Business Analyst

Overview

Business Analyst on the Commodities team at LSEG, responsible for delivering high-quality pricing and fundamentals data (physical assets, production and consumption metrics, trading flows, market statistics) that power external customer products and internal research and forecasting teams.

What you'll do

• Review and analyse business requirements for new projects and content initiatives.
• Research source data and draft functional and technical specifications for onboarding new commodities datasets and enhancing existing content.
• Translate customer needs into clear, testable, and scalable requirements, challenging existing processes where needed.
• Build deep domain expertise through ongoing engagement with Research, Forecast, Propositions, and external data providers.
• Lead large-scale content onboarding, enhancement, and migration initiatives from definition through delivery.
• Coordinate across Content, Technology, QA, and Business Delivery teams to ensure timely and accurate execution.
• Support migration and modernization programs by defining specifications for new platforms, tools, and infrastructure.
• Contribute to implementation planning, UAT coordination, post-release validation, and issue resolution.
• Track and resolve complex data quality and data integration issues, analysing large datasets to identify root causes.
• Conduct data and analytics acceptance testing, including discrepancy analysis and common factor validation.
• Ensure robust test coverage across functional and non-functional requirements, improving confidence in product releases.
• Identify patterns in defects or customer feedback and drive preventative improvements.
• Identify opportunities to increase automation efficiency and reduce test execution time.
• Develop efficient ways of working across content and testing processes.
• Contribute to building quality metrics, dashboards, and measurement frameworks that support data-driven decisions.
• Stay ahead with evolving content tools, workflows, and technologies, applying learning directly to delivery.
• Act as a trusted partner to Research teams, Technology, Propositions, Product, and Content Management.
• Communicate effectively with interested parties at all levels, presenting findings, risks, and recommendations clearly.
• Operate independently while remaining a strong, collaborative team contributor.
• Mentor colleagues and share standard methodologies across content and quality disciplines where appropriate.

What you'll need

• Solid experience as a Business Analyst working in complex environments.
• Demonstrable ability to gather, document, and translate requirements into functional specifications.
• Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage complexity, think logically, and challenge assumptions constructively.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills with confidence engaging senior audiences.
• Background in content testing and release management.
• Demonstrated ability to improve automation, tooling, or testing frameworks.
• Solid understanding of data management concepts, including data lineage, data governance frameworks, DBoR restructuring and migration initiatives, and system to system data connectivity.
• Advanced SQL skills, including complex queries and logical data validation checks.
• Experience working with large datasets without losing analytical clarity.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and working knowledge of Python.
• Familiarity with LSEG products such as Workspace, Eikon, Data Scope Suite (DSS).

Nice to have

• Fair understanding of Commodities data.
• Proactive approach with a willingness to challenge the status quo and drive improvement.

Details

• Location: IND-Bangalore-A, RMZ Infinity.
• Career stage: Senior Associate.