Data Analyst - Finance Data

Company Overview

Capco is an entrepreneurial consulting business with expertise in transformation, technology, and strategy. We specialize in banking and payment; capital markets; wealth & investment management; finance, risk & compliance; and technology, serving our clients from offices in leading financial centers across US, Europe and APAC. We are expanding our business rapidly across Asia (especially Malaysia). You will work on engaging projects with some of the largest banking and insurance clients in the world, projects that will deliver significant transformation and change.

Through our collaborative and efficient approach, we help our clients successfully increase revenue, manage risk and regulatory change, reduce cost and enhance control. We specialize in banking; capital markets; wealth and investment management; finance, risk & compliance; and technology. We serve our clients from offices in leading financial centers across North America, Europe and APAC.

Role Title: Data Analyst - Finance Data (Consultant/Senior Consultant grade)

Role Overview

Join us and work with a leading global bank supporting ESG and sustainability reporting initiatives. This role focuses on finance data validation, reconciliations, data quality investigations, SQL analysis, and reporting controls across Finance and Risk stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Quality & Validation
• Perform data validation checks to ensure completeness, accuracy, and consistency of finance data.
• Analyse exception reports to identify trends, anomalies, and recurring data issues.
• Investigate root causes of data breaks and coordinate with upstream teams to resolve them
• Reconciliation & Adjustments
• Perform regular reconciliations across multiple systems to ensure data alignment.
• Identify and investigate variances, working with finance and operations teams to validate differences.
• Execute and document data adjustments (“true-ups”) with full traceability and supporting evidence.
• Ensure all adjustments are accurately recorded with proper classification and audit trails
• Data Controls & Governance
• Support reference data management by assessing change impacts and ensuring updates are properly implemented.
• Maintain strong data governance practices, ensuring compliance with internal controls and audit requirements.
• Prepare and maintain audit-ready documentation, including evidence packs and process records
• Stakeholder Management
• Collaborate with finance, risk, and data teams across regions to resolve issues and improve data quality.
• Respond to stakeholder queries with clear explanations and supporting documentation.
• Escalate risks, control gaps, and unresolved issues with recommended actions
  
  

Skills And Experience

• 2–5 years’ experience in finance operations, data controls, reconciliation, or reporting, preferably in consulting or banking industry.
• Solid understanding of reconciliation, data validation, and financial data flows.
• Basic knowledge of accounting concepts (e.g. general ledger).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience in root cause analysis.
• High attention to detail with a strong control and audit mindset.
• Comfortable working with large datasets.
• Working knowledge of SQL (essential) for data investigation and analysis.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across teams and stakeholders
  
  

Why join us?

You will join a company that supports and encourages an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. Capco is not about organizational charts and layers –we operate with little hierarchy because we want all employees to feel that Capco is their firm. We warmly value diversity and inclusion and embrace our collective uniqueness –our culture is a strong, fresh, and invigorating difference from our competitors.