Data Analyst

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd. is recruiting a Data Analyst to join a high-profile financial services data programme in Manchester. You will apply strong SQL skills to analyse and reconcile finance data and collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to improve data quality.

You will produce clear analysis and reporting for technical and non-technical audiences, support testing and releases, and work closely with finance, risk, data and technology teams to deliver reliable insights.

Qualifications

• Experience in analysing and reconciling large finance datasets using SQL and data governance.
• Familiarity with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau or Looker) and data quality improvement.
• Strong problem-solving and stakeholder communication skills are essential.
• Knowledge of BigQuery and Python is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and reconcile finance datasets using SQL.
• Investigate and resolve data quality issues across multiple systems.
• Define business rules, data mappings and acceptance criteria with stakeholders.
• Support testing, validation and release activities for data products.
• Produce clear analysis and reporting for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with finance, risk, data and technology teams to deliver results.

Skills

SQL

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Data quality

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Looker

BigQuery

Python

Job description

The Opportunity

A leading financial consultancy is seeking a Data Analyst to join a high-profile finance data programme. This role is ideal for someone with strong SQL expertise and a solid understanding of financial services data who enjoys investigating complex datasets, improving data quality and working closely with business and technology stakeholders.

• Analyse and reconcile large finance datasets using SQL.
• Investigate and resolve data quality issues across multiple systems.
• Define business rules, data mappings and acceptance criteria.
• Support testing, validation and release activities.
• Produce clear analysis and reporting for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Work closely with finance, risk, data and technology teams.

Requirements

• Strong SQL skills including joins, aggregations, CTEs and performance optimisation.
• Experience working with financial services data.
• Data reconciliation and data quality experience.
• Strong problem-solving and stakeholder communication skills.
• Experience with BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau or Looker is beneficial.
• Knowledge of BigQuery, data governance or Python would be advantageous.