Business Data Analyst (Junior)

To provide high-quality data and technical analysis to support Project Nexus (Adviser Toolkit + Headless Investment Platform + interlocked data flows), enabling fast, evidence-based decisions across architecture, integration, operability, and risk/compliance. The role supports the CTO (Adam Jones) and Nexus delivery leadership by translating complex technical and data realities into clear insights, options, and actionable recommendations—while operating in a regulated FCA / Consumer Duty / GDPR environment.

• Work with value streams (Advice, Operations & Servicing, Platform, Support Functions) to convert business journeys into:
  • Data needs (entities, attributes, quality rules, retention.)
  • Technical requirements (interfaces, identity, audit, monitoring.)

• Ensure Nexus technical and data designs explicitly address:
  • Model B platform operator responsibilities and operational resilience expectations.
  • Consumer Duty outcomes, including identification and treatment of vulnerable customers.
  • GDPR: minimisation, lawful basis, retention, access controls, auditability.
• Maintain evidence-ready analysis that supports governance forums (EDA/PDA/SteerCo) and audit trails.

• Support vendor evaluations by assessing:
  • Integration patterns and constraints.
  • Data access models and portability.
  • Security posture, logging/audit capabilities, and operational tooling.
  • Fit with target architecture and phased migration approach.
• Summarise findings as structured options, risks, and recommendations.

• Support production readiness by analysing and documenting:
  • Monitoring/alerting requirements (SLO/SLI inputs)
  • Incident paths, runbook needs, support handoffs
  • RTO/RPO considerations, failure modes and recovery dependencies
• Highlight resilience and support risks early, especially where small vendors or complex integrations exist.

• Maintain high-quality programme analysis artefacts: assumptions, decisions, risks, actions, dependencies.
• Prepare concise packs for governance: “what we know / what we don’t / options / recommendation / risks / next steps.”
• Work closely with the Data Programme (separate function) to ensure technical platforms and integration patterns enable data outcomes.

• Demonstrable experience as a Technical Analyst / Data Analyst in technology programmes, ideally involving:
  • API/integration-heavy landscapes (SaaS + internal platforms)
  • Data flow mapping, lineage, and cross-system reconciliation
  • Technical requirements elicitation and documentation
• Experience producing clear artefacts for mixed audiences (engineers → executives)

• Financial services / regulated environment experience (FCA, Consumer Duty, GDPR, operational resilience).
• Exposure to Model B / platform operating models (or equivalent regulated platform responsibility sets).
• Familiarity with modern cloud patterns (preferably Azure), event-driven integration, and observability practices

• Integration patterns: REST/GraphQL APIs, events/queues, ETL/ELT handoffs, identity/SSO concepts.
• Data fundamentals: entities, master/reference data, quality dimensions, lineage, retention, access control, auditability.
• Operability basics: monitoring/alerting, logging, incident management inputs, non-functional requirements.
• Governance: how to structure analysis for architecture boards and delivery forums; maintaining traceability.

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