11/09/2014
Inventive IT Consulting Services
Position: Data Analyst
Experience: 4 - 7 years
Job Mode: Permanent
Description:
- Capture details about data such as meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage, and format.
- Support data analysis, data mapping and validation with business and t Anechnology partners, documentation, and testing.
- Participate in requirements analysis and the gathering of metadata specifications to ensure accuracy.
- Partner with development teams to identify and define data model requirements.
- Document data specifications and requirements describing solutions to achieve information requirements.
- Conduct data profiling of source content including source system analysis.
- Conduct on-going analysis of the business, operating practices, and processes to create process maps and data flow diagrams in order to identify improvement opportunities that are aligned with the strategic objectives.
- Create documentation that identifies physical data flows and isolates unique business activities to be used for various purposes including identifying potential data quality issues, opportunities for process improvements and capturing data mapping details (business metadata).
- Create graphical representations of the flow of information or documents in designated business or application specific processes.
- Document business metadata, maintain metadata and capture data retention and security requirements, as needed, at the element level.
- Ensures standards and best practices are followed in the creation of data mapping documents.
Metadata Management:
- Maintain business and technical metadata using the Corporate Metadata Repository following standards defined for the FTI organization.
- Identify and classify data within subject areas to enable business partners and technologists to manage the context as well as the content in information systems.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
- May be required to travel to Franklin - Templeton offices, customer or vendor locations
Competencies - Technical / Functional and Managerial
- High energy, clear goal orientation, and a strong work ethic; "can do" attitude.
- Ability to follow upstream/downstream data impact throughout the enterprise.
- Able to understand complex business rules that affect data across the systems topology and the enterprise.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with team members.
- Ability to assist with deliverables associated with multiple, concurrent projects.
- Ability to demonstrate the highest degree of professionalism while interacting with a diverse group of people.
- Proficiency in computer skills including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, Visio and PowerPoint.
- Strong attention to details.
- Able to manage multiple priorities with a sense of urgency while completing required administrative functions.
Excellent problem solving abilities.
PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING:
- Strong communication, facilitation and influencing skills to ensure that projects make educated decisions based on accurate, reliable data.
- Able to interact effectively with highly technical personnel as well as internal business clients.
- Ability to inspire confidence and work efficiently within all levels of the organization.
- Ability to lead teams and workshops toward a common goal and gain consensus.
- Proven ability to provide guidance and make difficult decisions regarding long term business strategies/solutions.
- Makes decisions with impact on own work and possibly the work of others.
- Oversee the development of solutions to a variety of business issues and ensures the solutions are consistent with organizational objectives.
Level of interaction - External & Internal
External: Client Managers and Client directors, Client architects and Client Data Modelers
Internal: Technical Leads, Developers, Testers, Project Managers
If interested kindly forward us your profile to: [email protected]
