Company Description

WELCOME TO MARS CAPITAL

Mars Capital Finance Ireland DAC (“Mars Capital”) is part of Arrow Global Group Limited, which is one of Europe’s leading integrated asset managers with €112bn Assets Under Management (“AUM”) and 4,400 employees across five jurisdictions

Mars Capital was established in 2015 and is a Regulated Credit Servicing Firm, authorised by the by the Central Bank of Ireland and located in Dublin 2. Mars Capital has the capacity and regulatory authority to service loans secured against properties and has €8bn AUM, experiencing significant growth in recent years. We provide services that span the full lifecycle of a loan post origination, from drawdown through to loan administration, asset management, enforcement as well as syndication, securitisation, and standby servicing.

We value our relationship with our clients and believe that our deployment of dedicated, Dublin-based project and asset management teams give us a competitive advantage over other competitors who operate a shared services model across their portfolios. Placing the customer first in a simple and efficient manner in line with our regulatory obligation is our number one priority.

Our local strategic ambition is to provide value accretive services to institutional clients, while building better financial futures for our customers, clients, communities and colleagues.

Our Culture and Way of Working

We’re entrepreneurial, fast-paced and decisive, working together safely and supportively. We trust our colleagues to make the right decisions and are brave enough to acknowledge mistakes and to learn from them. Celebrating success, we reward those who help us to achieve exceptional long-term results.

We’re inclusive and encourage our colleagues to be themselves. Our culture supports the difference that makes each of us unique. We’re open and eager to embrace new ways of working and have a diverse community, enriched by our local identities that works collaboratively to build a unified and dynamic organisation.

We believe that a supported flexible working approach helps us to retain valued colleagues, enhance wellbeing, increase motivation and encourage a healthy work/life balance. If you’re interviewed, ask about the flexibility involved in this role.

Our Values

Our stakeholders expect us to act in an ethical and responsible way and this is at the heart of how we conduct our business. Our values support this philosophy, and we seek out and reward behaviours that will make us more sustainable, responsible and successful. Our values are- we succeed together; we do the right thing; we’re trusted and valued; and we’re brave and creative. You’ll hear more about these throughout the interview process.

Our STAR Awards provide a fantastic platform to send a special thank you to a colleague who may have gone above and beyond to help you and the business succeed, or someone who has been brave and creative with their own approach to how they work. Values orientated, our Recognition Scheme plays a pivotal role in aligning and celebrating our culture, and simply wouldn’t exist without colleague participation and input.

Our Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Commitment

We’re committed to investing responsibly and supporting our local communities and charitable organisations. Every colleague is encouraged to take a paid day each calendar year to volunteer for our nominated charities. Internally we are very proud of our four colleague-led engagement groups, who run events/initiatives, that promote our culture and values which is a key part of the life blood of this business.

Job Description

Role Overview

Role Purpose

The Reporting Analyst is responsible for the production, validation and delivery of accurate, controlled and high-quality management information and reporting outputs to support Mars Capital’s operational, regulatory, securitisation and client requirements.

The role ensures strong data quality, consistency and governance across reporting processes, acting as a key link between data sources, Asset Management teams and end user reporting requirements.

Role Objective

To deliver high-quality, reliable and controlled reporting outputs while strengthening data quality and governance across the reporting lifecycle, ensuring:

Accurate and timely delivery of weekly, monthly and ad hoc reporting
Strong data quality controls, validation and reconciliation
Effective collaboration with stakeholders to ensure reporting integrity and usability
Continuous improvement and automation of reporting processes

How You’ll Make an Impact

Reporting to the Manager of the Reporting Team within COO & Tech function, the Reporting Analyst operates across the below items:

Key Accountabilities

Produce and validate regular reporting outputs (daily, weekly, monthly, client, internal, External Including regulatory.
Ensure data accuracy, completeness and consistency across all reporting deliverables
Build and maintain data validation checks and reconciliations across multiple data sources utilising snowflake and ensuring integration and data alignment across the organisation
Translate stakeholder requirements into structured, controlled reporting outputs via snowflake and Power BI
Perform ad hoc analysis and reporting to support business and client needs
Maintain strong documentation, governance and auditability of reporting processes
Collaborate with Asset Management, Data Analytics and IT Operations to ensure alignment of data and reporting outputs consistently across the business
Support the automation and optimisation of reporting processes and embedding of snowflake as the firms EDW for all data sources and reporting needs for the wider business

Core Activities

1. Reporting Delivery (BAU Internal & External)

Preparation and validation of weekly and monthly performance reports
Delivery of client, regulatory, securitisation and internal MI reporting
Ensuring reporting outputs support business planning and portfolio management
Maintaining consistency and integrity of reporting structures and outputs utilising snowflake pillar tables

2. Data Quality & Control

Cleaning and validating data from internal and reporting manual sources
Building and maintaining technical QA
Validating information across reports and ensuring regulatory alignment
Ensuring data completeness, accuracy and consistency
Supporting data governance and data quality improvement initiatives

3. Stakeholder & Client Engagement

Acting as a key link between third-party providers (External auditors and stakeholders), Asset Management and clients
Managing stakeholder requirements and ensuring reporting outputs meet expectations
Building strong relationships with internal teams and external partners
Supporting queries, issue resolution and reporting interpretation

4. Analysis & Insight Support

Delivering ad hoc analysis and reporting at customer, portfolio and investment level
Supporting scenario modelling and performance analysis using automated features and tooling
Developing understanding of portfolios, assets and business drivers to inform and present information to the relevant governance fora
Contributing to data-led insights and decision support for customer journeys and process enhancements

5. Process Improvement & Automation

Identifying opportunities to improve and standardise reporting processes
Supporting development of automated reporting and data pipelines within snowflake
Enhancing efficiency, scalability and control within reporting activities and customer insights
Reviewing and supporting the IT & Change function for Deimos and system database changes impacting processes

6. Tasman-Specific Processing

Mandate specific reporting for internal and client end users
SLA management information
Maintaining internal stakeholder management in conjunction with CMU Supporting general requests and CR’s from client.

Qualifications

Expertise

Excellent knowledge of financial services in Ireland specifically experience in retail customer credit servicing and its associate regulations (including for Credit Servicing and Consumer Protection).
Proven experience and track record putting the interests of customers at the forefront of a servicing proposition.
5 years' strong experience in reporting, data quality or MI production within financial services
Advanced SQL capability and experience working with large datasets

Strong understanding of data quality, data transformation and reconciliation processes
Advanced Excel skills (Power Query, Power Pivot, VBA desirable)
Experience with data visualisation tools (Power BI, Tableau or similar)
Snowflake and EDW experience is desirable
Ability to interpret and present complex data clearly to stakeholders
Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills
Experience working in regulated, fast-paced environments
Understanding of asset management or loan servicing environments

Additional Information

Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) Fitness & Probity Regime

Some of our roles are Control Functions (“CF”) as defined by the Central Bank Reform Act 2010. If a vacancy is for a CF role, it will be indicated above. For CF roles, appointment will be conditional on Mars Capital being fully satisfied that the appointee meets the requirements as set out in the Fitness and Probity Standards 2018 issued by the Central Bank of Ireland. In the case of proposed appointees to Pre-Approval Control Functions, this includes prior approval by the CBI of such appointments.

D&I statement

Reporting Analyst ( 6 Months FTC)

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