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Senior Data Analyst — Financial Services — Contract (Remote, Brazil)
Santiago Consult is a UK-based data and AI consultancy. We build data platforms, pipelines and AI systems for clients across the UK and Europe, and we're expanding our delivery capability in Brazil.
We're building a network of senior contract data analysts with financial services experience, ready to bring onto client projects as they start. This is a talent pool ahead of upcoming engagements, so we want to talk to strong people now even if a project isn't live on day one.
The work
Financial analysis carries a different weight. Numbers have to reconcile, definitions have to hold up under scrutiny, and someone will always ask where a figure came from. You'd be working directly with the founder on client delivery — turning transactional and financial data into analysis that stands up.
Typical engagements involve:
Analysing transactional, customer and product data across banking, payments or lendingBuilding models in dbt on top of BigQuery or SnowflakeDesigning dashboards for finance, risk and operations teamsCohort, retention, churn and customer-value analysisReconciliation, control and data-quality reportingDefining metrics rigorously and documenting them properlyPresenting findings to client stakeholders, including senior and non-technical audiences
What we're looking for
Analytical experience in financial services, banking, fintech, payments or insuranceStrong SQL — window functions, complex joins, performance awarenessReal analytical judgement: knowing which question matters, not just answering the one you were askedExperience with BigQuery or Snowflake in productiondbt experience, or a solid grasp of analytics engineering practiceA BI tool in anger — Looker, Power BI, Tableau, Metabase or similarComfortable working in English with UK-based clients, including client-facing conversationsUnderstanding that in financial data, "close enough" isn't
Nice to have
Regulatory or management reporting experienceRisk, fraud or credit analyticsPython for analysis (pandas)Git and a review workflowForecasting or predictive modellingExposure to UK or European financial regulationExperience working in a consultancy or agency
Practical details
Fully remote, contract basis (PJ)Project-based work, typically several weeks to several monthsGood overlap with UK hours (Brazil is 3–4 hours behind, so the working day lines up well)Paid in GBP or BRL, your preference