Data Specialist
Job Description
Job title: Data Specialist
Company: Core-Asset Consulting
Job description: Job Description:
Are you seeking your next Data Specialist role within the financial services sector? If this sounds like you, we have a great opportunity for you!
Our client, a global financial services business based in Glasgow, is recruiting for a Data Specialist to join their Fund Accounting team on an initial 12 month fixed term contract.
Skills/Experience:
Essential
- Previous experience working within a data analysis role, ideally within the investment sector.
- Awareness of data tools used within the Financial Services industry such as Power BI (or equivalent)
- Strong risk management awareness & background of driving innovation and delivering change
- Ability to influence and motivate a large team and balance directive and supportive leadership styles
- Demonstrate sound business knowledge and judgement
- Effective communicator and ability to articulate complex issues effectively to senior management
- Stakeholder management skills and client management experience
Preferred
- Industry knowledge and understanding of Fund Accounting services and associated ‘Data Usage’
- Project management and/or business transformation experience
- Experience in the use of digital fund accounting solutions
Core Responsibilities:
Client Service Quality & Control
- Key interface role for our core clients on data topics
- Monitor service levels provided by the teams ensuring these are adhering to the client service delivery agreements surrounding data provision
Innovation and Continuous Improvement
- In partnership with the leadership team, develop, maintain, and manage strategic plans to increase fund accounting efficiency and improve the fund accounting client experience
- Drive the digital transformation of Fund Accounting teams
- Build roadmap defining key areas of focus within ‘Data’ arena
- Implementation of ongoing tracking/monitoring of plans
- Perform interaction role between operational areas and IT/digital suppliers
Risk Management
- Ambassador for operational teams with objective of enhancing control framework via provision of accurate/timely and ‘good’ data
- Remain suitably close to day-to-day activities within Fund Accounting to ensure emerging data themes can be addressed
Business Growth
- Work closely with all Fund Accounting stakeholders to ensure all change events/projects impacting fund accounting are documented, inclusive of benefits and outcomes
- Monitor and manage unit cost and capacity drivers across the department and leverage global teams to absorb growth
- Benchmark productivity with Fund Accounting teams
Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.
Job reference: 15611
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
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