Finance Data Analyst

At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.

Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

Role:

M&G, as a major UK listed financial services provider is expected and required to maintain appropriate standards and controls to meet regulatory standards. Reporting to the Head of Global Finance Data, the role of the Global Finance Data Analyst is to provide assistance in developing, implementing and operating processes in the field of data consumption, usage and application of emerging technologies across the global Finance data estate, with specific focus on the identification and management of data risks and issues.

The successful candidate will assist with the following activity as a member of the Finance Data Centre of Excellence.

• Working within the Finance Data COE including a team of data analyst professionals.

• Assisting in delivery of data governance and oversight across the global Finance function, and in particular data related policies, standards, risk identification.

• Assisting in driving activity to improve the ownership, understanding and control of critical data used in Financial Reporting, Liquidity, and Capital Management, delivered via a clear set of standards.

• Assisting delivering agreed data standards across the global Finance team and building confidence in the quality of critical data, agreeing clear ownership with other Centre of Excellence owners and ensuring only validated data from authorised sources are used throughout the end-to-end process.

• Assisting in addressing issues impacting data underpinning key processes, ensuring clean, catalogued, and accessible data, and harness data science opportunities.

• Helping opine and advise on the remediation and continual improvement of inadequate or inefficient processes where root cause analysis concludes that inefficiencies are data driven, including resolving deviation from authorised data.

• Assisting in the design and implementation of a coherent and robust global Finance Data Architecture, in conjunction with IT, including metadata management for Critical Data Elements identified with clear lineage to Authorised Data Sources and clear controls.

• Assisting in setting and maintaining the direction of documentation all critical reference data within Finance owned systems and data process across global Finance teams.

• Assisting the operation of efficient fora and ensure monitoring and reporting of adherence to policies.

• Assisting the reduction of risk through regular monitoring and evidence of compliance supplied to CFO and Finance Leadership Team.

• Assisting defining, embedding, developing and maintaining logical data domains, identifying critical data elements, and collecting appropriate metadata.

Key skills, competencies and experience for this role are:

• An understanding of global Finance data architecture and data usage.

• Possess an understanding of emerging industry trends across the global Financial Services industry in relation to the management and usage of data and associated technologies.

• An ability to interpret customer outcomes and financial information, to identify key issues based on this information and to suggest appropriate controls and measures to respond to business and regulatory requirements.

• An ability to identify, assess, monitor, control and mitigate data related risks to the global Finance function and its customers.

• An ability to understand and assess the effectiveness of the arrangements to deliver governance, oversight, risk management and a robust control environment across the global Finance function in relation to data consumption and usage.

• An awareness of the evolving regulatory framework in which the plc operates.

• High degree of honesty, integrity and discretion.

• Possess both a strong attention to detail and ability to deliver to complex requirements.

• Experience of navigating and resolving conflicts.

• Ability to build effective relationships at all levels across the business, flex interpersonal style accordingly and influence others effectively.

• Experience in contributing to transformational change to achieve timely, quality, control and cost outcomes in complex Finance functions.

• Good interpersonal and networking skills, with an ability to articulate complex issues clearly and succinctly to a range of audiences including management and colleagues.

• Ability to analyse, present results and effectively communicate with the stakeholders across our global sites.

Work Level: Experienced Colleague

Recruiter: Matt Campbell

Close Date: 4th April 2025

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions.  Being a Disability Confident Leader means that candidates who meet the minimum criteria of a job, will be offered an interview if they 'opt in' to the scheme when applying. 

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