Senior FinTech Data Platform Analyst

Ascensus; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascensus is seeking a Senior Business Systems Analyst (Data Platform) to bridge business needs and technical data delivery. You will define data requirements, maintain the data dictionary, and collaborate across data architecture and engineering to ensure governed, trusted data flows.

In a regulated financial services context, you will own data definitions, lineage, and usability, supporting audits and secure handling of confidential information.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst, Data Analyst, Data Product Owner, or similar data‑focused role.
• Proven experience translating business needs into enterprise‑scale data requirements.
• Strong experience with enterprise data platforms, including Oracle, Azure data warehouses, and ETL tools.
• Ownership of a data dictionary and/or business glossary.
• Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills.
• Experience in regulated financial services or fintech environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead elicitation, analysis, and documentation of data‑related business requirements for enterprise data initiatives.
• Translate business needs into data elements, metrics, hierarchies, transformations, and access patterns.
• Own and maintain the enterprise data dictionary and business glossary.
• Partner with Data Architects and Data Engineering to reflect requirements in models, integrations, and pipelines.
• Document end‑to‑end data flows and lineage from source to downstream consumers.
• Serve as liaison between business stakeholders and data delivery teams.
• Support backlog refinement and prioritization to keep requirements actionable.
• Identify and remediate data quality, consistency, and access issues.
• Reinforce data governance standards and approved access methods.
• Participate in design reviews, planning sessions, and cross‑functional groups.
• Support fintech use cases with auditability and sensitive data handling.

Skills

Data governance

Data modeling

Stakeholder comms

Documentation

Enterprise data platforms

Tools

Informatica

Azure

Oracle

Job description

Ascensus is seeking a Senior Business Systems Analyst (Data Platform) to bridge business needs and technical data delivery. You will define data requirements, maintain the data dictionary, and collaborate across data architecture and engineering to ensure governed, trusted data flows.

In a regulated financial services context, you will own data definitions, lineage, and usability, supporting audits and secure handling of confidential information.