Data Analyst

North Scout; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK-based Data Consultancy is seeking a Data Analyst for a 12-month fixed-term role with potential for permanence. The ideal candidate will have strong SQL and Excel skills, will perform data analysis and profiling, and work collaboratively to transform reporting processes. This position offers an engaging environment where complex datasets are managed, and a structured approach to reporting is developed.

Qualifications

• Experience with SQL querying over large datasets.
• Advanced Excel skills for reporting.
• Familiarity with data quality techniques.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and validate existing finance report logic.
• Run SQL queries to test data accuracy.
• Create documentation for data mapping and business logic.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Data Migration

Data Quality

Data Profiling

Business Logic Documentation

Power BI

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Strong Chance of Extension or Permanent Offer

An emerging UK-based Data Consultancy are delivering a high-impact reporting transformation programme for a major client. As part of this, they’re looking to bring on a technically focused Data Analyst for a 12-month fixed-term period, with the view to a permanent role.

This role is well suited to someone who’s comfortable working with complex datasets, legacy reports, and data platforms - and enjoys building structured, repeatable logic that enables better reporting downstream.

The Role

You’ll join a collaborative delivery team working on the rebuild of business-critical finance reports, helping migrate legacy logic into a new Power BI environment. Your focus will be on understanding the data behind existing reports, applying business rules, validating data quality, and clearly documenting the output.

Key responsibilities:

• Analyse existing reports (primarily Excel-based) to identify data sources, logic and usage
• Trace data lineage and assess whether required data is available in the platform
• Write and run SQL queries to test assumptions, profile data, and validate accuracy
• Perform data profiling and quality assessments to determine fitness for use
• Collaborate with BAs, Engineers, Testers and Power BI developers to support report rebuilds
• Create supporting documentation such as data dictionaries and source-to-target mappings
• Apply business logic consistently, and help shape how reporting is defined and governed going forward

Requirements

We’re looking for someone with a strong technical base and a structured, delivery-minded approach.

Essential skills:

• Expert SQL skills – confident writing and validating queries across large datasets
• Advanced Excel skills – comfortable analysing and reconciling report outputs
• Experience working on data migration, reporting transformation, or similar projects
• Strong understanding of data quality, profiling, and validation techniques
• Ability to document technical logic clearly and consistently
• Comfortable working independently in a remote team environment
• Familiarity with source-to-target mapping, data dictionaries, and business rules
• Exposure to Power BI (as a consumer or part of a delivery team)
• Background in financial data or reporting
• Previous experience working alongside BAs, Testers, or Engineering teams

If you’re a technically strong Data Analyst who enjoys solving complex data problems and wants to contribute to well-structured, scalable reporting, we’d love to hear from you.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology and Consulting

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Media, Data Infrastructure and Analytics, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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