Business Analyst

Elwood Roberts - Your Trusted Recruitment Partner; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 84,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Elwood Roberts - Your Trusted Recruitment Partner in Dublin is seeking a motivated Business Analyst specializing in data governance. You will define requirements, improve data quality and governance processes, and act as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams under the Data Governance Lead.

The role is roughly 70% BA/stakeholder management and 30% data governance/technical understanding, with hybrid Dublin office attendance 2-3 days a week.

Qualifications

• Proven BA experience in data, analytics, governance, or technology environments.
• Hands-on with Data Governance and Data Quality programmes - mandatory.
• Experience gathering and documenting business and functional requirements.
• Experience facilitating workshops and stakeholder sessions.
• Knowledge of data catalogue/metadata platforms (Atlan, Collibra, Purview).
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in Agile delivery environments.
• Translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements.
• Ideally exposure to Data Access Management processes.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements for data governance initiatives and data quality improvements.
• Bridge business stakeholders and technical teams; report to Data Governance Lead.
• Lead or support workshops and stakeholder sessions; ensure alignment with governance goals.
• Contribute to data catalog/metadata management and ongoing governance processes.

Skills

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Workshop facilitation

Agile delivery

Business analysis

Data quality

Translation of business needs

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Snowflake

Databricks

Jira

Confluence

Atlan

Collibra

Purview

Job description

Location: Dublin, hybrid - 2-3 days/week in office (North Dublin)

Type: Contract

Duration: 12 months

Salary / Rate: 350-375 per day

We are a looking for a talented Business Analyst with experience supporting enterprise Data Governance initiatives. In the job, you will be defining requirements, improving data quality/governance processes, and acting as the bridge between business stakeholders (Data & Analytics, Technology, Customer, Commercial, Finance, Operations) and technical teams. You would report to the Data Governance Lead.

The role will split is roughly 70% Business Analysis/Stakeholder Management, 30% Data Governance/technical understanding - this is not a Data Engineer or Data Architect role.

We are looking for people with the below experience:

• Proven Business Analyst experience in data, analytics, governance, or technology environments
• Hands-on experience with Data Governance and Data Quality programmes - mandatory
• Experience gathering/documenting business and functional requirements
• Experience facilitating workshops and stakeholder sessions
• Knowledge of data catalogue/metadata management platforms (Atlan, Collibra, Purview)
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments
• Ability to translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements
• Ideally some experience with Data Access Management processes
• Some exposure to Power BI, SQL, Snowflake, or Databricks
• Some experience using Jira and Confluence
• Ideally a background in enterprise-scale, customer, finance, or operational organisations
• Consulting experience in Data Governance or Data Transformation

Please note, that this role is not really suited to people with the below, if it mixes with the above, we would be keen to speak with you.

• No hands-on exposure to Data Governance, Data Quality, or Data Management initiatives (this is why the previous candidate didn't work out - governance experience is now non-negotiable)
• Heavily technical profile lacking real Business Analysis experience
• Pure reporting/BI Analyst background with limited stakeholder engagement
• Limited experience gathering requirements or facilitating workshops
• Experience limited to project administration rather than true BA responsibilities
• Cannot realistically commit to regular Dublin office attendance