Associate Scientist

**Flexible Work Eligible**: Flexible Work Schedule

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**Associate Scientist**
Gurgaon/Bangalore, India

AXA XL recognizes data and information as critical business assets, both in terms of managing risk and enabling new business opportunities. This data should not only be high quality, but also actionable - enabling AXA XL’s executive leadership team to maximize benefits and facilitate sustained dynamic advantage. Our Chief Data Office also known as our Innovation, Data & Analytics team (ID') is focused on driving innovation through optimizing how we leverage data to drive strategy and create a new business model - disrupting the insurance market. Innovation, Data & Analytics (IDA) team at AXA XL is committed to building industry leading data ecosystem and engagement platform transforming our enterprise data warehouse, reporting, and management information capabilities. Master Data Management (MDM) is at the heart of the platform and architecture supporting this delivery. The MDM team is accountable for management of competency development, vision, strategy, and execution for all organization MDM and RDM (Reference Data Management) capabilities across the reference, party and product data domains. Drive product championship of MDM to ensure existing capabilities and future direction are on pace with industry and business needs. Develop and promote continuous improvement to enable conversion of time spent managing BAU to future strategic initiatives. Delivery of project and production support changes / enhancement requests within defined SLA based on business priorities and demand.

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What will your essential responsibilities include?
- Support the advancement of MDM capabilities such as hierarchy management, stewardship & workflow management.
- Perform reference data management change requests as per business requests.
- Lead the automation of reference data stewardship capabilities utilizing EBX workflows.
- Support MDM Architect to ensure MDM design & best practices are adhered to.
- Regular interaction with key Stakeholders and project sponsors to understand their needs to Master data management domain, creating the requirement document and provide solutions to the business.
- Support the development of MDM capabilities in EBX across multiple domains (Reference, Master, Party).
- Perform data analysis to understand data issues and proactively work with data stewards and other stakeholders to support resolution of data issues.
- Perform unit tests and UAT tests on MDM changes as per requirements.
- Collaborate and integrate with other teams in IDA/Outside of IDA as per project/operational requirements to support Reference data management.

You will report to the MDM Functional Lead - Reference Data & MDM.

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We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
**Required Skills and Abilities**:

- Undergraduate University degree with relevant years of experience in master data management.
- Understanding on Masterdata and Reference data desirably in Insurance / financial services.- Hands on experience on Software development lifecycle (SDLC) including requirement gathering and analysis.
- Hands on experience in creating business requirement documents (BRD).
- Should have worked on SQL Server (SQL Server 2008 and greater).
- Understanding of Agile methodologies and scrum framework.
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent problem solving and analysis skills.
- Excellent organizational skills, time management, multi tasking and coordination skills.
- Working knowledge in Visio & Office 365 apps to support documentation & best practices in CoE.

**Desired Skills and Abilities**:

- Must be able to work well under pressure and consistently meet deadlines.
- Need self-directed & mature indiviual who can work with global stakeholders across different timezones.
- Understands cultural differences and is effective working in a diverse environment.
- Must be prepared to go the “extra mile”

**FIND your future**

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

**Inclusion & Diversity**

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other p