Business Data Analyst RI Data Product Management (Devops Engineer 5)
This is going to be your job
Data Office
The COO Data Office strives for a competitive edge in data delivery to have data at APG AM’s fingertips. The objective of the Data Office is to enhance APG AM’s data operating model, simplify the data architecture and
leverage best practices. This does not solely aim to bring data under governance but also aims to optimize data delivery and distribution through building a shared Data Platform where both CIO-CMI, CIO-PMI and
COO can compute, transform and obtain data faster and simpler. In addition, the Data Office has an overarching responsibility including data policies and architecture, the enterprise data model, establishing a
data management operating model and data frameworks. More specifically, the Data Office, is responsible for all data-related activities at APG-AM ranging from the ingestion, transformation, storing, processing, to the implementation in order to provide data readily available for consumption (consume layer). Technically, this is done by realizing ‘data pipelines’ on the data platform that adhere to architecture standards and principles. The high standards and robust implementation make the Data Office the best provider for information products that have to comply with high quality standards for e.g. client reporting or formal performance reporting.
The Data Sourcing & Distribution (DSD) team is responsible for onboarding key data domains on the data platform, distributing data, and capturing information about the available data in the Data Shop. They also
monitor that the necessary data for the use cases is available in the data platform, with the key data domains as the main focus. Data Sourcing & Distribution designs and implements processes and systems to ensure
that data is distributed efficiently and effectively and flows freely through the various layers to users.
The role
We are looking for a dynamic, data-driven and proactive Business Data Analyst to join our team. In this role, you will be at the heart of driving digitalization and delivering impactful reporting and analytical products
for various clients. You will take ownership of strategic initiatives, proactively ensure the alignment of key projects with organizational goals, and lead complex, cross-functional projects. The ideal candidate is
someone with strong problem-solving abilities, excellent communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
What you would do
You’ll work closely with stakeholders within CIO and COO to understand and address their informational needs, translating these into functional and technical requirements. You are responsible for the analysis and
implementation of changes to RI methodologies, supporting systems and processes, ensuring accurate delivery of key reports and information products.
As part of the BizDevOps way of working and driving the digitalization agenda forward, you’ll act as a subject matter expert in the Data Products value stream and working cross-departmentally way in MDTs
and Digipods, for the data products in your remit (including responsible investment data products), supporting end-to-end delivery of information solutions and handling ad-hoc requests to provide timely
insights.
- Stakeholder management through proactively engaging and analyzing information needs and create or contribute to overall roadmap for data and information products.
- Act as a linking pin between the team members, Tech Office, investment desks and contribute to topics on strategic architecture and design.
- Be able to understand complex requirements, come up with high quality solutions to address the demand within the Data Office and fully explore dependencies and implications.
- Perform large scale data & systems analysis and act as a subject matter expert in improvement projects / developments.
- Responsible to define your book of work and execute against product vision and commitments in an Agile environment.
- Manage and own significant pieces of project deliverables end-to-end from the initial demand, all the way to testing and securing sign-off on the agreed solution and delivering standard and custom data and information products to production.
- Draft functional and technical requirements for information products, utilizing iterative prototyping for business analysis.
- Provide periodical reports and custom information products to stakeholders.
Support the teams within Data Products Management by describing the business processes, including the organizational structures involved.
What you bring
- Degree in as econometrics / mathematics / data science or a related field (advanced degrees or certifications such as CFA, FRM are a plus).
- Strong background in data analytics and digital transformation with at least 8 years of experience as a Business Analyst or Data Analyst.
- Subject matter expertise in the data domain of RI and ESG data.
- Prior experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects.
- Advises and acts as a sparring partner of (senior) management when it comes to features.
- Highly developed communication skills in English.
- Business analysis or project management experience in the financial industry, ideally with background in the asset management industry.
- Strong communication skills, with ability to communicate effectively with business and IT stakeholders.
- SQL and Python skills; Azure and/or Databricks experience desired.
further
- Result Orientation: You take ownership of your tasks and drive the agenda, adapting to new demands and continuously improving the processes you work on.
- Quality Orientation: You have a strong focus on delivering high-quality solutions and services that impact investment management processes.
- Initiative: You proactively engage with stakeholders and suggest improvements or new informational products without waiting for instructions.
- Planning & Organizing: With limited capacity and high demand, you effectively manage your time, prioritize tasks, and set expectations with stakeholders.
- Leadership: You play a key role in the digitalization agenda and can take ownership of strategic initiatives, leading teams through complex projects.
- Cross-Disciplinary Thinking: Your ability to bridge different fields of expertise enables you to develop comprehensive solutions that anticipate challenges and address complex problems.
What we offer you
We will offer you, depending on relevant knowledge and experience, a gross salary in the range of 5931 – 8473 EUR based on full-time employment and great employment conditions aimed at flexibility, such as:
- A guaranteed end of year bonus of 8.33%
- Attention to your vitality and personal development
- Possibility to work from home 2-3 days per week
And obviously a well-managed pension
Where you will work
For pension provider APG, pension is about people, life, and living together. With careful asset management, pension administration, communication and advice, we work on a livable future for current and future generations. One in which we share prosperity and well-being fairly and sustainably. Now and later.
APG is committed to around 4.5 million people in the Netherlands, which is why we believe it is important to be a reflection of Dutch society. This means that APG strives for an inclusive work environment, in which everyone can be themselves and where your unique qualities are embraced.
When you choose to work at APG, you’re choosing a job where you contribute to a bright future. And that’s not all. You’re also choosing the best employer in the Netherlands in the financial sector! Curious why APG scored so well in the Randstad Employer Brand Research? Check out the article and apply now!
More information
Get in touch with Fleur Van Lier – Weekers via +31623382719 or fleur.weekers@apg.nl or Ed Rinkel via ed.rinkel@apg.nl who can tell you more about the specifics of the position.
Do you see your future at APG? Apply and let yourself be seen.
We do not appreciate acquisition in response to this vacancy.
This is going to be your job
Data Office
The COO Data Office strives for a competitive edge in data delivery to have data at APG AM’s fingertips. The objective of the Data Office is to enhance APG AM’s data operating model, simplify the data architecture and
leverage best practices. This does not solely aim to bring data under governance but also aims to optimize data delivery and distribution through building a shared Data Platform where both CIO-CMI, CIO-PMI and
COO can compute, transform and obtain data faster and simpler. In addition, the Data Office has an overarching responsibility including data policies and architecture, the enterprise data model, establishing a
data management operating model and data frameworks. More specifically, the Data Office, is responsible for all data-related activities at APG-AM ranging from the ingestion, transformation, storing, processing, to the implementation in order to provide data readily available for consumption (consume layer). Technically, this is done by realizing ‘data pipelines’ on the data platform that adhere to architecture standards and principles. The high standards and robust implementation make the Data Office the best provider for information products that have to comply with high quality standards for e.g. client reporting or formal performance reporting.
The Data Sourcing & Distribution (DSD) team is responsible for onboarding key data domains on the data platform, distributing data, and capturing information about the available data in the Data Shop. They also
monitor that the necessary data for the use cases is available in the data platform, with the key data domains as the main focus. Data Sourcing & Distribution designs and implements processes and systems to ensure
that data is distributed efficiently and effectively and flows freely through the various layers to users.
The role
We are looking for a dynamic, data-driven and proactive Business Data Analyst to join our team. In this role, you will be at the heart of driving digitalization and delivering impactful reporting and analytical products
for various clients. You will take ownership of strategic initiatives, proactively ensure the alignment of key projects with organizational goals, and lead complex, cross-functional projects. The ideal candidate is
someone with strong problem-solving abilities, excellent communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
What you would do
You’ll work closely with stakeholders within CIO and COO to understand and address their informational needs, translating these into functional and technical requirements. You are responsible for the analysis and
implementation of changes to RI methodologies, supporting systems and processes, ensuring accurate delivery of key reports and information products.
As part of the BizDevOps way of working and driving the digitalization agenda forward, you’ll act as a subject matter expert in the Data Products value stream and working cross-departmentally way in MDTs
and Digipods, for the data products in your remit (including responsible investment data products), supporting end-to-end delivery of information solutions and handling ad-hoc requests to provide timely
insights.
- Stakeholder management through proactively engaging and analyzing information needs and create or contribute to overall roadmap for data and information products.
- Act as a linking pin between the team members, Tech Office, investment desks and contribute to topics on strategic architecture and design.
- Be able to understand complex requirements, come up with high quality solutions to address the demand within the Data Office and fully explore dependencies and implications.
- Perform large scale data & systems analysis and act as a subject matter expert in improvement projects / developments.
- Responsible to define your book of work and execute against product vision and commitments in an Agile environment.
- Manage and own significant pieces of project deliverables end-to-end from the initial demand, all the way to testing and securing sign-off on the agreed solution and delivering standard and custom data and information products to production.
- Draft functional and technical requirements for information products, utilizing iterative prototyping for business analysis.
- Provide periodical reports and custom information products to stakeholders.
Support the teams within Data Products Management by describing the business processes, including the organizational structures involved.
What you bring
- Degree in as econometrics / mathematics / data science or a related field (advanced degrees or certifications such as CFA, FRM are a plus).
- Strong background in data analytics and digital transformation with at least 8 years of experience as a Business Analyst or Data Analyst.
- Subject matter expertise in the data domain of RI and ESG data.
- Prior experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects.
- Advises and acts as a sparring partner of (senior) management when it comes to features.
- Highly developed communication skills in English.
- Business analysis or project management experience in the financial industry, ideally with background in the asset management industry.
- Strong communication skills, with ability to communicate effectively with business and IT stakeholders.
- SQL and Python skills; Azure and/or Databricks experience desired.
further
- Result Orientation: You take ownership of your tasks and drive the agenda, adapting to new demands and continuously improving the processes you work on.
- Quality Orientation: You have a strong focus on delivering high-quality solutions and services that impact investment management processes.
- Initiative: You proactively engage with stakeholders and suggest improvements or new informational products without waiting for instructions.
- Planning & Organizing: With limited capacity and high demand, you effectively manage your time, prioritize tasks, and set expectations with stakeholders.
- Leadership: You play a key role in the digitalization agenda and can take ownership of strategic initiatives, leading teams through complex projects.
- Cross-Disciplinary Thinking: Your ability to bridge different fields of expertise enables you to develop comprehensive solutions that anticipate challenges and address complex problems.
What we offer you
We will offer you, depending on relevant knowledge and experience, a gross salary in the range of 5931 – 8473 EUR based on full-time employment and great employment conditions aimed at flexibility, such as:
- A guaranteed end of year bonus of 8.33%
- Attention to your vitality and personal development
- Possibility to work from home 2-3 days per week
And obviously a well-managed pension
Where you will work
For pension provider APG, pension is about people, life, and living together. With careful asset management, pension administration, communication and advice, we work on a livable future for current and future generations. One in which we share prosperity and well-being fairly and sustainably. Now and later.
APG is committed to around 4.5 million people in the Netherlands, which is why we believe it is important to be a reflection of Dutch society. This means that APG strives for an inclusive work environment, in which everyone can be themselves and where your unique qualities are embraced.
When you choose to work at APG, you’re choosing a job where you contribute to a bright future. And that’s not all. You’re also choosing the best employer in the Netherlands in the financial sector! Curious why APG scored so well in the Randstad Employer Brand Research? Check out the article and apply now!
More information
Get in touch with Fleur Van Lier – Weekers via +31623382719 or fleur.weekers@apg.nl or Ed Rinkel via ed.rinkel@apg.nl who can tell you more about the specifics of the position.
Do you see your future at APG? Apply and let yourself be seen.
We do not appreciate acquisition in response to this vacancy.
Fleur Van Lier – Weekers
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