Employment Opportunity: Part time Vacancies with a view to full time Permanent Roles after Graduation.
Bureau van Dijk (BvD) are looking for 4 x final year bachelor students
from Business, Accounting, Economics or Mathematics to come and work for them
part time until they graduate – they are then hoping to offer them full time
permanent roles if it goes well.
Bank Analyst - Data Verifier
Manchester
Bureau van Dijk (BvD) is one of
Europe’s leading publishers of electronic business information. With 32 offices
in 24 major cities around the world, the company employs over 500 professional
full-time staff. The company is best known for its large range of international
company information products which combine multiple high-quality data sources
with flexible, state-of-the-art software to allow users to manipulate data for
research, financial analysis & marketing intelligence. BvD products can be
found in many leading financial institutions, multinational corporations and
business schools around the world. Our core products include Bankscope, Osiris,
Oriana, Amadeus & Zephyr – BvD’s global M&A database which is produced
by Zephus.
The Bank Analysts at Zephus/
Bureau van Dijk work as a team and have joint responsibility for quality
control for the banking products. The role requires the team to be able to work
proactively with the external data supplier and the internal software
development teams. An important element of the work of the group is to
provide an ‘expert’ opinion when required to support sales staff & the
company’s clients and to explain product features & complexities.
Outputs
•
Assist with development & implementation of the agreed quality management
strategy and plans in respect of production of the data quality of the product.
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Support the development & maintenance of systems to establish standards
& service levels relating to all production activities in conjunction with
the Data Supplier.
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Help with the development & maintenance of systems to measure performance
against established standards.
•
Monitor performance (in relevant areas) according to agreed standards &
take necessary action to communicate with & advise the Data Supplier &
BvD managers as to production performance.
•
Implement the communication strategy for the improvement and awareness of
quality issues across all teams.
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Provide support & advice on all aspects of accounting as it relates to
banks & other financial institutions contained within the database.
•
Generate analysis of individual, group financial statements for comparison with
that of the Data Supplier and to explain variances, where they may exist, with
those produced by clients.
•
Deliver expert opinion through a working knowledge of the regulatory
requirements relating to banks & financial institutions combined with an
understanding of bank financial products.
•
Provide data mapping skills to enable data to be mapped to individual country
and bank templates as used by the Data Supplier.
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Other tasks as required.
Education
• Final year student of
Economics, Finance, Accounting, Business, Mathematics, Statistics or
Programming.
Knowledge / Skills
Required:
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Advanced data manipulation skills using, for example, Excel
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High level of numeracy. Ability to recognize when data and ratios are
outside benchmarks and norms & reconcile data anomalies.
•
Articulate. Must be able to explain sometimes complex concepts to
audiences of differing levels of understanding ranging from banking expert to
those having little knowledge of the finance industry or BvD product.
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Good written English. Ability to communicate effectively.
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Critical thinking skills. Ability to identify problems and solutions.
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Ability to work independently within the prescribed process to achieve
deadlines.
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Conversant with commercial reporting requirements of at least one country /
region. Able to analyse a set of accounts using key ratio analysis.
•
Some understanding of Banking and Insurance Products. Reasonable
understanding of commercial and investment bank financial products, such as
loans, derivatives, securities and repurchase agreements
Preferred:
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Knowledge of programming.
•
Firm grasp of accounting in respect of commercial organizations.
•
Experience of Financial statement analysis, preferably experience analyzing
banks & other financial institutions.
To apply:
Please send a copy of
your CV and covering letter to jake.howard@zephus.com
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