Banking Data Analyst & SME — Platforms & Insights

Optimum Solutions Pte Ltd; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimum Solutions Pte Ltd is seeking a Data Business Analyst to act as SME for banking domains and to serve as the primary contact for data-related queries across enterprise data platforms and data products.

You will translate business requirements into data mappings, collaborate with technology teams, and help business users identify data elements, datasets, and data products. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential for end-to-end ownership.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience as a Business Analyst or Data Business Analyst.
• Prior experience in banking or financial services is strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience working with enterprise data platforms or analytics environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as the go-to SME for data-related queries from business users across banking domains (Retail, GB, Compliance, Risk, Finance, etc.).
• Support business users in identifying the right data elements, datasets, and data products for their use cases.
• Explain data definitions, lineage, and usage in business-friendly terms.
• Resolve data queries by working across data platforms, products, and source systems.
• Elicit, analyse, and document data-focused business requirements.
• Translate business requirements into logical and physical data mappings (source systems, tables and columns, data elements and attributes).
• Work closely with Group Technology and data engineering teams to ensure accurate interpretation of requirements.
• Facilitate requirement walkthroughs, clarification sessions, and data deep-dives.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Structured thinking

Stakeholder communication

End-to-end data ownership

Tools

Power BI

OAS

Denodo

Feature Stores

Job description

Optimum Solutions Pte Ltd is seeking a Data Business Analyst to act as SME for banking domains and to serve as the primary contact for data-related queries across enterprise data platforms and data products.

You will translate business requirements into data mappings, collaborate with technology teams, and help business users identify data elements, datasets, and data products. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential for end-to-end ownership.