Business Analyst - Data
Role Overview
SmartSearch provides anti-money laundering verification software to clients.
The Business Data Analyst will shape data and analytics initiatives through business analysis, stakeholder engagement, and requirements definition.
The role works with business users, delivery teams, and data specialists to support reporting, insight, and process improvement.
The position is suited to someone with 5–8 years of business analysis experience, ideally on data or analytics projects.
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Role overview
SmartSearch provides anti-money laundering verification software to clients.
The Business Data Analyst will shape data and analytics initiatives through business analysis, stakeholder engagement, and requirements definition.
The role works with business users, delivery teams, and data specialists to support reporting, insight, and process improvement.
The position is suited to someone with 5–8 years of business analysis experience, ideally on data or analytics projects.
Business analysis and requirements
- Lead stakeholder requirements elicitation across data and analytics initiatives.
- Document business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and supporting artefacts.
- Facilitate workshops and interviews to gather insights, align priorities, and refine requirements.
- Map current- and future-state processes to identify improvements and support solution design.
- Work with technical teams to turn requirements into deliverable data solutions.
Data, reporting, and delivery
- Use intermediate SQL to analyse data, investigate issues, and validate requirements and outputs.
- Review Power BI reports and help stakeholders interpret and use insights; report development expertise is not required.
- Apply data modelling concepts to discussions and analytics solution design.
- Build stakeholder relationships so solutions meet operational and strategic needs.
- Support testing, validation, continuous improvement, and Agile delivery practices.
Candidate requirements
- Strong requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, user story, and acceptance criteria experience.
- Intermediate SQL skills and consumer-level Power BI experience.
- Ability to facilitate stakeholder workshops, conduct interviews, and create process maps.
- Understanding of data modelling principles and experience in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Five to eight years of business analysis experience, preferably in data or analytics projects.
- Relevant BCS, IIBA, or Agile/Scrum certification is preferred; PL-300 is a plus.
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