IT Business Analyst - Cross Border Data Coordination
- Recruiter
- Citibank
- Location
- Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 20 Nov 2020
- Closes
- 25 Nov 2020
- Ref
- 16851178
- Approved employers
- Approved employer
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Digital, IT/Telecoms
This role will be responsible for the governance and coordination of cross border data transfer requests for our business assisting our Data Privacy Program Manager to ensure our organisation is compliant. The successful candidate will provide support to and be proactive in engaging with our initiative owners at technical project initiation to provide insight and feasible solutions to bring initiatives through the Cross Border Data Clearance process accurately and succinctly.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to
BSc IT/IS University degree or equivalent experience
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to
- Learn, understand, and be able to speak on the data privacy policies with respect to cross border data transfers
- Act as a subject matter expert and advisor to initiative owners and key stakeholders in technology and business on the Cross Border Data Clearance process
- Be proactive in helping initiative owners with changes in the compliance and/or regulatory environment impacting the Cross Border Data Clearance process
- Provide practical Cross Border Data Clearance advice to assist peers and colleagues on all aspects of handling personal data
- Be accountable for initiatives assigned and manage the initiatives through the cross border process to effective and timely conclusion
- Participate in the implementation and/or preparation of reporting materials of performance metrics as required by our stakeholders for initiatives in-flight for cross border data review surfacing key risk areas
- Proactively track all cross border reviews in progress for our business to bring them to completion within SLMs
- Establish and maintain effective collaborative working relationships with all stakeholders engaged in the Cross Border Data Clearance process
- Keep colleagues up-to-date on the cross border process
- Be proactive in identifying initiatives that may not be compliant with Cross Border Data Clearance and communicate to management team
- 5+ years of experience working in IT
- Financial services industry experience a plus
- Proficient in data mining - demonstrable scripting experience MS-SQL and/or MS-Excel VBA
- Hands-on experience in the following areas
- Business Analyst/Project Manager for technology projects with cross-functional partners and organisations
- Direct responsibility for procurement projects (tendering and contract negotiations); vendor on-boarding and management; budget responsibility a plus
- Experience in a production support team covering applications and systems (vendor and in-house developed) for front, middle and back office
- A lateral, analytical and methodical critical thinker
- A self-starter, intellectually curious and creative individual
- Be proactive and energetic in engaging with stakeholders and maintaining the engagement. Proven time and task management skills with the ability to multi-task effectively and promptly.
- Solid business analysis skills with strong attention to detail and be able to deliver the expected level of quality consistently.
- Ability to act independently across competing priorities and exercise impeccable judgment
- Demonstrable ability to elicit, assimilate, sort and aggregate complex information quickly from multiple stakeholders working to tight timelines effectively
- Be interested in learning about and understanding the business drivers underpinning data requirements
- Passionate about helping people and maintaining user trust; strong presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex problems and solutions through concise and clear messaging
- Experienced at interacting, influencing and collaborating across all levels and functional areas of the organisation - business, technology, legal, compliance, finance
- Excited by the opportunity to work in a challenging area; be effective at balancing competing demands calmly
- Have a tenacious focus to see issues through to resolution and an ability to get things done; resilient
- Must be able to deal with conflict and constructively challenge ideas to arrive at optimal outcomes
- Effective and timely communicator to stakeholders and management
- Good written, spoken, presentation and listening skills (English)
BSc IT/IS University degree or equivalent experience