Business Data Modeller

At a glance

Are you passionate about being at the forefront of the data management framework and shaping the foundation of the Finance and Risk Data Domain? We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Data Modeller to strengthen our team and contribute to the constant development of the Finance and Risk Information Model (FRIM).

Your job

As part of the Data Model and Control team, you will be at the core of data management, designing data models, engaging with stakeholders to ensure clear definitions and relations, and contributing to harmonisation of data across Finance and Risk Management.

Business Data Modelling enables us to understand the meaning of data and its relation to other data, so that assumptions and ambiguity are replaced by certainty. It allows us to clearly define what data is needed to generate reports, dashboards and data analysis for customer insights, and provides one common language. Within ABN AMRO, Finance and Risk have a business data model called ‘FRIM’, which stands for ‘Finance and Risk Information Model’ and consists of a Lexicon and Business Logical Data Model.

FRIM is constantly in development. New regulations must be taken up in the model, existing reports, capabilities, and risk models need to be translated into FRIM and where necessary the model needs to be extended.

The key activities you will be res”onsi’le for:

• Perform Business Data Modelling, by designing changes to the business data model (Lexicon), and further developing modelling principles and guidelines.
• Lead discussions with subject matter experts, requestors, and other stakeholders to understand and challenge the scope and the content of the requirements.
• Break down requirements into a structured information model that contains terms, definitions, and relations.
• Perform stakeholder management with requirements owners, subject matter experts, and users of the data models.
• Perform information analysis: being the bridge between business and IT.
• Execute tasks related to terms, definitions, and relations in applications.
• Discuss, refine, and establish clear and semantically correct definitions.

Note that this role is all about modelling data structures. You do not look at the actual data, do not access databases, do not use statistical or other big data analysis techniques. The team is responsible to make sure that the process runs smoothly and that the right questions are being asked so that we end up with the best possible business data model.

Working environment

The Finance & Risk Data Domain is part of Finance & Risk Business Grids (F&RBG), and plays an active role for all Finance and Risk departments. We employ 250+ international professionals with diverse backgrounds who are driven to take data management within Finance & Risk to a structurally higher level. Our aim is to generate reliable Finance & Risk data on time. We do this by improving the data itself, data systems and data processes. We work with an agile operating model. Our Finance and Risk Data Domain consists of 5 departments where the atmosphere is dynamic, open and informal.

You will work in the Data Model and Control team as part of the Data Modelling team. The team consists of professionals with diverse backgrounds who are driven to take the Data Model to structurally higher level. The atmosphere is open and informal. We work hard, but there’s plenty of room for enjoyment!

Your profile

You love structuring and organising terms and concepts into a data model. You want it to be simple, insightful, and understandable, while it is about complicated things You are a strong analytical and conceptual thinker, and can distinguish the main topics from side issues. You are energetic, with a passion for combining thinking and doing. You take responsibility, and you have a proven ability to work with various stakeholders and subject matter experts. You are a strong communicator.

If this sounds like you, check to see if your profile matches the following:

• You’ve successfully completed a higher professional education (Bsc.) or degree (Msc.) and you have 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience.
• You are skilled and experienced in business data modelling, policies, and regulatory reporting.
• You are experienced in defining terms for a data lexicon.
• You can explain the difference and relationship between a data dictionary and a conceptual or logical data model.
• Leadership and persuasion skills for building consensus across stakeholders.
• You are able to understand complicated topics, and you can explain/present complicated topics in structured and insightful way.
• You have an excellent command of the English language both verbally and in writing
• You have demonstrable experience in the Financial Services Sector preferable in Banking.
• You embrace the agile way of working.

We are offering

• The gross monthly salary displayed above is based on a 36-hour work week, including vacation pay and benefit budget.
• The Benefit Budget is 11% of your salary. The Benefit Budget allows you to acquire additional employment benefits. If you make no purchases or reservations in the Benefit Shop in a given month, you are paid one twelfth of your Benefit Budget that month.
• Five weeks of vacation per year. You have the option to purchase an additional four weeks per year.
• Personal development Budget of € 1,000 per year, which you can accumulate up to € 3,000.
• Possibility to work from home (in consultation with your team and depending on your position).
• An annual public transport pass with free public transportation throughout the Netherlands.
• An excellent pension scheme.