Financial Data Analyst

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Job description

Working within the Finance department that acts as a business partner to our Front Office and IT teams, you will be expected to foster strong relationships across the team in order to deliver on an extensive change programme, that involves selecting and utilising 'best in class' technology and data to optimise, inform and drive the strategic direction of Coller Funds. The firm supports the Finance team's collaborative, entrepreneurial spirit, and fast-paced atmosphere which has proven to be an ideal environment for team members to learn, develop and flourish.

The Financial Data Analyst will encounter a broad remit and this opportunity exposes you to a diverse range of areas in Private Equity to ensure you have the opportunity to build experience and industry knowledge. You will sit within the Middle Office team, however the role will involve working collaboratively with other areas of our Finance team to achieve common goals, as well as a number of other areas both inside and outside of the organisation.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Middle Office:

• Data intelligence, visualisation, and analytics
• Data interpretation and presentation is key to continually improve data informed decision making 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 QlikSense.
• Support the Middle Office team objective to improve data literacy across the organisation through structures programs that will involve working cross team.
• Technology assessment and integration
• Supporting the Middle Office 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.
• 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.
• Finance support and transformation
• 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.
• Working with wider finance team on commercial projects ensuring effective use is made of technology in place, and reporting service is built in an effective manner for wider use across the business.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• 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 2 years' experience working in an analytics function, or on exchange based project work.
• Very strong excel skills (including ability to write macros, or other coding experience).
• Passion for technology/automation
• Desirable
• Experience of interrogating large datasets and spotting trends in analysis.
• Experience of working on Qlik platform, or similar BI tool with ability to present data with end user in mind.
• Prior experience working on SQL databases.
• Knowledge of programming language (i.e Python).
• Experience of working with and managing outsource providers.
• Involvement of managing cross team project work.
• Familiarity with senior stakeholder interaction.

Competencies

• Excellent interpersonal skills, to create, develop and maintain strong business relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to identify efficiencies and work collaboratively to drive change.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills - ability to quickly analyst data to identify key insights and apply them to the business.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a growing, fast-paced environment and manage multiple competing priorities within deadlines.
• Ability to take responsibility for significant areas of work and deliver with minimal supervision showing an accountable and proactive approach.
• Highly motivated and resilient, capable of managing changing priorities. Adaptable and proactive with a desire to make a difference.