Acuity Knowledge Partners is a leading provider of research, analytics, and technology solutions for financial services, serving over 690 clients worldwide, including asset managers, banks, and private equity firms. With a global team of 6,200+ professionals, Acuity operates from 15 locations, including the UK, US, India, and China. Known for enhancing client efficiency through proprietary technology, the company has won numerous awards, such as the Private Equity Wire Credit Awards 2024 and Great Place to Work Certification 2022-2023. Acuity continues to expand its services, including a recent acquisition of Cians Analytics, to meet growing demand.
Job Purpose:
As part of the Data and Technology services practice, you will be working with the data analytics and reporting requirements of a US Commercial Real Estate firm as part of Acuity’s Center of Excellence model. Global technology megatrends, regulatory developments, competitive landscape and rise of alternative data are changing the way capital markets operate. At the Data and Technology services operations, we partner with some of the largest financial services firms and corporations in this transformative journey. We are looking for professionals who are hands on, passionate about the work and have the ambition to drive disruptive changes to global business models.
Desired Skills and experience:
Very strong SQL, preferably Snowflake.
Experience in planning and building data marts.
Good experience in PowerBI dashboard development.
Sound database knowledge.
Key Responsibilities:
Build and partner with the Client CTO and LOB teams to build data marts for Commercial Real Estate data. Need a strong hold on building queries in Snowflake.
Translate client challenges into actionable business intelligence solutions by partnering with the subject matter experts at the bank.
Expertise in understanding the technical and functional designs of the databases.
Acquire proprietary data from on-prem data warehouses.
Perform data preparation activities in support of analytics, reporting and automation. Develop and manage bespoke extract, transform, load (ETL) processes. Create centralized, analytical data marts across various projects to support analysis across multiple business units.
Ability to transform high-level requirements into data visualizations in PowerBI, which will allow business users to answer common questions and interact with data to answer more complex questions.
Require excellent coding skills.
Manage data flow from major database platforms including Snowflake etc.
Understand the logics of various business fields/columns and implement them.
Make modifications to the logics based on user requirements. Also, undertake adhoc data requests.
Prepare on demand request on loan datatapes.
Experience in migrating reports from one platform to another platform.
Experience of understanding the framework of on-prem database structure and the related tables/views.
Maintain extract, transform, load (ETL) processes connecting data warehouses to analytical platforms.
Evaluate ongoing automation of underlying manual processes.
Investigate underlying data sets and derive actionable analytical insights using quantitative techniques.
Study and research on the domain functionalities to add value to the analytical findings.
Ensure meticulous documentation of processes, meta data, query logic, and results.
Perform balance & control, testing and/or other validation activities to ensure accuracy.
Ensure quality of data, analysis and reporting of the overall process.
Building good rapport and trust with client.
Key Metrics:
Over 6-9 years of relevant development experience in SQL (preferably Snowflake)and PowerBI.
Masters / Bachelors in Computer Applications / Technology, Bachelors in Engineering.
Behavioral Competencies:
Efficiently lead the client calls on a daily basis.
Be proactive and independent, able to work on projects with minimum inputs from senior stakeholders.
Evaluate and ensure quality of deliverables within defined timelines.
Strong SQL Coding Experience , Snowflake (Good to have ), Power BI , BFSI Domain (Mandatory) , Client Management, Strong Communication Skills.