Business Analyst – Data & Analytics (Economics)

About the role

As a Business Analyst you will support the Economics Department of a European public institution, managing and analysing macro‑economic and sovereign risk data used across the bank. You will ensure data consistency, quality and availability for internal analysis and publications.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and update databases containing macro‑economic and sovereign risk indicators.
• Curate, clean, validate and manage datasets from international institutions, public sources and licensed providers.
• Develop, implement and maintain SQL queries, database views and data processing scripts.
• Automate data ingestion, transformation, validation and consistency checks using Python and SQL.
• Create and maintain reports and dashboards, primarily with Power BI and Excel.
• Support data‑quality initiatives and help define common indicators and metadata.

Required profile

• University degree in Business, Engineering, Information Science or a related field.
• Proven experience in data analysis within a financial services institution.
• Strong understanding of macro‑economic and financial data, including sovereign risk concepts.
• Demonstrated experience in data curation and management.
• Advanced working knowledge of SQL, Python, Excel and Power BI.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Required skills

• SQL (relational databases, queries, views)
• Python (data processing, automation, validation)
• Excel (analysis, reconciliation, validation)
• Power BI (data modelling, reporting, visualisation)
• Optional: SAP Analytics Cloud, STATA, R