Invesco is one of the world’s leading global investment managers, entrusted with managing $1.2 trillion* in assets on behalf of clients worldwide. We are the 6th largest US retail asset manager and the 13th largest investment manager globally, and our more than 8,000 employees worldwide are dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life. We are purely focused on managing a comprehensive range of active, passive and alternative investment capabilities, which we draw on to provide customized solutions aligned to client needs, our most important benchmark. (*As of May 31,2019)
Job Purpose (Job Summary):
We’re seeking an Advanced Business Analyst to join a fast-paced agile development team building-out enterprise grade data platforms that support Client Experience, Regulatory, and investment teams. You’ll be a part of a dynamic, collaborative team driving agile best practices, crafting user stories working with business and technical stakeholders. You’ll be working alongside our data science and machine learning teams leveraging the Invesco enterprise data lake architecture. Candidates will be expected to perform business, technical, and data analysis across data-sets as well as providing day-to-day leadership in a scrum master capacity.
Key Responsibilities / Duties:
- Perform the role of Scrum Master for one or more teams Leading multiple, simultaneous initiatives or small programs / release trains including guiding and coaching teams to be self-organizing
- Fostering an environment of collaboration, and reflecting agile values to the team as a servant leader
- Lead the development of business, functional, and technical requirements working with both business and technology stakeholders in preparation of user stories, functional specifications, test plans, and other documentation
- Document test plans and perform testing of team code
- Perform explanatory data analysis, generate and test working hypotheses, prepare and analyze historical data to identify patterns
- Design rich data visualizations to communicate complex ideas to customers or company leaders
Work Experience / Knowledge:
- 3+ years of experience focused in data and business analysis focused on data engineering or digital transformation
- 2+ years of experience as a scrum master and/or as a technical product owner
- 2+ years of experience with visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI)
- Experience with public cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- 2+ years of financial services experience across Investments, Distributions, Middle/back-office functions
- Exposure to big data technologies such as Hadoop, R, and Java / MapReduce a plus
- Exposure to NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB, Cassandra, HBase, DynamoDB a plus
Skills / Other Personal Attributes Required:
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Autonomous personality. We’ll help guide you, but we won’t micromanage you. We expect integrity and results. Your work and deliverables will speak for themselves
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Enjoy challenging and thought-provoking work and have a strong desire to learn and progress
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and requests
- Must demonstrate a positive, team-focused attitude
- Ability to react positively under pressure to meet tight deadlines
- You listen to the input of your team members and take diverse perspectives into account to approach challenges from multiple angles
- Structured, disciplined approach to work, with attention to detail
- Flexible – able to meet changing requirements and priorities
- Maintenance of up-to-date knowledge in the appropriate technical areas
- Able to work in a global, multicultural environment
Formal Education: (minimum requirement to perform job duties)
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree of Statistics, Computer Science or other similar advanced degrees from a top tier educational institution preferred
Working Conditions:
- Normal office environment with little exposure to noise, dust and temperatures
- The ability to lift, carry or otherwise move objects of up to 10 pounds is also necessary
- Normally works a regular schedule of hours, however hours may vary depending upon the project or assignment
- Hours may include evenings and/or weekends and may include 24 hour a day on call support by pager and/or cell phone
- Able and willing to travel both domestically and internationally. Frequency and duration to be determined by manager. Estimate: 10-15%
FLSA (US Only): Exempt
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The job holder may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by their manager from time to time.
Invesco’s culture of inclusivity and its commitment to diversity in the workplace are demonstrated through our people practices. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, or veteran status. Our equal opportunity employment efforts comply with all applicable U.S. state and federal laws governing non-discrimination in employment.
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