Data Analyst

Albany Beck is an award-winning consultancy specialising in Technology, Risk and Compliance primarily within Financial Services. We work with top tier Investment Banks, Asset Management firms, Hedge Funds and FinTech's.

Client Deployment Role Description

Albany Beck is seeking an experienced Cash Processing Data Analyst to support a Finance Transformation programme within a leading insurance organisation.

The role will focus on analysing and documenting a business-critical cash processing solution that currently relies on a large, complex Excel-based data repository. With increasing transaction volumes and growing operational dependency on the existing process, the programme aims to define and deliver a more stable, controlled and scalable solution.

The successful candidate will work closely with Finance, Data and Transformation stakeholders to understand the current cash processing environment, document data flows and controls, define requirements and support the design of a future-state solution that can potentially be leveraged across multiple entities.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse and document the existing end-to-end cash processing process and associated data flows.
• Map multiple data feeds, manual adjustments, reconciliations and journal upload processes.
• Identify key operational controls, dependencies, pain points and areas of operational risk.
• Gather and document high-level business, data and control requirements.
• Analyse large and complex datasets supporting Finance processes.
• Support the definition of the target-state cash processing solution and High-Level Solution Design (HLSD).
• Help develop an entity-agnostic solution that can be used across different parts of the organisation.
• Work closely with Finance, Data, Technology and Transformation stakeholders.
• Ensure appropriate data governance and control requirements are incorporated into the future-state design.
• Support the development of the business case required to progress the programme into the delivery phase.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong experience working as a Data Analyst, ideally within Financial Services.
• Proven experience documenting complex data flows, processes and data dependencies.
• Strong data analysis skills with the ability to work with large and complex datasets.
• Experience gathering and documenting business and data requirements.
• Understanding of data governance, controls and operational risk.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to work across Finance, Data and Technology teams.
• Experience supporting transformation or data remediation programmes.
• Strong Excel skills and experience analysing complex spreadsheet-based processes.
• Previous experience within the insurance sector.
• Experience supporting a Finance function or Finance Transformation programme.
• Understanding of cash processing, cash reconciliation or financial ledger processes.
• Knowledge of financial reporting processes such as IFRS 17 or Solvency II.
• Experience defining target-state processes or contributing to High-Level Solution Designs.
• Experience working within the London Market or specialty insurance sector.
• Experience helping build business cases for technology or data transformation initiatives.

Personal Attributes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable working with complex and business-critical data.
• Able to translate technical data and process information into clear documentation.
• Strong attention to detail and control awareness.
• Confident working with senior stakeholders across multiple business areas.
• Proactive and comfortable working within a fast-paced transformation environment.