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Responsibilities:

* Support the Data Governance Lead on all data governance initiatives for the global BI platform such as:

o Data Governance Policy documentation and enforcement
o Coordinating and working with data stewards, data owners, data experts, and data custodians to deploy data governance projects
o Reviewing and documenting data standards and best practices
o Working with the data governance committee on data quality initiatives
o Process mapping of policy rules, data quality escalations, and governance processes
o Ensuring data dictionary and business glossary are complete and up to date
o Tracking data quality metrics and working with data stewards to maintain data quality at highest levels
o Measuring and tracking data maturity, and developing additional metrics as needed for data governance
o Actively working with stakeholders to continuously expand data coverage of market benchmarks and to continuously optimize the benchmarking logic in the BI platform

* Support the Data Governance Team on data analyst activities to support the global BI platform such as:

o Leading source-to-target data mapping activities to support system integration for new data sources including supporting the testing of the integration
o Utilizing advanced analytics tools such as Alteryx, Azure Databricks or Python to transform data, automate workflows and develop analytical tools.
o Supporting data quality initiatives by developing data quality metrics, identifying data gaps, or developing automated workflows and audits
o Performing data assessments of client data before onboarding onto the BI platform
o Performing data profiling and analysis of new data sets that require integration into the database
o Assessing impact of source system changes or non-standard data on the BI platform
o Analyzing and translating product business requirements into the necessary data requirements
o Working with the business and the global team to investigate and resolve data issues around data conformance and data quality
o User Acceptance Testing on data aspects during product releases

* Other responsibilities may include:

o Drive continuous improvement in the automation and standardization of data requirements.
o Partner with the development team to expand C&W's BI product offering through dashboard POCs, tabular model measure development and product feature enhancements.
o Providing training of data governance tools to business users
o Work effectively with all areas of the business to identify required dashboard visualizations and associated calculations to build dashboards.
o Provide both verbal and written updates to management on the progress of work.
o Liase with service line leadership to extract data from point applications for uploading into the BI platform.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering, or a degree with relevant disciplines such as information management, mathematics/statistics, business information systems.
* Multiple years of experience in Data Governance or Data Quality or Data Compliance is preferred
* Multiple years of experience in Data Analyst activities (data analysis, data mapping, data cleansing, data wrangling, data profiling, etc.) is preferred
* Experience in process mapping, RACI or RAPID is preferred
* Knowledge in SQL Queries using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio or intermediate understanding of SQL Server database is preferred
* Experience or understanding of ETL framework and tools such as Azure Data Factory or Alteryx or Python is a plus
* Experience in business analytics or data visualization tools such as Power BI is a plus
* Experience working with commercial real estate data is a plus
Skills & Personal Qualities:
* Excellent analytical skills - the ability to identify trends, patterns, and insights from data.
* Great attention to detail, diligent, focused, and highly analytical
* Strong mathematical & numeracy skills
* Committed, able to work to deadlines, prioritise and juggle between tasks
* Business writing and reporting skills
* Thoughtful, collaborative, and proactively ready to engage with stakeholders across the globe
* Experience in Agile Development
* In depth experience working as an Analyst in a professional working environment.
* Able to communicate effectively at all levels, including the ability to negotiate and resolve conflict.
* Experience in documenting business processes in the form of process maps and step-by-step user manuals.
* Experience in supporting system testing with entry and exist criteria.
* Commitment to quality and a thorough approach to work.
* Workshop facilitation skills for requirements gathering analysis.
* Ability to build & maintain effective working relationships with internal and external personnel.
* Demonstrate flexibility and ability to deliver.
* Ability to produce high quality documentation (reports, specifications, requirements, etc.)
* Good team player, also able to work independently.
* Curiosity and drive to solve problems.

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