• Job Description

  Req#: R-11002

  Position Information

  Hiring Manager:

  Senior Director

  Department:

  Technology Solutions

  Title:

  Vice President

  Function:

  Enterprise Data & Corporate Technology

  Department Overview

  The Technology Solutions (TS) Department is responsible for designing and delivering state of the art technology solutions that are designed to create efficiency, mitigate risk and grow revenue for the Firm. Technology Solutions is also responsible for defining, managing and executing a robust Cyber Security program following the NIST Cyber Security Framework. Technology Solutions focuses on technical excellence through innovative application designs, robust data integration and analytics, high availability infrastructure and gold level service for our key stakeholders with information security embedded throughout. Critical functions within Technology Solutions include Project Management, Vendor Management, Business Analysis, Enterprise Data Governance and Stewardship, Application Development and 3rd Party Integration, Strategic and Secure Infrastructure and Operations. The Technology Solutions Department collaborates closely with Firm leadership and business unit heads to develop plans in line with business objectives.

  Position Responsibilities

  The Technology Solutions Department is looking for an experienced individual to lead the design and implementation of a best-in-class data ecosystem with governed, high quality, single source of truth data to enable data analytics capabilities across the Firm. Candidates will be required to gain a deep understanding of the relevant business data and processes, enterprise data models and the enterprise data warehouse to help design and deliver strategic data solutions to uncover enterprise insights and drive business results. Candidates must be able to manage a small team of Data Analysts and have matrixed oversight of Business Analysts across the department where data centric projects are involved.

  This a strategic, highly visible role that requires critical thinking, enterprise vision and strong data skills to oversee the development of a Data Management Program including capturing data quality metrics. This role will be:

  • The Product Owner for the Legal Entity Master Application and Logical ERDs
  • The Business Analyst for Master Data Management, analyzing and documenting business requirements related to Master Data Management. The candidate will partner with the Data Governance Committee to define golden records for key data entities to ensure quality data that is available for reporting consistently across the Firm.
  • The Data Analyst for enterprise data centric projects where the domain spans across business domains and subject areas. The candidate will lead these projects from definition to proposed solutions and Data Governance Committee approval.
  • The Data Analyst to link business glossary terms to physical fields in the data catalog

  This role requires building strong partnerships within the TS Department and with users at all levels of the organization. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills are a must to persuade and influence successful outcomes regarding data sourcing and data management.

  The ideal candidate must be able to perform the following:

  • Become a subject matter expert in core business functions and data models
  • Analyze and understand complex business processes and present them in an understandable and logical format
  • Engage an end-to-end approach by “connecting the dots” across all pieces of data that make up a solution leveraging all available assets
  • Solicit and develop detailed requirements including Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs), business process diagrams with data flows, business requirements and success criteria as well as the ability to constructively challenge requirements and current state to increase overall value of data to the Firm
  • Become a trusted advisor to key business stakeholders, sponsors and technology colleagues
  • Independently execute data analysis and profiling across multiple platforms using SQL, Excel, Power BI and other tools
  • Collaborate with data architects and software engineers to architect and deliver enterprise data solutions
  • Facilitate meetings with all levels of the organization including senior business stakeholders and senior management
  • Recommend data governance and stewardship best practices and procedures; partner with data owners and stewards on implementation
  • Multitask and manage time / priorities under pressure while meeting deadlines
  • Be resourceful to proactively engage resources to achieve project goals

  Manager Responsibilities:

  • Manage resources and projects concurrently to ensure successful completion of projects
  • Take an active role in the performance management process by completing goal setting, interim review and year-end review on a timely basis and soliciting ongoing feedback
  • Provide accurate work estimates and oversees delivery against budget
  • Create an environment where data and analytics professionals can develop their skills and grow their careers through taking on increased responsibility

  Candidate Requirements

  Qualifications & Experience:

  • Bachelor’s Degree (Information Management, Data Analytics, Computer Science or related field preferred) with 7-10 years of experience in a similar role, preferably in Financial Services
  • Established experience delivering information management solutions to organizations
  • Proven experience in understanding data models, enterprise data warehouse designs, BI & analytics and managing data assets in complex organizations is required
  • Exceptional data analysis skills and strong attention to detail are required including leveraging SQL to complete data analysis
  • High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); experience with Power BI is a plus
  • Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, written and presentation skills
  • Full lifecycle experience implementing data and analytics solutions with a working knowledge of agile development, SCRUM and DevOps
  • Motivated by a fast-paced, growing and complex environment
  • Team-oriented with ability to multitask
  • Executing small to medium-sized projects and a general understanding of Project Management principles are desired
  • Proactive self-starter with a positive can-do and ‘no job too small or big’ attitude
  • Results-oriented with a high level of personal accountability
  • Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change

  Critical Competencies for Success

  Our Gold Standards Model defines key behaviors and competencies across 4 dimensions: Leadership, Achieving Results, Personal Effectiveness and Thinking Critically. These behaviors and competencies drive our ability to win together.

  • Leadership: Role models in this area consistently focus on the right goals and priorities and continually develop themselves and others. Always team players, they influence and engage with others to contribute to a supportive and inclusive culture where all feel welcome.
  • Achieving Results: Role models in this area are high achievers who develop careful plans and deliver consistently and effectively. They hold themselves and others accountable for delivering high quality results, and they remove barriers to ensure others can contribute and grow.
  • Thinking Critically: Role models in this area understand our business, rely on analytical reasoning and seek diverse perspectives to solve problems. They are forward thinking, anticipating issues and addressing them in advance.
  • Personal Effectiveness: Role models in this area build strong relationships, treat others with respect and communicate effectively. They are driven to exceed expectations and are adaptable to changing circumstances.

  The department-specific competencies define the knowledge, skills and abilities that are needed to successfully perform the functional or technical work of this role.

  • Technical Support: Triages, troubleshoots and resolves technical support issues. Escalates issues as needed.
  • Software Development Principals: Utilizes software development, secure programming principles and a knowledge of programming languages to develop, configure and / or integrate new software and applications.
  • Business Needs Assessment: Identifies business needs across departments within the Firm to understand the challenges, goals and problems that the business needs to solve and identifies appropriate technical solutions.
  • Data Management and Information Security: Manipulates, restructures and / or queries data for various purposes, including reconciling issues in the database, designing database structures and / or generating reports. Adheres to governance principles and maintains data integrity and security.
  • Risk Management: Identifies, forecasts and articulates ways to pursue and manage informed risks in ambiguous, complex or uncertain situations based on sound value propositions and an analysis of potential rewards and costs.
  • Testing: Evaluates the functionality of an application, system or solution to ensure that requirements have been met and defects have been identified. Applies an understanding of end user requirements and usage in the end-to-end system to produce a quality product.
  • Industry Knowledge: Demonstrates an understanding of the Firm's position in the industry, including its complex structure and competitive advantage in the marketplace. Monitors industry trends and changes and recognizes their relevancy and implications.
  • Technical Communication and Documentation: Documents and communicates technical processes and procedures in area of specialty to stakeholders. Adapts the level of detail and specificity based on the needs of the intended audience.
  • Vendor Management: Manages and coordinates with external vendors. Researches and identifies new vendors as needed and monitors performance.
  • Relationship Management: Builds and maintains effective partnerships with internal clients and end users by advising on their needs and options, advocating for their business within the Technology Solutions department and managing expectations appropriately.
  • Project / Program Management: Manages Technology Solutions project elements considering conflicting priorities, interdependencies, business objectives, communications and available resources.
  • Innovative Mindset: Leverages an agile and creative mindset to drive innovative value creation, continuous process improvement and proactive learning through new technology, processes and people.

  Compensation and Benefits

  Compensation will be commensurate with experience. Golub Capital offers a full range of benefits which includes medical, dental, vision and 401(k).

  Golub Capital is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• About the company

  Golub Capital is a US-focused credit asset manager with over $25 billion of capital under management.

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