Data Architect

What does BPM stand for? Innovation, opportunity, community, diversity, inclusivity, flexibility and so much more. B-P-M stands for “Because People Matter,” because at our core, our people drive everything we do and how we do it.  We are a forward-thinking, full-service accounting firm providing modern solutions to businesses across the globe. We focus on comprehensive assurance, tax, and consulting services for our clients, and we provide our people and our community with the resources to lead meaningful and purposeful lives.
Culture of Data As BPM continues to build a data-driven culture, the Data Architect will be supporting the continued success of that effort.  For BPM, the culture of data represents the firm’s approach to data management, stewardship, lineage, architecture, collection, storage, and utilization for delivering analytic results.  It also includes tools, applications and approaches which lead the firm to have access to timely and accurate data.  This role will play an integral part in the delivery, maintenance, building of business relationships and success to the culture of data. JOB OVERVIEW:The Data Architect will be responsible for designing data infrastructure to extract and organize data for authorized individuals to access. Duties include oversight to master data management, identifying BPM’s internal and external data sources, collaborating with practice group/department heads to determine their data storage/utilization and organizational needs and using the information to create and maintain data infrastructure for BPMs employees. This role is also responsible for maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and ensuring that the data architecture function is aligned with the strategic objectives of the organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build master data management approaches.
• Manage table structures/data elements within our applications.
• Support ETL processes moving data between various DB platforms.
• Build and guide our data growth, analysis, and storage strategies.
• Build/design dashboards within respective BI applications.
• Fullfill analytic needs for stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree in the field of data or computer science, information technology, statistics, or mathematics, and/or 10 years equivalent work experience.
• Hands-on experience with data architecting, data mining, large-scale data modeling, and business requirements gathering/analysis.
• Direct experience in implementing enterprise data management processes, procedures, and decision support.
• Strong understanding of relational data structures, theories, principles, and practices.
• Strong familiarity with metadata management and associated processes.
• Hands-on knowledge of enterprise repository tools, data modeling tools, data mapping tools, and data profiling tools.
• Demonstrated expertise with repository creation, and data and information system life cycle methodologies.
• Experience with business requirements analysis, entity relationship planning, database design and reporting structures.
• Proven experience with business and technical requirements analysis, elicitation, modeling, verification, and methodology development.
• Experience overseeing the design, development, and implementation of business intelligence dashboards and/or reporting.
• Ability to create systematic and consistent requirements specifications in both technical and user-friendly language.
• Exceptional analytical and statistical skills with the ability to apply them to business needs as required.
• Ability to communicate with both technical and business end-user colleagues to deliver meaningful outcomes.
• Demonstrated project management skills and project management software skills, including planning, organizing, and managing resources.
• Solid business acumen, including deep understanding of financial data and KPIs.
• Extensive experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI and Tableau.
• Excellent critical thinking skills and the ability to understand the relationships between data and business intelligence.
• Able to communicate effectively to stakeholders.
• Advanced Data Science programming language skills, such as R, Python and SQL.
• Be able to work with ETS in partnership.
• Deep understanding of data governance principles

Wondering if you should apply?
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