Associate – Data Quality

Associate – Data Quality

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in financial or consulting industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in economics, Finance, or related discipline, MBA and CFA preferred.
• Experience with establishing data quality strategies and data transformation within a fast-paced, dynamically growing organization.
• Strong knowledge of data-driven processes, products, technology, and controls in key investment management functions.
• Strong knowledge of investment accounting, risk, security master and trade analytic data inputs.
• Track record of leading data quality initiatives across business and IT functions.
• Strong ability to influence, shape and improve the data quality landscape.
• Experience building a new data quality team/function.
• Exposure to complex investment management infrastructure and landscape.
• Knowledge of financial instruments (e.g., fixed income, alternative investments, equities and derivatives).
• Expert problem solver with the ability to identify and triage data issues and drive tactical and strategic solutions.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with partners and peers at all levels of the organization.
• Extensive experience to navigate skillfully within a matrix organization.

Responsibilities

• Champion the adoption and implementation of the data strategy to continue our data journey.
• Lead efforts to implement data governance and data quality capabilities to improve data across the organization.
• Drive cultural change to ensure data is viewed as a critical asset within the organization.
• Develop and implement data quality standards, policies, and procedures.
• Perform data analysis to identify trends, patterns, anomalies and provide actionable insights and recommendations based on data analysis.
• Should have a deep understanding of data lineage and experience of working on remedy projects/initiatives.
• Transform and liberate data to become a trusted accessible asset for the firm.
• Define the data health for the organization and drive the overall improvement of data quality.
• Drive the implementation of data best practices to improve the overall data health.
• Support the Data Office evolution to implement data best practices to establish data as an asset.
• Identify and shape continuous improvement opportunities and recommendations that drives data to better serve the rapidly-growing insurance solutions business.
• Establish cross functional partnerships to find opportunities to enhance our business processes front-to-back to improve our data supply chain.
• Build and maintain partnerships with all relevant functional areas within Apollo. Work with functional leadership, key stakeholders, data owners and data stewards, to build consensus through effective communications of well-analyzed business cases and supporting materials.
• Continue to evolve the data reporting and self-service capabilities for our business domains and critical business functions.
• Provide data quality guidance support to the Data Transformations teams within the Data Office.
• Provide data quality leadership to strategic projects, business initiatives and operational changes.
• Set the standard for data quality within AISG and supporting business functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity/experience with data visualization tools including PowerBI, Tableau and Pyramid would be desirable.
• Risk management and risk reporting & governance experience (e.g. portfolio risk assessment, quantitative risk analysis, derivatives and hedging strategies) is a plus.