Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit

The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit is the national central agency in Malta that is responsible for the collection, collation, processing, analysis and dissemination of information to combat money laundering and the funding of terrorism. The Unit became operational on 1 October 2002, when it was established by virtue of Legal Notice 297 of 2002. This legal notice brought into force the comprehensive amendments to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (Act XXXI of 2001). Though set up as an agency within the ministry responsible for finance, the Unit has a separate judicial personality and operates autonomously from its own offices with its own staff. The responsibilities related to the governance of the Unit are divided among the Board of Governors and the Director, with the Board establishing the policy and the Director being tasked with the execution of that policy. The Director is also responsible for carrying out all other functions of the Unit not attributed to the Board by the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. He is assisted by permanent staff operating within six distinct sections responsible for Intelligence Analysis, Supervision and Enforcement, Legal Affairs, Corporate Services & People Performance and Culture, Policy and Quality Assurance, and Technology and Information Security.

About

Senior Data Developer

GRADE: SENIOR OFFICER

The Section

The FIAU is seeking to strengthen its Data Management & Analytics section through the recruitment of a Senior Data Developer. The section is tasked with:

The administration of the Centralised Bank Account Register (CBAR) - a data collection and retrieval system for information on bank accounts
The management of data as an asset from which the FIAU can derive ongoing insight
The analysis of data across different domains to support in the compilation of statistics and risk analysis

Main tasks and responsibilities

As a Senior Data Developer within the Data Management & Analytics section, the candidate will be primarily responsible for assisting in data warehousing initiatives, and other related projects.

This may include: 

Assist in the development of a data warehouse solution, including:
- Implementing data pipelines for optimal extraction, loading and transformation of data (ETL) from a variety of sources
- Developing the data warehouse schema and data model
- Maintaining version control
- Testing data pipelines to ensure proper functioning of the warehouse
- Monitoring data quality
Understand business logic and data definitions from source systems and ensure these are properly reflected within the data warehouse documentation
Work closely with data analysts and other stakeholders to define data requirements and optimise data pipelines
Collaborate with the in-house technology team, system owners, and other stakeholders in line with section’s remit

Educational and skill requirements

An MQF Level 6 qualification in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Analytics or other relevant fields, coupled with at least 4 years’ experience relevant to this post ; OR
An MQF Level 5 qualification in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Analytics or other relevant fields coupled with at least 5 years’ work experience relevant to this post
Preference will be given to candidates who possess:
- Proven experience in data warehousing principles (including data modelling and ETL)
- Coding skills (preferably, C# or similar) and data querying skills (preferably, T-SQL)
- Familiarity with basic DevOps practices (including Git and CI/CD); cloud computing platforms (preferably Azure); and modern data orchestration tools (such as Data Factory and Azure Synapse)

Job benefits