Data Automation Specialist

This role requires an individual to take ownership of developing and configuring data automation solutions using Xceptor, while supporting business enablement team initiatives. Key responsibilities include testing, application support, reporting, and decision-making regarding key challenges, delivery timelines, bottlenecks, and control gaps.

Key tasks involve leading support functions or operations for multiple business groups and contributing to large-scale strategic initiatives, ensuring efficiency, quality, cost-effectiveness of solutions, and pipeline management relating to assigned operations.

• Research moderately complex business, operational, and strategic initiatives requiring analytical skills, basic knowledge of organizational strategy, and understanding of international business.
• Work independently to make recommendations for support functions by providing support and leadership.
• Assist in planning and executing a variety of programs and initiatives, including risk mitigation, efficiency, and customer experience.
• Collaborate with team leaders to develop project plans, policies, and procedures.
• Provide leadership in managing relationships and implementing programs, services, and initiatives with cross-functional business partners.

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Business Execution, Implementation, or Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education.

Desired Qualifications:

• MBA or equivalent advanced degree, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in teams developing data engineering/automation solutions, pre-go-live checks, and quality assurance.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in financial services; experience with Xceptor.
• Xceptor and SQL skillsets are a must; experience with both waterfall and agile approaches to project delivery using Jira is desirable.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with attention to detail.
• Candidates should be able to work effectively in a demanding, fast-paced, dynamic environment, handling multiple tasks and projects concurrently, while maintaining quality, accuracy, and integrity.
• Candidates should have experience presenting information to persuade, educate, and enhance understanding at all levels, with the ability to develop and negotiate solutions with partners or clients, including escalations as needed.
• Candidates should be able to work in a global team, interact at different levels, and handle a wide range of deliverables with varying levels of complexities, with focus on execution and results.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills to create persuasive PowerPoint presentations.
• Experience in identifying and driving process improvements in complex environments.
• Ability to effectively multitask and successfully work on several unrelated projects simultaneously.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strong working knowledge of Xceptor, SQL, and Agile JIRA framework.
• Experience in drafting and developing meaningful metric-based solutions suiting business purposes and driving decision-making.
• Able to interface between business and technology teams, work collaboratively, and communicate effectively with stakeholders in IT, Operations, Product Control, and the Business.
• Collate test results in a presentable format, with pass/fail and subsequent go/no-go decision recommendations.
• Lead discussions with product owners, aiming to drive collaborative discussion for fixes.

Education:

UG: B.Tech/B.E. in Any Specialization
PG: Any Postgraduate