Freelance Business Analyst (Data)

Description

This is a 6-month freelance, full-time role starting as soon as possible.

The company is an experience innovation firm that works with well-known brands. The team is building a Loyalty Revenue Accounting solution on Databricks, which turns loyalty platform and other source data into the journals and reports Finance uses.

Responsibilities

• Define and document the data requirements for the data platform, working with Finance product teams and architecture stakeholders.
• Specify the business logic precisely enough to test, covering calculations, allocations and how transactions are treated.
• Create source-to-target mapping specifications with field-level mappings, transformations and reference data.
• Write requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria in Jira so engineers can build and testers can validate.
• Keep traceability from business need to requirements, mappings and design, and update documents as requirements change.
• Spot gaps, edge cases and anomalies early and raise them with options and their impact.
• Work with the product manager, data engineers, architects and QE through delivery, answering questions and checking the build against requirements.
• Take part in walkthroughs and sign-off with Finance and other business stakeholders.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst on data-focused projects such as data platforms, data warehouses or data migrations.
• Experience defining both business logic and data mapping logic, not just high-level process requirements.
• Strong written requirements skills, including writing and managing requirements in Jira.
• Able to read and reason about data structures, tables and fields, with working knowledge of SQL.
• Strong communicator who can work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in an agile delivery team where requirements change over time.
• Experience with Databricks or a similar cloud data platform.
• Experience in finance, revenue accounting or accounting journals.
• Experience with loyalty, airline or travel data.
• Familiarity with event-driven or streaming data sources.
• Nice to have: experience in agile methods and consulting.
• Applicants who do not meet every requirement are still encouraged to apply, as the company values varied backgrounds and a willingness to learn.

Conditions

Freelance contract lasting 6 months, full-time, starting as soon as possible.

Applications are reviewed by the Talent Acquisition team based on skills, experience and potential. Age, gender, marital status and photos are not needed.

Reasonable accommodations are available during interviews on request, via the application or the Talent Partner.

Be wary of recruitment fraud.

Benefits

• Growth opportunities, international career paths and a values-driven culture.