Business Analyst - Data Mesh

Core-Asset Consulting Ltd; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services recruiter is seeking a Business Analyst to join their Edinburgh team. This role involves guiding Data Mesh onboarding, assisting both business and tech teams. Applicants should have significant experience in data analysis, governance, and must be familiar with tools like Excel and SQL.

Qualifications

• Background in large-scale programmes as a Business Analyst.
• Ability to work with large datasets for data analysis.
• Familiarity with asset management or custody industries is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Guide business areas through Data Mesh onboarding.
• Act as liaison between business stakeholders and IT.
• Support governance and reporting alongside the Product Manager.
• Perform data and system analysis with documentation.
• Facilitate creation of data dictionaries and governance artefacts.

Skills

Business Analyst experience

Data analysis

Data governance practices

Excel and SQL expertise

Knowledge of Python

Experience with Google Cloud tools

Diagramming and modelling tools

Job description

Job Description:

Our client, a leading global financial services organisation, is looking to recruit a Business Analyst to join its Edinburgh based team on an initial contract until the end of February 2026.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting business areas on their journey to adopt Data Mesh as a core part of their data strategy.The successful candidate will act as a trusted partner to both business and technology teams, ensuring seamless onboarding, governance alignment, and long-term support.

Skills/Experience:

• Background as a Business Analyst within large-scale programmes or projects
• Experience conducting data analysis and working with large datasets
• Proven experience in data governance practices
• Ability to extract and analyse data using tools such as Excel and SQL
• Knowledge of Python and Google Cloud tools
• Familiarity with diagramming and modelling tools (e.g.Visio)
• Knowledge of asset management, custody or fund services industries desirable

Core Responsibilities:

• Guide business areas through Data Mesh onboarding, ensuring requirements are aligned with platform capabilities
• Act as liaison between business stakeholders, IT and architecture teams to deliver end-to-end onboarding support
• Support platform governance, roadmap management and reporting alongside the Product Manager
• Perform data and system analysis, producing high-quality documentation and diagrams
• Facilitate the creation of data dictionaries and governance artefacts with producers and consumers
• Support the development of process maps, business requirements, test plans and migration plans
• Ensure compliance with internal governance, risk and control requirements

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 16217

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