DATA MIGRATION CONSULTANT

JOB TITLE: DATA MIGRATION CONSULTANT

DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC FINANCE

REPORTING TO: PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGER

BASED AT: GHANA

ABOUT FARSIGHT GROUP:

Farsight Africa Group is a leading full-service Pan-African communications company that delivers public finance management services and impactful solutions to companies, governments, development organizations and individuals across East Africa.

Farsight Africa Group has established a reputation in the marketplace for working in complex and challenging environments that demand a comprehensive understanding of local cultures, indigenous communication practices and relationships with stakeholders at both the grassroots and national level.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Technical Data Migration Responsibilities:

• Execute the data migration process from end to end
• Analyze, extract, manipulate and migrate information and data from legacy case management systems, into the application to be developed
• Analyze data in legacy formats and validate data sets to ensure data consistency and internal requirements are met
• Coordinate with all impacted source-system, and IT teams to ensure integration points are managed and involved
• Perform technical validation of extracted and uploaded data to ERP systems
• Responsible for the conversion of client data from various sources, including document management systems, records management systems and matter management systems
• Develop procedures, scripts and utilities for conversion processes that transforms the data to meet business requirements
• Provide Statistical reports of data moved, transformed, cleansed and loaded
• Coordinate and develop test flows for QA of the data migration
• Communicate with all disciplines to ensure flow of data set before roll out
• Manage patch notes and roll out process
• Manage version locks and import tools
• Schedule roll outs that affect the live game
• Monitor design and code changes

Project Management Responsibilities:

• To liaise with our clients to ascertain what specific data they require to have transferred, customizing it to their needs
• Design the data migration process, test, and migrate data into a target environment from a multitude of data sources to satisfy customer requirements
• Provide the data migration plan for approval to the customer
• Confirm with customer data migration techniques and methodologies to be used, adjust as necessary to adhere to any restrictions and limitations for use of technology, tools
• To collaborate within dynamic project teams, to facilitate the build and delivery of workflow solutions utilizing an approved case management application, to both new and existing clients
• Partner with the customer and implementation managers to ensure the most efficient migration of different types of legacy data
• Document, review, and confidently communicate project deliverables to stakeholders and internal team members
• Identify risks that could impact a successful migration
• Analyzing, documenting and communicating migration details following implementation to take a constructive approach to continuous improvement

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor degree in IT, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Business, Finance or any other related disciplines.
• At least 5 years of experience working in a data migration position.
• Position largely based in Ghana
• Thorough knowledge of databases, HTML or content management
• Successfully completed three (3) projects involving migration of large data sets from legacy systems to a new application.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Strong project management and organizational skills, with an emphasis on managing completion of tasks by non-direct reports
• Good understanding on the agile approach, leveraging best practices and implementing/documenting repeatable processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent communication skills working with people of various levels
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with a high attention to detail, while maintaining excellent quality and superior customer service
• Experience working in a matrix organization with teams that may be virtual in nature
• Flexibility working in a dynamic environment
• Understanding the importance of maintaining positive client relationships throughout and beyond the project process
• Self-management in working within multiple concurrent projects