Senior Business Analyst (Data) - Temporary replacement (6 months)

Role overview Define the business and data rules for a platform that turns loyalty and other source data into finance outputs such as accounting journals and reports. Working with Finance, product and technical stakeholders, you’ll give data engineers and testers precise, traceable requirements and keep them aligned as the solution evolves. This is a full-time freelance engagement expected to last six months.

Responsibilities - Gather and document data requirements with Finance product teams and architecture stakeholders. - Specify calculations, allocations and transaction treatment rules in clear, testable terms. - Create source-to-target mappings that describe field-level transformations and reference data. - Write and maintain Jira requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria for engineering and testing. - Keep links between business needs, requirements, mappings and design current as decisions change. - Surface data gaps, edge cases and anomalies early, and work with delivery teams to validate the implementation and support stakeholder sign-off.

Requirements - Experience as a business analyst on data projects such as platforms, warehouses or migrations. - Ability to define detailed business logic and data mappings, beyond high-level process requirements. - Strong written requirements skills, including managing work in Jira. - Working knowledge of SQL and ability to reason about tables, fields and data structures. - Experience in an Agile team where requirements change during delivery. - Clear communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have - Databricks or comparable cloud data platform experience. - Knowledge of finance, revenue accounting or accounting journals. - Experience with loyalty, airline or travel data, or event-driven and streaming sources.