Data Validation and Automation Specialist

Job Description

Company OverviewFounded in 2006, RFI (Retail Finance Intelligence) Global is a data-driven insights provider and thought leader to the global financial services industry. Specialising in data and information gathering, customerbased insight generation and business decisionsupport for the worlds leading FS providers, RFI Global also work with challengers, disruptive market entrants, fintech and payment solution providers.RFI Global has a global portfolio of blue-chip clients including banks such as HSBC and Standard Chartered; payment providers VISA, Mastercard and Amex; as well as fintech firms such as PayPal and Square. Additionally, RFI Global is making inroads into bigtech firms, with clients such as Apple and Facebook being developed at a local market level.Serving some 500 clients across 48 global markets, RFI Global operates with a headcount of 100 staff across four regional offices (Sydney, London, Singapore, and Toronto).RFI Global delivers a distinctive and bespoke solution - a hybrid model at a more competitive price point than their peers. An industry-leader, they offer differentiated and unique research and analysis, providing detailed, actionable insights upon whichtheir clients can make informed decisions.On 16th November 2020, RFI Global announced that they had received a strategic growth investment from Los Angeles based private equity fund, Diversis Capital Partners. This investment is fuelling RFIs rapid growth ambitions and is instrumental in the buildout of the companys DaaS offering.Job Tite: Data Validation and Automation SpecialistRole HighlightsRFI Global created deliverables for clients in the form of PowerPoint and Excel files. We have identified an opportunity to automate the create of those, as well as the validation of the data that feeds into it. This role aims to develop the data validationand automation solutions in order to save time for our analyst when creating deliverables.This position is a permanent, full-time position. The right candidate will be happy to work remotely 3 days a week and attend the London office 2 days a week, with flexibility to work with colleagues and clients across time zone in Australia to California.Organisational Alignment

• Reports to the Lead Product Manager
• Work closely and collaboratively with the global research team, and the data engineer
• This position isnt assigned to a particular geography any type of account, but is rather expected to support the business globally based on business priorities

Key Responsibilities:

• Update the financial services market in which RFI Global operates, and the data collected from market research
• Collate, manipulate and validate survey and third-party data
• Use and develop our BI tools to improve reporting across the business

Candidate Requirements:

• Data analysis: general familiarity with data and statistical analysis
• Automation: use SQL, Python or other solutions to automate the validation of our data and creation of PowerPoint decks
• Curiousity to learn about financial services and RFI Globals data.

Benefits:Our perks include, but are not limited to flexible working arrangements, regular employee awards, birthday levale and monthly social events.As an RFI Employee, youll also enjoy:

• Defined training pathways for career progression
• Rapid progression for high performers
• Training secondments to other RFI Global offices
• A non-hierarchical open team environment with ready access to senior staff
• 25 days leave per year + public holidays and birthday

Company CultureRFI Global operate in a way that values hard work, determination, balance and teamwork, and disregards bureaucracy and a hierarchical tell and do mindset; everyones ideas are heard. The results from their UK 2020 Employee Engagement Survey demonstratethe positive impact this has:

• 89% of employees enjoy working for RFI Global
• 83% of employees feel that they are recognised for their achievements
• 83% of employees believe that RFI Global has a great corporate culture
• 94% of employees feel that their job requirements are clearly defined to them
• 83% of employees feel that RFI Global clearly communicates its goals and strategic intent

Across all locations, RFI Global place a high-level of focus on the well-being and development of every employee. Despite the current pandemic, the business has continued to invest in the learning and development of all functions and is passionate aboutenabling people to build a long-term and varied career with the Global.Whilst the investment from Diversis marks a new era in terms of structure and ambitions, the core culture of RFI Global will remain unchanged.Commitment to EDIRFI Global are highly inclusive in nature and take their role of encouraging diversity in the workforce seriously. The group takes pride in having an executive team made up of 50% female leaders and 50% male. As well as celebrating ethnic diversity, withemployees from all over the globe.Nationalities include: American, Australian, Belgian, Chinese, English, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Indian, Irish, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malaysian, New Zealander, Pakistani, Peruvian, Polish, Singaporean, South African, Spanish, Swedish, Taiwaneseand Vietnamese.

Keyskills :
Data AnalysisPythonSQLData ValidationProcess Automation