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Position: Business Data Analyst

Location: Boston, MA

Type: Contract

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Business Data Analyst, who will act as the bridge between business stakeholders and the data support team, bringing deep investment domain expertise to interpret and prioritize data quality issues.

Key Responsibilities

Engage with business users to understand data issues and impact
Interpret investment data discrepancies (trades, securities, portfolios)
Support prioritization and SLA alignment
Translate business problems into technical investigation inputs
Validate outputs and ensure business acceptance
Provide domain guidance to data analysts
Support complex issue resolution and escalation discussions.
Work closely with L3 teams (Data Engineering, Platform)
Identify patterns and recurring issues
Mentor junior analysts
Perform triage and categorization of incoming tickets
Conduct data validation and analysis across systems (Snowflake, Aladdin , EDM and reporting platforms)
Investigation:

Missing transactions
Data mismatches
Data quality rule violations

Escalate medium/complex issues with proper context
Track tickets through end-to-end lifecycle
Maintain documentation and runbooks

Ideal Candidate Profile

12+ years experience as a Business Analyst
5 7 years of experience as a Business Analyst, preferably within the Investment domain experience.
Strong knowledge of investment domain with strong understanding of trade lifecycle (trade processing reporting)
Knowledge of securities & identifiers (CUSIP, ISIN, ratings, attributes)
Familiarity with portfolio/position concepts and aggregation logic
Understanding of key financial metrics (yield, spread, duration, price,market value, performance, Profit/Loss)
Ability to perform data reconciliation across systems (Aladdin, Snowflake, reports)
Awareness of investment data flows and reporting impact on business users
Ability to interpret financial data and reports
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Experience working with data teams / analytics teams

Preferred

Exposure to financial/investment data
Familiarity with data quality tools (ICEDQ)
Experience in investment systems (Aladdin or similar)

Education:

Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience

Business Analyst (Investment Domain - Only MA Candidates Preferred)

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