ISS Market Intelligence

Data Collections Specialist

Empowers the global financial services industry to assess target markets, identify opportunities for growth, and execute comprehensive go-to-market initiatives to achieve success

  • Data and analytics

  • Full-time

  • Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia

  • Visa sponsorship · No

  • Mid Level · A role for someone with some well-developed knowledge and skills they can bring to the role and team. Typically within 2-5 years of experience.

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Why ISS Market Intelligence

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ISS Market Intelligence (ISS MI) is a leading provider of data, insights, and market engagement solutions to the global financial services industry. ISS MI empowers asset and wealth management firms, insurance companies, distributors, service providers, and technology firms to assess their target markets, identify and analyze the best opportunities within those markets, and execute on comprehensive go-to-market initiatives to grow their business. Clients benefit from our increasingly connected global platform that leverages a combination of proprietary data, powerful analytics, timely and relevant insights, in-depth research, as well as an extensive suite of industry-leading media brands that deliver unmatched market connectivity through news and editorial content, events, training, ratings, and awards.

About the role

Overview The Data Analyst is a valuable member of the Rainmaker Data Team, directly contributing to the company in the provision of data, insights, and market intelligence to the financial services industry in Australia.

This position provides the opportunity to grow your data skills and experience on the financial services industry and products. The successful candidate will gain valuable experience in data collection, surveys, data entry, data auditing, data analysis and internet research, and insights.

Working within a long-established Data Team where members are passionate about data, financial services and researching. Each team member will have access to professional learning material, professional software, industry events and media titles to support their growth and expand their knowledge of the financial services industry in Australia.

Responsibilities

They include, but are not limited to:

  • Assisting with a quarterly Survey to Fund Managers on the Australian Market.
  • Assisting with data collection, analysis and reporting on Annuities, Insurance and Financial Advisers.
  • Maintaining relationships with data suppliers and liaising with them to ensure good flow of data.
  • Researching websites, annual reports, and other sources for information.
  • Reading key media titles on the Australian financial services market.
  • Maintaining a database.
  • Communication of tasks, progress, successes, and deadlines.
  • Participating in an ongoing professional learning and development program in financial services.

Qualifications

  • University qualified in a relevant field, including, but not limited to Finance, Business, Marketing, Economics or Commerce.
  • Passionate about Data and financial services, funds management or insurance.
  • 1 to 3 years’ experience with data, conducting surveys or research is an advantage
  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Strong MS Excel, communication and internet research skills
  • Genuine interest in learning about the financial services industry.
  • Good analytical and problem-solving skills, well organised and pro-active.

What you'll be responsible for

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    Data Cleaning and Preparation

    Extract and clean data ready to use in analysis or to users

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    Data Analysis and Reporting

    Analyze data to discover and communicate insights, and offer concrete recommendations for key stakeholders to make critical decisions

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    Data Management and Visualization

    Create and maintain the organization’s Business Intelligence tools, and present complex data in simple, visual ways for key stakeholders

Skills you'll need

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    Learning agility

    Identifies and applies strategies to enhance reception, retention and use of newly acquired information, skills, and abilities

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    Numerical problem solving

    Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems

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    Attention to detail

    Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables

Meet the team

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ISS Market Intelligence