Data & Modelling Migration Analyst

About the Role

Kiwibank invites applications for a 12-month fixed term position as a Data & Modelling Migration Analyst, based in Wellington, New Zealand. This role plays a vital part in advancing the bank's data and modelling frameworks by creating dependable insights, robust models, and high-quality data to aid crucial decisions across Risk, Finance, and Treasury.

Key Responsibilities

• Collect, analyse, and establish data and modelling requirements to support business needs.
• Document and map existing data systems including sources, feeds, tables, extracts, codebases, and reporting methods.
• Evaluate current data assets, processes, logic, and repositories to determine their relevance for the unified common data model.
• Examine SAS, SQL, and related code to understand existing logic, identify gaps, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Assist in the validation and testing of datasets, business logic, data transformations, reconciliation processes, and model outputs ensuring they meet quality and accuracy standards.
• Maintain detailed documentation such as process flow maps, data lineage records, dictionaries, decision logs, and traceability.
• Translate business, modelling, and regulatory requirements into actionable data specifications, design choices, and implementation-ready deliverables.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is inquisitive and able to challenge existing assumptions while converting complex or incomplete information into precise and actionable data requirements. Experience with banking products, balance sheet data, customer/account structures, and data flow within banking, finance, treasury, risk, regulatory, and reporting systems is essential.

Required experience and skills include:

• Expertise in data analysis, modelling, mapping, lineage tracking, and governance practices.
• Ability to define model inputs, assumptions, transformations, reconciliation procedures, controls, and quality criteria.
• Proficiency with technical and coding tools such as SQL, SAS, Python, or equivalent data-processing languages.
• Capability to interpret code, repositories, documentation, process materials, and business rules to decipher current state logic.
• Skills to assess whether existing data sources, processes, and controls are appropriate for future modelling and regulatory reporting.

Additional Information

• This role is a fixed-term appointment for 12 months.
• Position offers market-leading benefits, including discounted access to public transportation.
• Flexible working arrangement with the expectation of two days per week spent onsite at the Wellington office.

Why Join Kiwibank?

Kiwibank is dedicated to making a difference for all New Zealanders by fostering a culture where employees belong and thrive. The organisation promotes flexibility, growth opportunities, and meaningful, stimulating work in an inclusive environment aligned with its core values (Ngā Kauwaka). Apply now to contribute to impactful projects that benefit Kiwi communities and advance your career.