft Azure modern data platform
Working in a SAFE Agile methodology
Define ETL requirements and processes and legacy data systems.
Documented business use cases for data ETL and Power BI reports.
Data Analysis and Reporting: Proficient in analysing complex data sets and identifying insights using Power BI. Experienced in utilizing Power Platform tools (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate) and integrating AI tools for enhanced data processing and reporting.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience as a Business Analyst
Essential experience in having worked on large scale Data Transformation
Have clear evidence of working on similar roles as explained in the 'Description of the role'.

If this role interests you, please apply with the latest copy of your CV. Given the anticipated high interest, I will prioritise candidates who meet the requirements, so any additional context you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

As you can see this is not a standard Business Analyst role as it has such a large emphasis on the Technical Data side of the role. Please only apply if you feel this is a strong match to your skill set and previous experience.

Please click to find out more about our Key Information Documents. Please note that the documents provided contain generic information. If we are successful in finding you an assignment, you will receive a Key Information Document which will be specific to the vendor set-up you have chosen and your placement.

To find out more about Computer Futures please visit

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