About The Company
Compare the Market – yes, the one with the meerkats – is a high-growth FinTech company on a transformational journey. We are focused on designing, building, and delivering the very best home loan, energy, insurance, and health comparison experience in Australia. Okay, in the world!
We are all about Customer first, teamwork, making a difference, and treating the business as our own – without compromise. These values are critical to delivering on our purpose: “to make a difference in the lives of Australians by simplifying the process of making sound financial decisions”.
About The Role:
Are you ready to take your career to new heights? Compare the Market is seeking an experienced Senior Data Modeller to join our dedicated team. In this role, you'll play a crucial role in establishing strong data foundations by collaborating closely with stakeholders to understand data requirements, ensure data integrity, and optimise data architecture for effective data management and analytics.
As the Senior Data Modeller, you'll be a hands-on data expert with a deep understanding of data modelling principles and practices leveraging AWS cloud infrastructure and Enterprise Data Platform (Databricks) and Customer Data Platform (Segment) technologies.
Your expertise will be instrumental in guiding the design and implementation of robust data models, actively contributing to our data strategy, and mentoring the team in best practices. This role offers a unique opportunity to blend strategic vision with hands-on technical execution, ensuring our data initiatives drive the business forward.
What You’ll Do:
* Design, develop, and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models to support various initiatives / projects and BAU requirements that align with business strategy and data delivery outcomes.
* Develop strong working relationships with SMEs, business analysts, software engineers, architects, data analysts and data engineers to understand business data needs and translate them into technical specifications.
* Develop strong working relationships with architects, data analysts, data engineering team, and business stakeholders.
* Translate high-level business requirements into data models and appropriate metadata, test data, and data quality standards through expert knowledge.
* Work closely with data engineering to translate designs into development using best practices and fit-for-purpose tooling.
* Evaluate and define data modelling best practices, standards, and guidelines to ensure consistency and maintainability of data models.
* Optimise database performance and scalability by fine-tuning data models and recommending indexing strategies.
* Collaborate with system owners to identify data gaps.
* Communicate technical concepts and data model designs to non-technical stakeholders and participate in project meetings and workshops.
* Document data models, data dictionaries, and metadata to facilitate data lineage and data governance initiatives.
* Champion data GRC controls, policies, and procedures, to ensure data quality, integrity, and security throughout the data lifecycle.
What You’ll Bring:
* Tertiary Qualifications in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
* Proven experience of 5 years plus as a Data Modeler or similar role, with expertise in designing and implementing complex data models for enterprise-level applications.
* Proficiency in data modelling tools and experience with relational databases.
* Strong understanding of data modelling techniques such as dimensional modelling, entity-relationship modelling, and data normalisation.
* Knowledge of industry best practices in data management, data governance, and data quality.
* Experience with data integration and ETL processes, including data profiling and data mapping.
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret and translate business requirements into technical data models.
* Highly effective planning, organisational, and personal time management skills.
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders essential.
* Understanding of end-to-end data and insights life cycle is essential.
Our Benefits
At Compare the Market, we offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment where your talents will be recognised and rewarded. You’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact and contribute to our continued success. As well as ample opportunities for growth and development, we also provide:
* Vibrant and social community who have annual celebrations, family fun days and regular events.
* Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including the option of one day working from home each week or a 9-day fortnight.
* Enjoy additional leave days - ‘ME’ leave and ‘Volunteer Day’ leave.
* Study support (up to 50% of tuition fees for relevant courses) and professional membership reimbursement.
* Employee discounts on Car, Home, Travel insurance.
* Income protection insurance provided to support you in the event of non-work-related illness or injury.
* Discounts with a broad range of providers, including gym memberships, accommodation, dental care and more.
Compare the Market is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we encourage all applicants to apply. We acknowledge that we are strengthened by diversity.
Want to know more? Then apply now! It’s Simples!
Please note that this role is only available to candidates with unlimited Australian working rights, as sponsorship is not available.
*Note to Recruiters: We politely ask that you avoid making any approaches or sending any unsolicited resumes to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Leaders across our business.