Functional Analyst Data - Freelance

Project context

We are looking for a Functional Analyst with strong experience in data and a background in banking or finance. (Knowledge of Credit Risk is a plus)

Key responsibilities

As a Functional Analyst, you will:

• Gather, clarify and challenge business requirements in collaboration with users and stakeholders.

• Analyse existing systems, data structures and data flows to understand how data is collected, transformed and used.

• Translate business needs into clear functional specifications and technical analysis documents.

• Define and document source-to-target data mappings, transformation rules and data flows across applications and data warehouses.

• Assess the impact of changes on data, interfaces and downstream applications.

• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, data teams and other IT teams to define appropriate solutions.

• Prepare and execute test plans, including data validation and reconciliation.

• Investigate anomalies, support bug fixing and follow up on their resolution.

• Support users and ensure effective documentation and knowledge sharing.

• Coordinate rehearsals and production go-live activities, potentially during weekends.

• Follow up on delivery against the agreed planning and help ensure production stability.