ABOUT THE COMPANY:

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) drives economic development and transition in countries across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East by investing in private enterprises and infrastructure projects. Its focus includes fostering sustainable growth, improving infrastructure, and supporting the transition to market economies through strategic investments and policy support. By leveraging its expertise and financial resources, EBRD aims to promote stability and economic transformation in regions undergoing significant change.

 

Requisition ID	34978
Office Country	United Kingdom
Office City	London
Division	CTO Data & Transformation
Contract Type	Fixed Term
Contract Length	2 years
Posting End Date	23/08/2024

Purpose of Job:

This is a two-year FTC within the Data Management team, but specifically dedicated to the needs of the Donor Funds Programme.

The role will support the Programme in executing core analytical activities, aligned to key data management and information technology processes in the Bank.

Duties of the role:

Standardised Donor Reporting:

• Assist PO in mapping donor/fund reporting requirements.
• Support PO in developing standardised templates for project, programme, and fund level reporting.

Enhance Portfolio Management Reporting:

• Work with IT to enhance speed, reliability and coverage of existing reporting assets.
• Work with PO to ensure report fields match existing data terminology.
• Where required, work with key SMEs to define data terminology where it does not currently exist.

Enhance Data Availability and Quality:

• Assist the lead in developing a data roadmap, summarising data sources and proposed system architecture changes.
• Identify top data quality issues and create an action plan to address them.
• Aid the lead in defining data products for CSG and Donor, including target reporting/data requirements, gap analysis, and relevant data models.

Other Work:

• Support data migration efforts (e.g., TCRS) by establishing data quality processes/rules and requirements.
• Ensure cohesive data flow from upstream to downstream, allowing for consolidated and integrated reporting across systems and domains.
• Contribute to the discovery for backlog work scheduled to start in 2025, such as the digitisation of compliance processes.
• Analyse, advise and document data change requests that impact critical applications, interfaces and reporting constructs in EBRD data landscape.
• Play a lead role in the change request lifecycle from initiation through to production deployment including participating in key activities such as testing and acceptance into service.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications

Knowledge:

• Demonstrated knowledge of business analysis skills such as requirements elicitation, articulation of functional requirements, test scenarios, release notes etc.
• Knowledge of Data Management as a discipline and its organisational benefits
• Awareness of Agile methodology
• Good understanding (or ability to gain this knowledge) of EBRD activities and priorities (in terms of clients, products, funding and processes).Understanding of financial products and back-office systems and processes preferable
• Specific experience of the EBRD’s donor funding systems and processes would be highly advantageous

Experience:

• 3+ years’ experience as a Business data analyst or Business analyst
• Demonstrated expertise in business and data analysis in key projects in waterfall or agile methodology.
• Proven experience of engaging with and maintaining positive working relationships with individuals at all levels across an organisation.

Skills:

• Excel
• IBM Cognos
• SQL Server and/or Oracle SQL
• Tableau
• Alteryx Designer or similar data workflow tooling

Qualifications:

• Degree / professional qualification or equivalent work experience.

What is it like to work at the EBRD?

Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience!

You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation, and use your talents to make a real difference to people’s lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in.

 

The EBRD environment provides you with:

• Varied, stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public and private sectors across the regions we invest in;
• A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity;
• An environment that places sustainability, equality and digital transformation at the heart of what we do.

Diversity is one of the Bank’s core values which are at the heart of everything it does.

A diverse workforce with the right knowledge and skills enables connection with our clients, brings pioneering ideas, energy and innovation.

The EBRD staff is characterised by its rich diversity of nationalities, cultures and opinions and we aim to sustain and build on this strength. As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, sexual orientation or disabilities.

As an inclusive employer, we promote flexible working and expecting our employee to attend the office 50% of their working time.

Please note, that due to the high volume of applications received, we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted (for further consideration).