Top Analyst Jobs in Edinburgh

Nine-week summer internship focused on analytics, project management, and process improvement. Interns analyze data, support strategic decisions, coordinate projects, identify workflow inefficiencies, use AI-enabled tools, communicate with stakeholders, and help implement measurable business improvements.

The FP&A Analyst will monitor business performance, analyze financial variances, produce ARR and cost reports, support budgeting and rolling forecasts, maintain workforce cost analysis, and provide actionable insights to stakeholders. The role will partner across teams, improve FP&A processes, build financial models, and explore SQL, data modeling, and AI/LLM applications to enhance financial analysis.

Assess financial, credit, fraud, identity, brand, compliance, and reputational risks for new and existing merchants. Review business credit reports, financial documents, payment processor statements, investigative research, and market data to determine merchant credit exposure. Monitor credit, fraud, and chargeback trends, investigate third-party data sources, collaborate with Sales and Business Development, and support automation and process improvements in merchant risk evaluation.

Partners with People & Culture stakeholders to gather and document business requirements, define user stories and acceptance criteria, map processes, and support Agile solution delivery. Acts as the liaison between business stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams while identifying process improvements, dependencies, risks, and impacts across HR technology solutions, particularly SAP SuccessFactors.

Monitor and analyze security alerts, investigate and respond to incidents across Windows, macOS, and Linux, perform malware and forensic analysis, remotely remediate threats, and improve detection and response processes. Serve as a technical escalation point, mentor junior analysts, oversee quality assurance, manage internal programs or teams, communicate findings to customers, and contribute thought leadership through public speaking and content.

Lead ownership of LNG cargo tracking dataset, ensure data quality, contribute to shipping forecasts and short-term reports, develop ship-tracking products, apply Python/SQL and AI/automation to improve workflows, and engage with clients and cross-team research to integrate maritime analysis into broader LNG market forecasts.

Processes manual payments, investigates missing and redirected payments, manages payment recoveries and recalls, and reviews UK payment scheme reports. The role involves customer contact, collaboration with banks and internal teams, operational risk mitigation, process documentation, training, and spreadsheet-based data analysis. Candidates need payment operations experience, knowledge of UK schemes, strong communication skills, and customer service experience. CPR, PSW, and basic SQL experience are preferred.

Maintain and transform investment data by building data systems and pipelines, performing complex analysis, combining multiple sources, improving data quality, and presenting results via visualization. Collaborate with clients, system architects, and product teams to deliver actionable insights and analytical tools for data-driven decisions.

Lead design, administration, and improvement of global benefits programs. Manage vendor/broker relationships, plan renewals, implementations, day-to-day operations, escalations, reporting, compliance, and cross-functional coordination across PEO/EOR and legal entity arrangements. Analyze utilization and cost data, streamline processes, and support benefits during country expansions.

Lead EMEA insider risk investigations and assessments, identify threats to people and assets, conduct interviews and evidence analysis, brief stakeholders, develop mitigation strategies and training, and collaborate with InfoSec, HR, Legal, and IT to strengthen insider risk controls and awareness.

Leads data governance portfolios, frameworks, policies, controls, data ownership, quality, metadata, lineage, and assurance activities. Embeds governance across data products, platforms, analytics, and AI initiatives; investigates quality issues; develops reporting and remediation plans; influences senior stakeholders; and mentors a sub-team while improving repeatable governance methods.

Manage end-to-end billing for non-rail revenue streams, including advertising and partnerships. Maintain billing registers, prepare accruals and management-account summaries, reconcile campaign delivery with invoices, review contracts, support debt recovery, and resolve billing discrepancies. Partner across Commercial, Billing, Credit, Accounts Receivable, and Finance Transformation to standardize workflows and implement automated billing solutions.

Provide subject-matter expertise and day-to-day support for enterprise mobile applications used by field teams. Gather requirements, configure and test enhancements, troubleshoot complex issues, support releases and integrations, promote user adoption, train end users, and ensure governance, security and continuous improvement of mobile solutions.

Analyze business requirements and processes for securities trading applications, bridge business and development teams, support solution design, testing, implementation, and releases. Lead client workshops, explain Avaloq capabilities, recommend business and IT solutions, manage client relationships, and prepare project reports and documentation. The role requires financial services business analysis experience, technical application exposure, Agile experience, strong communication, and analytical skills.

Provides technical support for live corporate applications, primarily supporting student and academic services systems such as Tribal SITS. Works with technical and business stakeholders to resolve problems, maintain reliable operations, and introduce new systems with minimal disruption. The role requires expertise in relational databases, web development tools, SaaS and cloud integrations, alongside strong problem-solving, communication, flexibility, and multitasking skills.

Detect, analyze, and respond to security incidents in real time across Windows, macOS, and Linux. Perform malware and forensic analysis, remote remediation, develop detection and triage processes, produce customer-facing communications, mentor and quality-assure junior analysts, manage programs/teams, and contribute to public thought leadership.

Manage and contribute to IT and business-change projects across the University of Edinburgh. Apply project management and business analysis skills to improve business efficiency, enhance student experience, maintain IT compliance, and enable digital transformation. Work within Project Services alongside project and programme delivery professionals, using a hybrid campus-based arrangement.

Manage reliable, compliant procurement operations across the Group, including Procure-to-Pay processes, purchasing and invoice issue resolution, supplier compliance, governance, controls, and procurement data accuracy. Support consistent processes across multiple sites, analyze performance and risks, provide actionable insights, maintain stakeholder and supplier relationships, and contribute to procurement systems and continuous improvement.

The Digital Marketing Analyst executes affiliate, email, CME, and multilingual digital marketing campaigns across European, Middle East, and Asia Pacific markets. Responsibilities include SEO strategy, website performance monitoring, campaign KPI reporting, audience engagement, localization, and collaboration with regional partners and internal teams. The role uses analytics and SEO tools to translate performance data into actionable marketing recommendations while supporting AEO and GEO initiatives.

Research newly launched technology products, create and maintain accurate Magento product listings, update specifications and pricing, audit catalog data, validate information using AI-powered tools, and monitor competitors. The role requires strong attention to detail, product research and analytical skills, familiarity with e-commerce platforms, Microsoft Office proficiency, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines.

Support leadership on strategic projects, develop sales strategies with industry leaders, and build global planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and feedback frameworks. Collaborate across Enterprise Marketing, Sales Operations, Finance, regional teams, and executives to improve alignment and operational effectiveness across a worldwide field organization.

Adjudicate automated vessel detections humans cant resolve: identify dark/spoofed/low-confidence contacts, investigate AIS/GNSS manipulation and ownership, produce sourced identification records, and supply labeled ground truth to improve detection models.

Supports hotel investment and acquisitions by building financial models, conducting market and comparable-sales research, preparing investment memoranda and presentations, and assisting investment and operations teams with live transactions. The role also performs ad hoc analysis and requires strong analytical, organizational, communication, and deadline-management skills. It is designed for a rising college senior with an interest in finance, hospitality, and real estate investments.

The Customer Business Analyst supports client delivery by leading discovery workshops, translating business needs into requirements and user stories, designing AI-driven workflows, and analyzing product performance. The role owns test strategies, acceptance criteria, UAT, AI output validation, and continuous improvement. It requires business analysis experience, preferably in insurance, strong stakeholder management, client-facing workshop facilitation, and practical experience with AI tools, prompt engineering, and LLM limitations.

Manages clinical trial site contracts, budgets, payment terms, amendments, and invoicing for assigned accounts. Negotiates with research sites, coordinates with Study Startup, Clinical Operations, CRO, and partner teams, applies process standards and fair market value guidance, tracks negotiations and timelines, identifies delays, and supports resolution of site activation issues.