Data Integration Specialist

At Coface, we make trade happen everyday.
Our 5,200 experts representing 80+ nationalities in 58 countries are united by a shared purpose: helping companies navigate through uncertainty by empowering them to make the right decisions and trade smarter in a complex world.
With nearly 80 years of global experience, we offer companies a full range of solutions: Trade Credit Insurance, Business Information, Debt Collection, Single Risk insurance, Surety Bonds, Factoring — all driven by a unique data patrimony, cutting-edge technology, innovation and a deep understanding of the global economy.
Joining Coface means being part of a close-knit international organization, where your ideas matter.  We foster a culture of learning, collaboration and inclusion where you are given responsibilities and can see the impact of your actions.
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About the Role 

We are seeking Data Integration Specialists to support the integration of data flows in our system. You will work closely with data stakeholders, product teams, and technology partners to deliver trusted, high-quality, and compliant data across the organization. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Data Mapping & Integration  

• Work internationally with internal and external data providers, handling global data across a range of disparate formats, including APIs and batch processing. 

• Document, develop, and maintain end-to-end data mappings from international third-party providers, integrating their information into our ecosystem.  

• Participate in user acceptance testing and validation of data integration processes  

• Contribute to the standardization of data integrated into the group systems 

• Collaboration with stakeholders  

• Partner with technical teams (business analysts, IT teams) to support effective data integration, and with the business to drive understanding of the data consistent with its use by the business 

• Communicate with data providers, ensuring clarity and comprehensiveness of the data integrated 

• Maintain consistent, technically accurate communication with all internal and external stakeholders 

• Documentation and process follow-up 

• In collaboration with technical teams, investigate ingestion failures. Escalate persistent problems with full documentation  

• Monitor data ingestion performance 

• Ensure documentation of mapping process, test results and contribute to continuous improvement of the process 

Required Qualifications & Experience 

• Proven experience creating and maintaining detailed data mappings in a BtoB environment 

• Practical knowledge or academic degree in understanding financial statements, and assessing creditworthiness of companies 

• Strong communication skills to convey complex data concepts clearly to both technical and business audiences. 

• Excellent proficiency in English is required; proficiency in an additional language is considered an asset 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience with commercial business information, including a solid understanding of international and local financial standards. 

• Experience working with data from disparate global sources in a variety of formats, such as APIs and batch processing. 

• Hands-on experience with JSON and XSLT, translating structures into pseudocode for transformation and integration. 

• Experience collaborating internationally with external third-party data vendors.  

• Background in business information services industry. 

• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (e.g. GDPR). 

• Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau. 

• Proficiency in SQL for data analysis and validation. 

• Working knowledge of data ownership principles and experience operating within data ownership and stewardship frameworks. 

Core Competencies 

• Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving skills. 

• High attention to detail with a compliance and risk aware mindset. 

• Ability to grasp complex business and data concepts quickly. 

• Clear, concise communicator who builds strong cross functional relationships. 

• The opportunity to build your career internationally in a large global company, one of the world leaders in its field.
• Opportunity to acquire knowledge in the field of business information services, trade credit insurance and finance.
• An unique professional and human experience, in the expert environment.