Data Collection Administrator – Boe Careers Ashtead

Overview

Position Title: Data Collection Administrator

Company: Bank of England

Location: Ashtead, UK

Job Description

Research and Statistics Divisions – Advanced Analytics, the Centre for Central Banking Studies, the Research Hub and the Data and Statistics Division – lie at the heart of the Bank of England, acting as a centre of excellence for analytics, research and statistics across the institution as a whole.

Data and Statistics Division (DSD) is the Bank’s centre of expertise for compilation, dissemination and publication of regulatory and statistical data, promoting innovation and quality to support analysis, policy and decision making by the Bank’s Committees, UK government departments and international organisations.

Data is collected from banks and buildings societies, credit unions, insurance companies and regulated mortgage lenders and administrators. This takes place via 35 statistical collections and over 200 regulatory collections.

We cleanse a sizeable proportion of these datasets and publish a large number of Statistical data via our interactive database. We support MPC, FPC and PRA Board and our data are used in the Inflation Report, Financial Stability Report, Credit Conditions Review, Stress Test Results, FPC Core Indicators and Quarterly Bulletin.

Responsibilities:

• Your primary responsibility will be to work with the Data Collection team within Data Services, to help us maintain a robust data collection service across all of our systems. This involves ensuring the valid submission of data in a timely manner, collecting interest and exchange rates and maintaining process documentation for the MIDAS, BEEDS and OSCA systems.
• You will own collections on a rotational basis. Responsibilities will include managing deadlines, handling communication with rest of the team and stakeholders alongside implementing improvements to processes.
• The role involves considerable contact with external reporters such as assisting them with their questions and escalating these within the team as appropriate. There is also opportunity to liaise and build relationships with other areas of the Data and Statistics Division, as well as other areas of the Bank.
• Our team also collects the daily Sterling Money Market Data. This data is to be used in the calculation of the new high profile SONIA interest rate which is published by the Bank every morning. The team participate

Requirements:

• Have a strong desire to want to provide the best service possible.
• Analytical approach to resolving issues.
• A clear working background that demonstrates self-motivation.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• A proven team player, willing to help others to achieve results.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent customer service skills
• Strong interpersonal skills – must be able to build and maintain relationships with both internal and external contacts.