Senior Data Analyst (R0119)

Coller Capital is a global leader in the secondary market for private assets, renowned for being a pioneer and innovator in the asset class

As a Senior Data Analyst you will act as a business partner to our Finance, Front Office, Investor Relations and IT teams. Reporting to the Senior Manager Data, Intelligence, & Analytics, the role has a broad remit with opportunity to deliver on extensive change programme, shaping scalable data solutions and building the future.

The detail

Finance support and transformation
• Working with wider finance team on commercial projects enhancing the team’s capabilities in interacting with data, ensuring effective use is made of technology in place, and reporting service is built in an effective manner for wider use across the business
• Generate time savings in key processes in order for the Finance team to take on additional volume and complexity through process redesign and use of automation tools

Data driven decision making
• Data interpretation and presentation is key to continually improve data, gain insight, and affect strategic decisions at Senior levels. This involves forming strong understanding of our data, and ability to build visualisations, charts, and interactive dashboards for wider business consumption through Qlik and other platforms
• Support the DIA team objective to improve data literacy across the organisation through structures programs that will involve working cross teams

Solution Design, Project Management
• Technical expert, in Databricks, Azure, Python, and/or SQL, to focus on process improvement, automation, and aspects of data engineering including solution design
• Working primarily with financial stakeholders shaping Coller Capitals business dealing with Private Wealth, Investor Relations, and Treasury, helping to remedy pain points, adding value and overhauling manual work and limited outputs
Technology assessment and integration
• Supporting the DIA team in its goal to assess market leading technology, with a view to ensuring the business adopts the right technology for its future strategic direction as well as making best use of technologies already available
• Assessment of new technology and tools to cater for new processes and to build better insight. This will entail building a strong understanding of all products and ensuring system compatibility


Essential experience:
• Strong organisational and motivational skills, with excellent attention to detail
• University graduate in an analytical related subject with a minimum of a 2:1 pass
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in an analytics/intelligence function, preferably within the asset management or wider financial services sectors
• Extensive Databricks, Python, or SQL
• Experience of working on Qlik platform, or a similar BI tool with ability to present data with end user in mind
• Managing cross team project work focussing on process improvement, automation and solution design
• Effective communication methods. Confidence to scope asks and work through others where appropriate
• Very strong excel skills (including ability to write macros, or other coding experience)
• Experience of interrogating large datasets and performing range of analyses
• Passion for technology/automation

Desirable
• Experience of working with and managing outsource providers
• Private Equity exposure
• Strong senior stakeholder interaction
• Experience in leveraging AI technologies
• Demonstration of commercial mindset and impact
• Power BI exposure

Competencies
• Excellent interpersonal skills, to create, develop and maintain strong business relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Tailors communication style to audience, translating technical understanding
• Ability to identify efficiencies and complete work to drive change
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills and judgement – ability to quickly analyse data to determine a problem statement, identify key insights, and apply them to the business
• Ability to work collaboratively in a growing, fast-paced environment, prioritise effectively, and manage multiple competing tasks within deadlines
• Ability to take ownership for significant areas of allocated work and deliver with minimal supervision showing an accountable and proactive approach, working effectively with management to ensure they are aware of any changes
• Highly motivated and resilient, capable of managing changing priorities. Adaptable and proactive, entrepreneurial, with a desire to make a difference
• Active interest in development of team members in the context of projects. Shows ability to enhance skills in others
• Looks for new ways to apply knowledge in team and consistently expands knowledge, growing specific skills

For more information, visit  www.collercapital.com.

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