Content Business Analyst
Dual-headquartered in New York and London with 50 offices worldwide, Fitch Ratings is a global rating agency dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data. Offering a world of knowledge and experience behind every opinion, we transform information to deliver meaning and utility to investors, issuers and other market participants. Fitch Ratings’ global expertise draws on local market knowledge and spans across the fixed-income universe. The additional context, perspective and insights we provide help investors make important credit judgments with confidence.
Fitch Solutions is committed to delivering value beyond the rating by providing a range of fixed-income products and professional development services to the global financial community. In addition to offering proprietary content, the firm also distributes the ratings, research, financial data and analytical tools of Fitch Ratings. With innovation and experience behind every product and service, Fitch Solutions' flexible offerings are designed to meet the diverse needs of the credit markets. Fitch Ratings and Fitch Solutions are part of the Fitch Group, a jointly-owned subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A. and Hearst Corporation.
Department Overview:
This new role is to work within the Global Content Operations (GCO) organisation and requires the creation and management of reports across the SQL and Oracle databases holding the Fitch fundamentals and Fitch Ratings content sets; also third party financial and reference data; and supporting the data quality process. The role will improve the processes and documentation for the quality assurance area within the Financial Database Group. This will require managing project tasks developed alongside the IT function and data experts within FDG. There will also be requirement to work with the Head of FDG and GCO on other once-off projects.
Job Description:
• Analysing databases and systems: to include the analysis of data content, use and structure; workflow processes and data operations; developing and implementing specific business rules required in the integration and/or on-going maintenance of such content sets.
• Developing, managing and distributing documentation, including data dictionaries data mapping and data flows, use cases, business requirements, functional and detailed system requirements, data quality/ integrity test plans and test result summaries, system bug reports and project release documentation.
• Interrogating financial and reference databases using Microsoft SQL to provide reports for use in data Quality Assurance processes;
• Interrogating data across Oracle databases;
• Using SAS reporting tool to run reports across databases where appropriate;
• Developing, managing and distributing documentation, including data and systems flows to map database structure;
• Managing and creating functional system requirements, data quality/ integrity test plans and test result summaries.
• Proactively identifying, analysing and resolving system problems to improve system design and ensure data quality;
• Proactively solving project-related problems to ensure milestones are met and projects are completed on schedule.
• Conducting quality assurance testing throughout project development and on final project deliverables in conjunction with Quality Assurance staff;
• Collecting, coordinating and documenting user and test group feedback, managing and maintaining system bug reports, and verifying system bug fixes or enhancements; and conducting quality assurance testing throughout project development and on final project deliverables, in conjunction with QA staff.
• Establishing scheduled testing procedures to generate regular data quality reports;
• Using programming skills for input into the efficient use and management of web scraping and web crawling tools;
• Having input into the formulating and implementing of processes and procedures for Quality Control and Quality Assurance across Bank and Insurance fundamental data capture
• Ensuring documentation of policies, procedures and work processes is complete and up-to-data
• Supporting Content Managers and executing assigned projects or project tasks, to completion and within specified deadlines.
• Interact cross-functionally throughout all levels of the organisation including Content and Technology, Product Groups and Ratings Teams and with vendors, partners and clients for project support and / or content query resolution.
Person Specification:
The successful candidate is likely to have the following experience/ attributes:
•Educated to degree level or equivalent work experience
•Experience of working in a business analysis function within a financial data environment
•Ability to identify and implement improvements to processes
•Ability to create/manage project plans and process documents
•Proven ability and experience of working with relational databases and using Microsoft SQL and Oracle.
•Proven ability and experience of working with very large datasets and complex database systems.
•Experience using SAS Business Intelligence applications
•Excellent organisational skills, discipline and attention to detail
•Strong verbal and written communication skills
The following would be of benefit
•Knowledge of the financial reporting of banks and insurance companies
•Experience of project management methodology
•Understanding of the System Development Life Cycle
•Awareness of XML and XBRL
Application:
To apply please submit a cover letter and most recent CV, including any remuneration details, via the enclosed links.
Fitch is an equal opportunity employer that employs people across the full spectrum of society. Fitch works hard to create a workplace with an emphasis on inclusion, innovation and merit. By valuing diversity and equality in our workplace, we believe it adds strength to our business
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