Head of Group Analytics Delivery

Head of Group Analytics Delivery (12 Month FTC) Job Description

As the Head of Group Analytics Delivery, you will be a key member of the leadership unit within the Group Analytics Team at IQ-EQ and responsible for the delivery and continuous improvement of the analytical capabilities required to meet business needs. Working collaboratively across the team and wider business, you will help to set our analytics strategy and drive collaboration between departments to deliver against agreed objectives. Your strategic thinking will contribute to building a distinctive offering for IQ-EQ customers in addition to our overarching vision, by helping us identify ways in which different groups can leverage our insights together. 

A strong leader with a proven track record of delivering high-performing solutions and driving continuous improvement with robust analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills, to be able to lead the execution of complex customer facing products and services. Key responsibilities include driving the performance of analytics solutions to impact overall business results; maximizing the return on investment from analytics using innovative and flexible approaches to achieve competitive advantage, both internally and externally; innovating with a strong focus on customer experience and product delivery; driving enterprise level leadership and governance in the area. 

The Head of Group Analytics Delivery will be responsible for the optimization of our current departmental policies and driving initiatives that relate to department optimization. He or she is accountable for data-driven approaches to generate business insights. As a role holder, you will establish a robust, fit for purpose and flexible governance framework which allows for collaboration and communication across various functions. With your strong business acumen, you will lead initiatives relating to the optimization of existing departmental policies and drive initiatives that relate to department optimization leading to performance improvement across the business. The Head of Group Analytics Delivery also endeavours to create the means to allow for new data-driven approaches for the purpose of generating business insights through data analytics, information visualisation and addressing unanswered business issues in a proactive manner. 

Tasks (what does the role do on a day-to-day basis) 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• The Head of Group Analytics Delivery is responsible for refining and maturing existing delivery management controls, to ensure the analytics teams consistently deliver reliable, accurate, and efficient solutions for the global organization. The Head of Group Analytics Delivery will create, define and lead execution of delivery standard, processes and tool selection, ensuring all necessary controls, rules and guidelines are in place for team and partner effectiveness and efficiency. 
• The Head of Group Analytics Delivery will be responsible for managing delivery of a large-scale best practice optimisation project across The Group by developing plans for delivery, assigning clear responsibilities and deliverables for various functions, and collaborating with stakeholders. The Head of Group Analytics Delivery will manage and oversee the required governance needed to monitor, control delivery for this project.

Other key responsibilities: 

• Develop and execute a vision and roadmap for mature delivery processes, integrating new methods and techniques as appropriate in line with DGC priorities
• Define, track and report on analytics delivery metrics to provide insight and enable optimization 
• Evaluate and manage the existing analytics tools, developing clear processes to ensure efficiency, reliability, and accuracy 
• Manage the quality assurance processes to ensure accuracy and quality control of deliverables 
• Lead a team of professionals, providing support and direction in order to exceed the delivery and quality objectives 
• Establish relationships with delivery partners and external vendors to maintain effective collaboration and service 
• Assist in budgeting and other financial processes to ensure cost efficiency of services 
• Actively participate in the strategy and design of analytics delivery models to improve business value 
• Prepare and co-chair data governance committee sessions.

Key competencies for position and level 

• Strategic mindset
• Drives vision and purpose
• Cultivates innovation
• Global perspective 
• Manages complexity
• Situational adaptability

Key behaviours we expect to see 

In addition to demonstrating our Group Values (Authentic, Bold, and Collaborative), the role holder will be expected to demonstrate the following: 

• Strategic Thinking, Acting, and Influencing
• Inspires a Shared Vision – the successful Group Analytics team member identifies and anticipates the business needs of their stakeholders and customers and seeks to understand how they can create a more meaningful and stronger business relationship with them. 
• Working Across Organizational Boundaries - Today’s successes are not enough for our strategic thinkers, who are forever looking for ways to reach the next level. 
• Enables Others to Act 

Qualifications

Required Experience

• 5+ years of delivery expertise & Proven track record of delivering large scale, complex strategic initiatives across a global organisation 
• 5+ years in a managerial function with a track record of building star teams and deliverables 
• Demonstrable experience in designing and implementing complex delivery pipelines 
• Superb communication and leadership skills, ability to decompose complex solutions and insights into a simple narrative for the rest of the company 
• Business acumen and entrepreneurial mindset 
• Experience of implementing processes for quality assurance in order to systematically ensure high quality outputs across a team 
• Experience of working with and effectively communicating with non-technical stakeholders 

Additional information

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT

As a forward-looking business, sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining meaningful, long-term relationships with all our stakeholders – including our employees, clients, and local communities – while also reducing our impact on our natural environment.

There is always more we can, and should do, to improve – whether in relation to our people, our clients, our planet, or our governance. Our ongoing success as a business depends on our sustainability and agility in a changing and challenging global landscape. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture for our people, led by our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion steering committee.

Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees’ careers, while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while remaining connected to their colleagues. We want to empower our 5,500+ employees - from 94 nationalities, speaking 41 languages across 25 countries - to each achieve their potential. Through IQ-EQ Launchpad we support women managers launching their first fund, in an environment where only 15% of all private equity and venture capital firms are gender balanced.

We’re committed to growing long-term relationships with our clients and supporting them in achieving their objectives. We understand that our client’s sustainability and success leads to our sustainability and success. We’re emotionally invested in our clients right from the beginning.

Company description

ABOUT IQ-EQ

We’re a leading Investor Services group offering end-to-end services in administration, accounting, reporting, regulatory and compliance needs of the investment sector worldwide.

We employ a global workforce of 5,500+ people across 25 jurisdictions and have assets under administration (AUA) exceeding US$750 billion. We work with 13 of the world’s top 15 private equity firms.

Our services are underpinned by a Group-wide commitment to ESG and best-in-class technology including a global data platform and innovative proprietary tools supported by in-house experts.

Above all, what makes us different is our people.Operating as trusted partners to our clients,we deliver intelligent solutions through a combination of technical expertise and strong relationships based on deep client understanding.

We’re driven by our Group purpose, to power people and possibilities.

Head of Group Analytics Delivery (12 Month FTC)

Location

22 Dean St
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom

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