Analytics Engineer

Senior Analytics Engineer Contract Major Investment Organisation New York - On Site (flex when needed) About the Company

A leading global investment organisation with a diversified platform operating in a highly data-driven environment, where trusted analytics are critical to investment decision-making, portfolio oversight, and operational performance. The central data and analytics function partners closely with investment, finance, and operations teams, as well as portfolio businesses, to deliver scalable, high-quality analytics solutions.

The organisation is seeking a senior Analytics Engineer to join its central analytics function on a W2 contract basis. This role sits between data engineering and business analytics, with a focus on building analytics-ready data models in Snowflake that support reporting and insight across internal teams and portfolio companies. The role supports Power BI as the primary reporting and dashboarding layer but is not a Power BI developer position.

The emphasis is on upstream data modelling, transformation, and data quality, ensuring consistent, trusted datasets that enable reliable reporting and decision-making. You will work closely with data engineers, BI developers, analysts, and senior stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into durable analytics solutions.

• Build and maintain analytics-ready data models in Snowflake
• Develop and manage ELT transformations that convert raw data into high-quality, reusable datasets
• Partner with BI teams to enable consistent, well-governed Power BI reporting
• Define and maintain canonical business metrics and logic
• Implement data quality checks, validation, and monitoring
• Document data models, metric definitions, and transformation logic
• Optimise performance and cost across the analytics layer
• Support analytics initiatives across investment, finance, and portfolio reporting use cases

• Strong experience as an Analytics Engineer, Analytics Developer, or equivalent role
• Advanced SQL and strong dimensional and analytics data modelling skills
• Hands‑on experience working with Snowflake as an analytics warehouse
• Experience supporting Power BI through well‑structured analytics and semantic layers
• Ability to work directly with senior business stakeholders
• Experience in financial services, asset management, or complex regulated environments preferred

• Experience with dbt or similar transformation frameworks
• Python experience for analytics workflows or data manipulation
• Exposure to portfolio company or multi‑entity analytics environments
• Experience operating in lean, high‑impact data teams

W2 contract only. No C2C, no LLCs, no consultancy delivery models. Competitive hourly rate aligned with senior New York market benchmarks.

The organisation is committed to diversity and inclusivity.