Lead data analyst digital

Location: London, minimum one day per week in the office Engagement Type: Albany Beck Consultant Client Industry: London Market Insurance Role: Lead Finance Data Analyst Albany Beck is a professional services and management consultancy specialising in delivering transformation and change across financial services. We partner with leading banks, insurers, asset managers and other regulated organisations to provide experienced consultants who support critical business, technology, data and regulatory programmes. As an Albany Beck Consultant, you will be employed by Albany Beck and deployed into one of our key financial services clients. Albany Beck is seeking an experienced Lead Finance Data Analyst to join us here at Albany Beck as we support a major finance and data transformation programme within the insurance sector. The role will sit at the intersection of Finance, Data and Transformation, supporting the rollout of a new data platform and the delivery of a wider finance transformation roadmap. The successful candidate will work closely with Finance stakeholders, Data Engineering, Analytics and Architecture teams to understand current reporting processes, define future-state requirements and translate these into practical data, analytics and reporting solutions. This is a finance-led data role requiring someone with strong accountancy or finance knowledge, insurance domain experience and the ability to engage credibly with senior Finance stakeholders. Lead finance-focused data analysis across a major transformation and data platform programme. Engage with Finance stakeholders to understand current reporting processes, business requirements and transformation priorities. Translate complex finance requirements into clear data, analytics and reporting requirements. Identify and prioritise finance data use cases based on business value and strategic importance. Develop and validate finance data models, data definitions, business rules and reporting logic. Design and develop SQL queries for data analysis, reconciliation and reporting. Analyse existing finance data flows and identify opportunities to improve data quality, consistency and controls. Work closely with Data Engineering teams to ensure finance requirements are correctly understood and delivered. Collaborate with Analytics and Architecture teams to ensure solutions align with the wider data strategy. Support the definition of finance data standards, ownership and governance processes. Identify data quality issues, investigate root causes and support remediation activity. Support backlog creation, refinement, prioritisation and acceptance criteria within an agile environment. Participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, showcases and wider programme governance. Provide regular progress updates and proactively manage risks, issues and dependencies. Ensure requirements, data models, business logic and data flows are fully documented. Strong professional experience within finance, accountancy, finance transformation or finance data analysis. Experience working as a Lead Data Analyst, Finance Data Analyst, Finance Business Analyst or similar. Strong understanding of finance reporting processes and accounting data. Strong SQL skills, including developing queries for data analysis, reconciliation and reporting. Experience analysing complex finance datasets, data models and data flows. Experience translating finance requirements into data, analytics and reporting solutions. Experience working with enterprise data platforms, data warehouses or reporting environments. Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, data lineage and data ownership. Experience identifying and resolving finance data quality and reconciliation issues. Strong stakeholder management skills across Finance and technical teams. Experience working with Data Engineering, Analytics and Architecture teams. Experience operating within an agile delivery environment. A recognised accountancy, business analysis or insurance qualification would be advantageous.