Data Analyst

Placement Type: Temporary Salary: $57-63.33 Hourly Start Date: Oct 26, 2026 Duration: 12 months Are you a meticulous professional with a passion for financial regulations and a knack for transforming complex data into actionable insights? Join a leading financial institution, partnering with Aquent, where you will play a pivotal role in ensuring regulatory compliance and maintaining financial stability. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute directly to critical reporting processes, influence strategic decisions, and drive automation initiatives that enhance efficiency and accuracy. About the Opportunity This role places you at the heart of financial regulatory reporting, where your expertise will directly impact the organization's adherence to essential liquidity metrics. You will be instrumental in the daily production, validation, and submission of key regulatory reports, ensuring precision and compliance within strict deadlines. Your work will involve deep data analysis, issue resolution, and collaboration with diverse teams, making a tangible difference in the financial health and regulatory standing of a major institution. What You'll Do Execute daily regulatory reporting production, validation, and submission activities in accordance with established procedures and deadlines. Perform detailed variance analysis, reconciliations, and quality reviews to ensure reporting completeness, accuracy, and compliance. Utilize SQL to analyze large datasets, investigate reporting anomalies, and identify root causes of data issues. Monitor reporting processes, data feeds, and system interfaces; promptly identify, escalate, and track issues through resolution. Support other key regulatory reporting processes, including data validation, reconciliations, and reporting controls. Partner with various internal teams, including those focused on financial management, risk assessment, data management, and technology, to resolve data discrepancies and implement reporting enhancements. Maintain and enhance reporting procedures, control documentation, governance evidence, and audit support materials. Participate in testing, implementation, and production validation of regulatory reporting changes, system upgrades, and new initiatives. Identify and implement automation opportunities to improve reporting efficiency, reduce manual processes, and strengthen operational controls. Develop comprehensive business requirements for functional and nonfunctional enhancements supporting liquidity regulatory reporting processes. Create and optimize SQL queries to analyze datasets of varying complexity, and develop analytical models and automation solutions. Analyze and interpret data from multiple sources, including databases, spreadsheets, and reporting systems. Communicate issues to the appropriate data owners, and monitor and track them to ensure timely and effective resolution. Participate in projects supporting new initiatives, process improvements, and technology implementation and development. Must-Have Qualifications Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with experience in data analysis and trend identification. Excellent documentation skills, with the ability to create comprehensive business requirements, process documentation, and analytical reports. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with changing priorities. Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy and quality in all deliverables. Demonstrated ownership, initiative, and accountability for high-quality outcomes. Ability to navigate ambiguity and make informed decisions. Bachelor's degree. Two to five years of related experience within a financial institution. Basic knowledge of finance and accounting, particularly within banking and broker-dealer businesses. Strong SQL and Excel skills, with the ability to work with large datasets and complex queries. Experience with liquidity regulatory reporting (FR 2052a, LCR, NSFR). Experience with AxiomSL ControllerView. Strong organizational and multitasking skills, with the ability to manage multiple changing priorities. Adaptability and resilience in uncertain environments with evolving regulatory landscapes. Hands-on experience implementing automation tools to optimize reporting processes. Knowledge of U.S. GAAP and accounting policy. Ability to partner effectively with cross-functional teams. About Aquent Talent: Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive. Aquent