Job Specifications
We are seeking a highly driven senior consultant/analyst with strong hands-on technical expertise and solid Financial Services and banking domain experience. This role requires end-to-end ownership of data-driven initiatives, from data extraction through advanced analytics, insight generation, and stakeholder presentation. The successful candidate will operate at pace, influence decision-making, and translate data into actionable commercial outcomes—driving increased wallet share, growing market share, and designing and delivering intuitive self-serve dashboards for business users.
Role Details:
Roles and Responsibilities:
Lead and manage end-to-end analytical projects, including brainstorming, solution design, analytical approach, scoping, timelines, delivery, and transition based on business and client requirements
Perform advanced data mining, manipulation, and transformation using internal and external data sources
Conduct reconciliation, data validation, and quality checks as standard practice using appropriate internal and external data sources
Identify and define key data points and metrics required to support analytical objectives
Deliver customer profiling, segmentation, and conversion analysis to support marketing and commercial initiatives
Design, execute, and evaluate marketing campaigns, including:
Target audience selection
Proposition design
Testing frameworks (A/B, multivariate testing)
Measurement of results with statistical significance
Develop business reporting and data visualisations to clearly communicate insights and performance
Apply predictive, performance, and profitability analytics to support business cases and decision-making
Demonstrate understanding of banking profitability, including revenue, cost drivers, and value measurement
Support debit payments and current account analytics (UK Financial Services context preferred)
Drive optimisation and automation of data pipelines, reports, and analytical processes
Present insights confidently to senior stakeholders and support decision-making through data-driven storytelling
Technical Requirements
Solid understanding of Financial Services fundamentals, Banking analytics and commercial metrics- mandatory
Hands on coding experience Python, SQL, Pyspark- mandatory
Strong expertise in SQL-based analytics and complex querying
Expertise in predictive, performance, and modelling techniques
Experience with data mining, manipulation, and large-scale datasets
Knowledge of cloud concepts on GCP for data retrieval and data movement – good to have
BI and Tableau skills – good to have
Non-technical skills:
Confident and articulate communicator with strong presentation and stakeholder management skills
Ability to translate complex analytical outputs into clear business insights
Strong project management capability with the ability to deliver at pace in dynamic environments
Commercial mindset with a focus on value creation and business outcomes
Highly organised, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple priorities
Collaborative team player with a consultancy-oriented approach to problem solving
About the Company
Stanley David And Associates (SDNA Global) is a recruitment specialist in the area of IT and Engineering, we stay firmly in our area of expertise, doing what we love. We know the players and the companies invest a lot of time getting to know candidates and clients in equal measure. This ensures a swift, cost effective and perfect placement whether it's permanent or interim. In addition we have a reputation for having the best understanding of the market landscape for sourcing great candidates. We have a Global Footprint with...
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