Data Risk - Business Execution

Contract: Immediate start - initial contract through to 31st December (strong potential for extension)
Overview

We are seeking an experienced Data Risk Reporting & Controls Analyst to support a Markets/Data Risk function within a leading financial services organisation. This role will focus on data integrity, reporting accuracy, and control validation, working closely with business, data, and risk teams to ensure high-quality outputs and audit readiness.
Key Responsibilities

• Support UAT testing across data and reporting changes, ensuring outputs align with business requirements.
• Validate data integrity and accuracy across key reporting datasets
• Analyse reporting outputs and identify discrepancies, working with stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Ensure data feeds, tables, and reporting structures are understood and appropriately controlled
• Support the creation and maintenance of standardised reporting and controls frameworks
• Assist in documentation of processes, controls, and data flows to ensure audit readiness
• Partner with stakeholders across business and technology to interpret requirements and improve reporting quality
• Identify areas for improvement in data processes, reporting logic, and control effectiveness
• Support ongoing regulatory and audit-related activities, ensuring outputs meet required standards

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in data analysis, reporting, or data risk/control environments (financial services preferred)
• Advanced Excel skills (including data manipulation, pivot tables, large datasets) - essential
• Experience working with data sets, reporting tables, and reconciling outputs
• Exposure to UAT testing and validating data/reporting changes
• Understanding of controls, governance, or risk frameworks
• Ability to quickly understand and interpret data flows and reporting logic
• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify and resolve data issues
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills

Desirable:

• Experience with BI tools or data platforms
• Exposure to markets, risk, or financial control environments

Why Apply?

• Work on a high-profile data risk and reporting programme
• Opportunity to contribute to critical regulatory and control initiatives
• Immediate impact role with strong likelihood of extension
• Competitive day rate and exposure to a large-scale financial environment

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