Job Description
Job Requirements
About the Role
As a Principal Data Analyst in the Data & Analytics function at IDFC FIRST Bank, you will play a strategic role in driving data-driven decision-making across the organization. You will leverage advanced analytics, statistical modelling, machine learning, and optimization techniques to solve complex business problems. In addition to hands-on analytics, you will provide technical leadership, mentor peers, and contribute to the bank's data strategy and innovation agenda.
Key Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities
- Act as the chief authority in data analysis and reporting, ensuring analytical outputs meet business and regulatory standards.
- Partner with the Head of Analytics to align reporting and insights with strategic priorities.
- Lead complex analyses across portfolios (assets, liabilities, credit cards, etc.) and deliver actionable insights for senior management.
- Review and challenge outputs from Leads and Senior Analysts, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and consistency.
- Define best practices, frameworks,
and standards for modelling, MIS, dashboards, and analytical reporting across the bank.
- Mentor and coach Leads and Senior Analysts, building technical and business domain depth.
- Drive automation and modernization of MIS and dashboards to enhance speed and efficiency.
- Ensure regulatory reporting (RBI/SEBI/other authorities) is accurate, consistent, and audit-ready.
- Collaborate with data engineering and governance teams to improve data quality, lineage, and availability.
- Research and introduce recent tools, visualization methods, and analytics practices to strengthen insight generation.
- Represent the analytics function in key cross-functional projects, regulatory reviews, and senior forums.
- Ensure alignment of analytical solutions with broader business objectives and data governance standards.
Managerial & Leadership Responsibilities
- Provide technical direction and mentorship to the engineer
📌 Principal Data Analyst (Mumbai)
🏢 IDFC
📍 Mumbai