IT Data Business Analyst (m/w/d)

We - the ODDO BHF Solutions GmbH - are a recently founded and dynamic Business solution center in Saarbrücken. As a subsidiary of the German French ODDO BHF Group we support one of the leading private banks in Europe in meeting the needs of wealthy private clients, medium-sized private clients, medium-sized companies, and institutional investors.

Our mission is to offer forward-looking solutions and a high-performance range of services, thereby and thus make a significant contribution to the overall success of ODDO BHF. ODDO BHF Solutions GmbH stands for strong collegial cohesion as well as an active appreciation of diversity, acceptance and tolerance. With our strong parent company behind us, we have ambitious goals that we would like to achieve together with you.

For our IT Business Verticals department, we are looking for you as our future

IT Data Business Analyst (m/f)

in Saarbrücken

You report to the Group Head of IT Data, to carry out the Group‘s Data ambitions.

IT Department is organized around “Business Verticals” (BV) teams who is each dedicated to one business, and who manage the IT interest of the business, coordinating all relevant IT resources. The BV partners with the Software Development Factory unit, who tackles technical implementation. Inside IT, the IT Data transversal team currently encompasses ~15 FTE across Paris and Tunis. The team is highly transversal by nature and has many touch points in the Group : all 4 business lines and all support functions in varying quantities, but also with: each other IT BV teams, the central Data Excellence (DEX) team, the central Marketing team, IT Architecture, IT Ops teams, and finally a few external providers as well.

The mission of the IT Data Team has 3 objectives 

1. Support the Group transformation in partnership with Data Excellence, through IT projects (eg: deploy Data Catalog tool), expertise (organize training session by IT staff on tools and practices), guidance, etc.
2. Lead the Data Transformation inside IT (eg: Enabling open data access, Reengineering Business Intelligence internal offer, Enable steering of user adoption through KPI framework, Improve efficiency of project delivery operational model, Leverage Cloud technology capabilities…).
3. Deliver projects and business specific roadmaps, reporting to each business line as your internal clients.

As Business Analyst in the IT Data team, you support the team by participating to the business requirements for new data usages in one of the following activities: Asset management, Capital Markets, Private Wealth Management, Securities Services.

You have a strong knowledge in BI and BI tools (ideally IBM Cognos, PowerBI). You are also familiar with IT developments and delivery processes (scoping, testing, deployment phases, agile framework). With your experience and skills in data processes, you participate to the Data Transformation in Group IT department by helping on:

• broadcasting a data driven culture in the department (data governance, data policies, data quality);
• deploying and driving new data technologies projects (data science, ML Ops, data engineering);
• accompanying the Software Development Factory in charge of DevOps practices.

Exciting tasks await you:

Facing the IT Data team:

• Support the business on BI and Analytics reporting deployment and Machine learning projects
• Assist IT Data & BI transformation towards wider data skills, tooling and processes
• Bring data expertise: data-centric approach, acculturation, archi/engineering
• Facilitate improvement of Data Quality, Availability and Governance by IT teams

Facing the Group:

• Support the data transformation in the group by helping in adoption of new data principles.
• Contribute to the animation of the Data Community and the initiatives for improving data literacy in the Group

That's what inspires us about you:

• Functional knowledge of at least one business line: Asset management, Capital Markets, Private Wealth Management, Securities Services
• Data architecture (modeling, design)
• Change Management strategies, tools and techniques
• Data-centric culture: data governance, policies, Data Quality, data protection/risk coverage
• Big Data concepts, principles and practices: Data storage, cloud computing, Software Delivery Life Cycle and Dev(Sec)Ops approach
• Agile approach, principles and frameworks
• Functional Architecture and/or IS Urbanization
• Data concepts and methodologies: Business Intelligence, Data Modelization, Data lifecycle concepts, modern Data platform approach
• Data engineering: ML Ops, Data Science
• Hands-on experience in Data projects
• Hands-on experience in IT service and teams
• Strong soft skills to generate trust, credibility, and vision with all stakeholders
• Fully proficient in English, ideally proficient in German/French
• Master degree in IT or Data Analytics or similar education

What can you expect from us?

• A French-German working environment with flat hierarchies and open and transparent communication as well as short decision-making paths
• Start-up atmosphere with a lot of individual appreciation as well as the support and security of an established company
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of mobile working
• Room for personal and professional development
• Extensive, individual induction 
• Cost coverage of a monthly ticket
• Free coffee/tea, soft drinks, fruits and Sodexo cheques

Further information 

We would like to talk to you personally about the further details of your future job, our modern remuneration systems and the contractual framework conditions.