Business Data Analyst - Banking

Role Summary

We are looking for a Business Data Analyst with banking or financial-services experience to support data-driven transformation, reporting, analytics and process improvement initiatives.

The role will act as a bridge between business stakeholders and technology/data teams, translating business requirements into data requirements, analysing data across multiple banking systems, identifying data-quality issues and supporting reporting, reconciliation and automation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse and document business and data requirements from Banking, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Operations and other business teams.
• Understand banking processes, products, systems and associated data flows.
• Identify relevant data sources across core banking, digital channels, CRM, risk, finance and other enterprise systems.
• Perform data discovery, profiling, cleansing and validation to identify gaps, anomalies and inconsistencies.
• Develop source-to-target mappings, data dictionaries, business rules and data lineage documentation.
• Write and execute SQL queries for data extraction, analysis, validation and reconciliation.
• Analyse large datasets to identify trends, exceptions, data-quality issues and business insights.
• Develop and maintain MIS, dashboards and management reports using Power BI / Excel or similar BI tools.
• Support automation of manual reporting and data-analysis processes.
• Perform data reconciliation between source systems, data warehouses and reporting outputs.
• Work with technology teams, data engineers and vendors to resolve data issues and clarify business rules.
• Support SIT/UAT, including preparation of test scenarios, validation of data, reports and business rules.
• Investigate production data issues and support root-cause analysis and resolution.
• Support regulatory, audit, risk and compliance-related data requirements where applicable.
• Prepare clear documentation, analytical findings and presentations for business and senior stakeholders.
• Participate in data migration, integration and digital-transformation projects.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3–6 years of experience as a Business Data Analyst, Data Analyst, BI Analyst or Technical Business Analyst.
• Prior experience in banking, financial services or fintech is strongly preferred.
• Strong SQL skills, including joins, aggregations, subqueries and data validation.
• Strong understanding of data analysis, data structures, databases and data quality.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau or similar BI/reporting tools.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience with data mapping, reconciliation, business rules and requirements documentation.
• Understanding of ETL, data warehouses and enterprise data environments.
• Experience supporting UAT/SIT and working with technology teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with Temenos T24/Transact, Oracle, FIS, Finacle or other core-banking platforms.
• Knowledge of banking domains such as Retail/Corporate Banking, Payments, Lending, Cards, Finance, Risk, AML/KYC or Regulatory Reporting.
• Exposure to Python, Alteryx, SAS or other data-analytics/automation platforms.
• Experience with data migration or enterprise data-transformation projects.
• Understanding of CBUAE/regulatory reporting requirements.