Data Analyst (SAS migration)

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

Our Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) is one of our service offerings. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

Our client, a major UK retail bank, provides every day banking services to over 17 million retail customers. The banks expertise and services span across Business Services, Corporate banking, Wealth Management, Group Functions, Retail and Investment Banking.

On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a Data Analyst for a contract due to run until December 2026, based in the Edinburgh or Manchester office on a hybrid model.

Purpose of the role:
The role will focus on the migration of SAS reports to new tools, using SQL, Snowflake, Tableau and Python.

The Data Analyst will:

• Be heavily involved in the migration of all existing SAS reports into modern tools, designing automated, future-proof replacements in Snowflake, Python and Tableau.
• Turn data into clear insights and compelling stories for the business.
• Build and maintain dashboards, web apps, and Excel-based reports that support fast, accurate decision-making.
• Own and run the current manual reporting process, ensuring data accuracy and regulatory compliance while we transition to automated solutions.
• Write, debug and optimise SQL and Python code in Snowflake to extract, transform, validate, and blend large datasets.
• Run Snowflake processes when required and publish high-quality outputs into Tableau dashboards.
• Modernise, streamline, and enhance existing reporting processes and data flows as part of the wider data platform evolution.
• Collaborate closely with data engineers to design and deliver the future state of our reporting and data architecture.

The skills needed:

• Demonstrable experience using SQL, Python. Tableau and Snowflake.
• Experience migrating reporting from SAS to modern tools.
• Tableau skills with a track record of creating intuitive, high-impact dashboards.
• Proven ability to build, optimise and maintain data pipelines and transformations.
• Confidence working with large datasets and blending data from multiple sources.
• Ability to interpret data, understand the story behind it and communicate insights clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong business analysis capability, able to map processes, gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Experience working with data engineers and technical teams on end-to-end delivery.
• Experience within Retail banking is desirable.

Next steps

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

AMS, a Recruitment Process Outsourcing Company, may in the delivery of some of its services be deemed to operate as an Employment Agency or an Employment Business