Business Data Analyst

Role: Business Data Analyst Location: Charlotte, NC (onsite) Duration: 1 year

Job Description:

• Clients are seeking a highly motivated Data Analyst with strong SQL skills and a proven work ethic to support Market Counterparty Risk Management initiatives.
• This role is ideal for someone who can rationalize complex scenarios, work deeply with source and action data, and bridge the gap between technical execution and business decision-making.
• The ideal candidate is analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in environments where data accuracy, auditability, and efficiency are critical.
• Candidates will work closely with risk, technology, and leadership teams to deliver insights that directly support business and regulatory objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze and interpret source and action data to support counterparty risk assessments
• Develop, optimize, and maintain SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and analysis
• Review and enhance audit log related code, improving efficiency, performance, and traceability
• Identify data gaps, inconsistencies, and process inefficiencies; propose actionable solutions
• Translate complex analytical findings into clear, concise insights for senior leadership
• Support scenario analysis and rationalization for risk-related use cases
• Collaborate with developers and business stakeholders to ensure analytical solutions align with real-world business needs
• Document logic, assumptions, and methodologies to support audit and governance requirements

Required Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in SQL
• Experience working with large, complex datasets
• Demonstrated ability to rationalize scenarios and make data-driven decisions
• Understanding of audit logs, data lineage, and control frameworks
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage senior leadership
• High level of accountability, ownership, and work ethic
• Ability to think like a developer, while understanding and supporting business use cases

Nice to Have:

• Experience in Capital Markets or Market Risk / Counterparty Risk
• Familiarity with Tableau and/or Power BI
• Background in financial services or regulated environments

Regards

Tim Patten

tim (at) pullskill (dot) com

551-272-o2o3