Business & Data Analyst Consultant

Title: Business & Data Analyst Consultant

Location: 600 S 4th St Minneapolis, MN

Alternate Locations: Charlotte, NC or Dallas, TX

Duration: 5 months

Work Engagement: W2

Work Schedule: 3 days in office/2 days remote

Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits

Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Business & Data Analyst Consultant to support enterprise data and analytics initiatives within a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment. This role will partner with business stakeholders, product managers, data consumers, governance teams, and technology teams to drive data-driven decision making through business analysis, data analysis, data quality management, and reporting initiatives.

The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, deep SQL expertise, experience working with large-scale data environments, and the ability to translate business requirements into actionable data solutions. This position focuses on business and data analysis and does not include application development, data engineering, cloud administration, or database administration responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

• Gather, analyze, document, and manage business and data requirements.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate business needs into data and reporting requirements.

• Analyze large datasets to identify trends, insights, data anomalies, and quality issues.

• Perform data profiling, validation, reconciliation, and quality assurance activities.

• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect validation, and business sign-off processes.

• Partner with product, governance, data, and business teams to investigate and resolve data-related issues.

• Develop and maintain requirement documentation, data mappings, process flows, and business rules.

• Support reporting and analytics initiatives by ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and usability.

• Contribute to data governance and data lineage efforts across enterprise data platforms.

• Facilitate stakeholder discussions and communicate findings, recommendations, and project updates effectively.

Qualifications:

• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

• Strong experience in Business Analysis and Data Analysis roles.

• Advanced SQL skills with experience querying and analyzing complex datasets.

• Experience working with large-scale data warehouses and analytics platforms.

• Hands-on experience within Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments, including BigQuery.

• Proven expertise in requirements gathering, analysis, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration.

• Experience performing data profiling, data validation, data reconciliation, and data quality assessments.

• Strong understanding of reporting and analytical processes.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience supporting enterprise data products and analytics platforms.

• Knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and data lineage concepts.

• Experience working within Agile environments and using Jira.

• Experience in Banking, Financial Services, Risk, Compliance, or related regulated industries.

• Familiarity with enterprise reporting and business intelligence solutions.