Business Intelligence Analyst
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Master Data Specialist
BriefYour role
Also known as Data Steward · Master Data Analyst · Master Data Coordinator · MDM Analyst
- L3 salary
- Not published yet
- Upcoming dated changes
- 9 changes ahead
What the role does
Master Data Specialist is a role in Data, Analytics & AI. The family covers data analysis, BI, data science, statistics, GIS and master data. The core skill is master data management, and the main work is data management and governance and investment and reference data.
Levels
- L1 Starting out
- L2 Independent
- L3 Senior or specialist
- L4 Leads a team or an area
- L5 Leads the function
Full level descriptions and job titles
The EFO level names are the common scale; job titles differ between employers.
| Level | What the work looks like | Typical years | Typical job titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| L1 Starting out | Learns the job; executes defined tasks with supervision | 0-2 | Banks: Analyst, Junior Analyst, Associate (asset servicing), Trainee, GraduateAsset servicers: Junior, Specialist (entry), Officer |
| L2 Independent | Owns a process end to end; trains L1; first contact for the team's clients | 2-5 | Banks: Analyst / Senior Analyst, AssociateAsset servicers: Specialist, Senior Specialist, Senior Officer |
| L3 Senior or specialist | Deep expertise; handles exceptions and change; represents the function in projects | 5-9 | Banks: Senior Associate, AVP, Assistant ManagerAsset servicers: Senior Specialist, Expert, Team Lead (small team) |
| L4 Leads a team or an area | Manages people or a large process; owns budgets or controls; escalation point | 8-14 | Banks: VP, Manager, Senior ManagerAsset servicers: Team Lead, Manager, Head of Section |
| L5 Leads the function | Accountable for the function in a legal entity or region; sets priorities and standards | 12+ | Banks: Director, Executive Director, Managing Director, Head of functionAsset servicers: Head of Department, Director |
Skills
Where the skill weights come from
Each role lists its skills with a tier and a weight. The weights of one role add up to 100 percent.
Source: the EFO role catalogue, built from the ESCO classification and reviewed by the editors.
The percentage is the skill's share of the role; the bars are drawn relative to the anchor skill, which is shown full.
Critical
- Master data managementWeight 14.6%Relevant to you
- Data governance, quality and lineageWeight 9.8%Relevant to you
- Data cleaning and validationWeight 9.8%Relevant to you
- SAP enterprise systemsWeight 9.8%Relevant to you
Important and supporting skills 17
Important
- Data entry and record keeping accuracyWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Attention to detailWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Querying data with SQLWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Advanced Microsoft ExcelWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Process mapping and redesignWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Stakeholder managementWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Control mindset (what could go wrong)Weight 4.9%Relevant to you
- Professional written communicationWeight 4.9%Relevant to you
Supporting
- Functional analysis between business and ITWeight 2.4%Relevant to you
- Data migration and cutoverWeight 2.4%Relevant to you
- Data preparation tools (Alteryx, Power Query)Weight 2.4%Relevant to you
- Organisation and prioritisationWeight 2.4%Relevant to you
- Data modelling and schema designWeight 2.4%Relevant to you
- Collaboration and teamworkWeight 2.4%Relevant to you
Useful
- Visualisation tools (Power BI, Tableau)Weight 0.8%Relevant to you
- Adaptability to changeWeight 0.8%Relevant to you
- ETL/ELT pipeline designWeight 0.8%Relevant to you
Processes
The work the role takes part in.
What each process covers
- Data management and governanceMain
- Investment and reference dataMain
- Change and project deliverySupporting
Dated changes for this role
- TARGET Services November 2026 releases moved to 28 November 2026Relevant to you
- DORA register of information: 2027 annual submissionRelevant to you
- Swift defers SR2026 and the end of unstructured addressesRelevant to you
- CSRD scope narrowed by Omnibus I; second wave reports from financial year 2027Relevant to you
- Pay Transparency Directive: first gender pay gap reportsRelevant to you
Worth knowing
Salary snapshot
Salary figures are not published yet
The L3 salary range for this role, with its sources, will appear here when the salaries section opens.
Certifications
- SAP S/4HANA Financial Accounting
Concepts to know
- Master data
- BIC (Business Identifier Code)
- Chart of accounts (CoA)
- Data dictionary
- Data governance
- Data migration
- Data owner
- Data quality dimension
All 20 concepts
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Sources
- The EFO role catalogue, with skills, levels and processes. How it is built
- ESCO classification of the European Commission (external site)
Master dataMaster data is the core, shared data about the key entities a business deals with: clients, counterparties, products, accounts, legal entities and employees. It changes less often than transactions and is reused by many processes. Master data management (MDM) keeps one trusted version of it.
Business intelligence (BI)Business intelligence is the set of tools and practices that turn data into dashboards and reports for decisions, such as sales, cost, risk or service metrics. Typical tools are Power BI and Tableau, fed by a data warehouse.
Reference dataReference data is the slowly changing data used to classify or describe other data: country and currency codes, industry classifications, calendars, instrument identifiers and legal entity identifiers. Errors in it spread across every system that uses it.