Top Analyst Jobs in Edinburgh

The Senior People Technology Analyst will enhance and implement Workday functionality, optimize processes, and partner with HR and business stakeholders to solve complex challenges.

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.

The Subject Matter Expert II researches financial concepts and regulations, develops test plans, coordinates with teams, and proposes solutions for domain-specific features.

Execute and manage IT audit activities, assess controls and regulatory compliance (SOX, GDPR, ISO, NIST), run control testing, use GRC tools for evidence tracking, perform IT risk assessments, manage third-party risk, coordinate with auditors and stakeholders, and provide actionable security and compliance insights to leadership.

Lead quality assurance reviews of transaction monitoring investigations, enforce QA rubrics, perform root cause analysis, and deliver metrics and dashboards. Drive calibration, training, and cross-functional remediation with Compliance, Operations, Analytics, and L&D to improve AML/CFT case consistency and operational performance.

The Senior Intelligence Analyst II role involves advanced threat hunting, crafting intelligence reports, and advising clients on cybersecurity threats, requiring strong communication and presentation skills.

Lead analysis, design and delivery of transaction reporting change programmes. Translate regulatory obligations into business, functional and data requirements, partner with Compliance/Tech/Operations, and provide governance on traceability, data lineage and remediation across regimes like EMIR, MiFIR and SFTR.

The Senior Intelligence Analyst identifies and tracks vulnerabilities exploited by adversaries, produces intelligence reports, and collaborates with teams to enhance threat analysis and predictive insights.

CrowdStrike seeks a Senior Intelligence Analyst to provide threat intelligence and digital risk monitoring, collaborating with teams to deliver customer-focused solutions and presentations, while maintaining customer relationships.

Lead credit risk analysis and deliver portfolio insight for residential and buy-to-let mortgages. Scope and run complex analyses using SAS/Excel, present findings to stakeholders, and mentor junior analysts to support responsible lending and decisioning improvements.

Produce high-quality monthly and quarterly MI, dashboards and forecasts. Deliver clear analysis translating financial results into drivers, risks and opportunities. Partner with senior stakeholders across Finance and the business to ensure accurate submissions, improve forecasting processes, and influence strategic decision-making.

Analyze complex datasets to build, validate and monitor quantitative decision models; perform sensitivity and scenario analysis; ensure data quality; translate insights into actionable recommendations and present findings to stakeholders; support commercial performance and risk/control activities for card products.

Support execution of Entity Management SaaS product strategy (Insider Management). Translate strategy into prioritized features and backlog items, partner with agile delivery teams and stakeholders, define requirements, measure outcomes from customer data, enable go-to-market readiness, and identify opportunities to leverage AI and emerging technologies.

Provide operational and governance oversight of outsourced service providers for the Aviva partnership. Build stakeholder relationships, analyse performance and incidents, lead governance forums, coordinate BAU and change priorities, resolve escalations, and drive continuous improvement to ensure contractual compliance, risk management and strong customer outcomes.

Lead and execute functional testing (primarily manual, with future automation), design traceable test cases, manage test data and defects, support non‑functional testing, maintain tools and frameworks, collaborate with stakeholders, and mentor team members to improve quality and processes.

Looking for an experienced Compensation Analyst to shape and implement total rewards in the EMEA region. Responsibilities include salary surveys, job matching, compensation analysis, and program design.

Lead identification and scoping of AI opportunities, run discovery workshops, translate business problems into functional requirements, prioritise AI initiative pipeline, work with data scientists and stakeholders to design AI solutions, and promote business analysis best practices across the department.

Lead QA&A data analysis: verify and sign off data extracts, ensure GDPR-compliant handling, perform root cause analysis, maintain tools and documentation, improve processes, produce reports, and manage/develop Data Analyst team.

Build and maintain short-term price-forecasting models for European power markets (day-ahead, intraday, balancing). Apply mathematical optimization and machine learning, integrate large market and weather datasets, design data pipelines, visualize results with Power BI, monitor policy impacts, collaborate with internal experts, and present client-facing insights.

Conduct sanctions, AB&AC, and AML screening and enhanced due diligence for clients, vendors, and third parties. Review and resolve alerts, maintain evidence and registers, support monitoring and exception reporting, assist with DDQs/RFPs, develop compliance records and dashboards, and help implement policies, controls, and corrective actions.

Own, support and enhance Oracle EPM systems; lead EPM module implementations, patching and upgrades; translate finance requirements into scalable EPM designs; manage testing, data integrations and reporting; provide user support, training and documentation; drive process improvements and platform stability.

The Senior Oracle Analyst will support and enhance financial planning through Oracle ERP Cloud, leading solution design, analysis, and user training.

Act as a finance business partner for a manufacturing site: prepare and analyze financial reports, forecast sales/margins, manage customer profitability and contracts, support month-end close, and drive cost recovery and financial performance improvements.

Support financial planning, forecasting, reporting and cost management for clinical supply projects. Produce analyses, assist quotations and billing, liaise with stakeholders and drive process improvements to ensure strong project financial performance.

Lead global capex modelling and analysis for onshore and offshore wind, shaping investment strategies and industry discussions. Maintain and validate supply chain and cost data, publish research, support advisory projects, build client relationships, and represent Wood Mackenzie at conferences and media engagements to inform developers, investors, suppliers, and policymakers.