Data Transformation Business Analyst (6m Contract)

Stott and May Inc.; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Stott and May Inc. in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Data Business Analyst to support a data-intensive transformation programme.

You will translate business discovery into Epics, User Stories and acceptance criteria, collaborating with business stakeholders and technical teams across the full delivery lifecycle. The role requires mapping data flows, defining data requirements, and supporting testing and data migration activities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Data Business Analyst in a data-intensive change or transformation programme.
• Experience taking requirements from discovery through to detailed User Stories, acceptance criteria, backlog refinement and delivery support.
• Strong understanding of business processes and translating these into data requirements and testable outcomes.
• Hands-on experience with data flows, source/target analysis, field-level mapping, transformation rules, data validation, profiling or data quality.
• Experience supporting data migration, reconciliation, provisioning, integration, analytics or reporting.
• Experience working with Product, Architecture, Engineering and QA teams in iterative delivery environments.
• Exposure to SIT, defect triage and UAT support.
• Strong workshop facilitation, documentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate discovery sessions with stakeholders to understand business outcomes and target processes.
• Map data creation, usage, sharing, and dependencies across processes and systems.
• Document current and target state processes, data flows and definitions.
• Translate requirements into Epics and detailed User Stories with traceability.
• Define data requirements including ownership, attributes, Mappings and validation criteria.
• Support data profiling and identify data quality issues and remediation needs.
• Collaborate with Data Architects, Engineers and QA to refine backlogs and designs.
• Capture data migration and integration requirements for cutover activities.
• Support SIT and testing with data scenarios and test data requirements.
• Maintain involvement through design, build and testing, aiding defect triage and validation.
• Coordinate across business, technical and supplier teams to document dependencies and decisions.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Backlog refinement

User stories

Acceptance criteria

Data flows

Data validation

SIT/UAT support

Workshop facilitation

Communication skills

Tools

Jira

Confluence

SQL

Databricks

Azure

Job description

Stott and May Inc. in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Data Business Analyst to support a data-intensive transformation programme.

You will translate business discovery into Epics, User Stories and acceptance criteria, collaborating with business stakeholders and technical teams across the full delivery lifecycle. The role requires mapping data flows, defining data requirements, and supporting testing and data migration activities.