Data Analyst FTC - 6 Months

Company Description

WELCOME TO MARS CAPITAL

Mars Capital Finance Ireland DAC (“Mars Capital”) is part of Arrow Global Group Limited, which is one of Europe’s leading integrated asset managers with €112bn Assets Under Management (“AUM”) and 4,400 employees across five jurisdictions

Mars Capital was established in 2015 and is a Regulated Credit Servicing Firm, authorised by the by the Central Bank of Ireland and located in Dublin 2. Mars Capital has the capacity and regulatory authority to service loans secured against properties and has €8bn AUM, experiencing significant growth in recent years. We provide services that span the full lifecycle of a loan post origination, from drawdown through to loan administration, asset management, enforcement as well as syndication, securitisation, and standby servicing.

We value our relationship with our clients and believe that our deployment of dedicated, Dublin-based project and asset management teams give us a competitive advantage over other competitors who operate a shared services model across their portfolios. Placing the customer first in a simple and efficient manner in line with our regulatory obligation is our number one priority.

Our local strategic ambition is to provide value accretive services to institutional clients, while building better financial futures for our customers, clients, communities and colleagues.

Our Culture and Way of Working

We’re entrepreneurial, fast-paced and decisive, working together safely and supportively. We trust our colleagues to make the right decisions and are brave enough to acknowledge mistakes and to learn from them. Celebrating success, we reward those who help us to achieve exceptional long-term results. 

We’re inclusive and encourage our colleagues to be themselves. Our culture supports the difference that makes each of us unique.  We’re open and eager to embrace new ways of working and have a diverse community, enriched by our local identities that works collaboratively to build a unified and dynamic organisation.

We believe that a supported flexible working approach helps us to retain valued colleagues, enhance wellbeing, increase motivation and encourage a healthy work/life balance.  If you’re interviewed, ask about the flexibility involved in this role.

Our Values

Our stakeholders expect us to act in an ethical and responsible way and this is at the heart of how we conduct our business. Our values support this philosophy, and we seek out and reward behaviours that will make us more sustainable, responsible and successful. Our values are- we succeed together; we do the right thing; we’re trusted and valued; and we’re brave and creative. You’ll hear more about these throughout the interview process.

Our STAR Awards provide a fantastic platform to send a special thank you to a colleague who may have gone above and beyond to help you and the business succeed, or someone who has been brave and creative with their own approach to how they work. Values orientated, our Recognition Scheme plays a pivotal role in aligning and celebrating our culture, and simply wouldn’t exist without colleague participation and input.

Our Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Commitment

We’re committed to investing responsibly and supporting our local communities and charitable organisations.  Every colleague is encouraged to take a paid day each calendar year to volunteer for our nominated charities. Internally we are very proud of our four colleague-led engagement groups, who run events/initiatives, that promote our culture and values which is a key part of the life blood of this business.

Job Description

The core responsibility for this role will be sourcing and production of data and MI to support the Product, Remediation and Data Integrity processes and projects within the team. Activities will form two distinct groups: regular process activities (e.g. rate change and reporting) and initiative/project-specific / ad hoc Senior team requests for data and analysis. Furthermore, the analyst will be required to interpret and explain the information & results derived to a wide audience including senior players both internally and with our client firms.  Even though there are regular activities, much of the work that the analyst will be involved in will be unique, requiring them and their colleagues to be able to think & plan logical steps to complete activities.

The analyst will develop a deep understanding of our core system data & processes with particular focus on interest charging, rate changes and CMI/balance movements.  This will inform the analysis undertaken and assist with the resolution of queries from across the firm.

The team enjoys an influential position across the Mars Capital business and provides considerable SME guidance to all areas in addition to the tasks it is accountable for.  As such, there is the opportunity for any member of the team to build solid & influential relationships at every level in the organisation.

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to advance their career within an expanding European financial services business.

The role will be based at our Dublin office combined with home working. 

The data analysis will be fundamental to: - 

• Identify and quantify quality issues inherent within the data and/or documents 
• Deliver meaningful analysis and metrics / measures in short timeframes 
• Contribute to data remediation log identifying key remediation tasks and data cleansing activities required 
• Ensure continuous revision of the data analysis methodology and lessons learned to optimise the comprehensiveness and efficiency of the data analysis process 
• Liaise with project workstreams to understand the ‘to be’ business processes, identifying key data dependencies and the specific areas which may have particular sensitivity to data accuracy and quality 
• Work with the project team to identify the optimal methodology for the analysis of large volumes of data, and execute these reviews in a timely but accurate manner 
• Clearly document the review outputs, metrics, and remediation requirements 
• Collaborate across all three parties (seller, buyer, and servicer) to review quality issues found and to agree required remediation steps 
• Feed into discussions to set requirements for data cleansing or other remedial processes and undertake retests to ensure the success of those corrective actions 
• Ensure ongoing compliance with security and data protection requirements by handling PII data with care and with full adherence to all confidentiality and security requirements. 
• Preparation and analysis of portfolio rate change proposals and activity.
• Identification and analysis of loans in scope for systemic remediation activities.
• Timely and accurate production of regular reporting and business control management..
• Personal ownership of the integrity of mortgage data impacted by your activities.
• Reviewing proposals at account level and for portfolio tranches.
• The potential for some ‘out of hours’ work to support specific activities e.g. rate changes post business hours.
• Working with colleagues within the team and across the business to create solutions that move our business and customer base forward and in doing so, support our regulatory & client relationships.
• Supporting team colleagues in their activities when prioritisation is required.
• Communication with all relevant stakeholders including ExCom & Board members.
• Arranging updates to the firm’s core management system alongside Technical colleagues.
• Review of requests impacting the team’s mandate.
• Producing ad-hoc, scheduled Management Information data extracts
• Document relevant business processes

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Excellent, confident communication skills to ensure effective stakeholder engagement and delivery of objectives.
• A team player that works well in a team where responsibilities are shared
• Mortgage & loan knowledge – a good understanding of the principles of mortgage mechanics and processes is a key requirement
• Technical ability – SQL Knowledge Intermediate and knowledge of Snowflake & Python would be a material help.
• Technical ability – Excel Expert level
• Educated to degree level – in a relevant field quantitative field e.g., data science/computer science/maths/statistics/physics/computer science/economics or relevant equivalent experience
• Self-starting and inquisitive. Can take an initial brief or an existing model/process and investigate it, reverting with opportunities to improve without waiting for further direction.
• Experience of managing data is vital with ability to learn new processes with new data, constant learning/evolving
• Previous experience requirements gathering, testing, quality assurance, documentation
• Previous experience in Management Information reporting and analysis would be an advantage
• Experience of evaluating processes and delivering outcomes
• Experience in a fast-paced commercial environment, working to tight deadlines with a flexible approach.

Additional Information

Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) Fitness & Probity Regime

Some of our roles are Control Functions (“CF”) as defined by the Central Bank Reform Act 2010. If a vacancy is for a CF role, it will be indicated above. For CF roles, appointment will be conditional on Mars Capital being fully satisfied that the appointee meets the requirements as set out in the Fitness and Probity Standards 2018 issued by the Central Bank of Ireland.  In the case of proposed appointees to Pre-Approval Control Functions, this includes prior approval by the CBI of such appointments.

D&I statement