JOB DESCRIPTION
DATA PROCESSOR
In a company's data management and analysis processes, a data processor is essential. Gathering, organizing, and processing massive amounts of data to guarantee its correctness, completeness, and accessibility for diverse business requirements is the main duty of a data processor. In order to preserve data integrity and facilitate well-informed decision-making, this function is essential.
A data processor plays a critical role in a company's data management team by guaranteeing the accuracy and integrity of data, which facilitates strategic planning and well-informed decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
- Data Gathering: Gather information from a range of sources, such as external data sources, databases, spreadsheets, and forms. Make sure the information gathered is correct, current, and pertinent to the needs of the organization.
- Validation and Data Entry: Provide highly accurate and meticulous data entry into databases and computer systems. Use data validation procedures to confirm the completeness and accuracy of the data. Find and fix data mistakes and inconsistencies.
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Data Transformation and Cleaning: Data should be cleaned and preprocessed to get rid of typos, duplication, and other irregularities.
To ensure consistency and uniformity, transform data into standardized forms. - Data Storage and Organization: Sort and classify data into structured formats to facilitate analysis and retrieval. To ensure data security and ease of access, maintain file management and data storage systems.
- Data Safety and Adherence: When handling sensitive data, follow data security and privacy laws like GDPR or HIPAA. Verify that company data policies and procedures are being followed.
- Reporting on Data: Create summaries and reports for commercial purpose based on processed data. Make charts or visualizations to share data insights with stakeholders.
- Guarantee of Quality: Verify that processed data satisfies the necessary requirements by performing quality checks. To guarantee that the data is of a high enough quality for analysis, work with data scientists or analysts.
- Solving Issues: Determine problems with the data and work on fixes to increase the accuracy and quality of the data. Work together with other teams to find solutions for data-related problems.
- Record-keeping: For future reference, keep records of the data sources and processing methods. Establish and maintain criteria for data processing.
- Constant Enhancement: Keep abreast on data processing best practices and industry trends. Make suggestions for and carry out process upgrades to increase accuracy and efficiency.
Qualifications:
- A bachelor's degree in an associated discipline (such as information technology, data management, or computer science).
- Expertise with data processing tools and software, such as databases, data cleaning tools, and spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel.
- Strong accuracy and detail-oriented data input and validation skills.
- Understanding of best practices and data privacy laws.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and the capacity to function both individually and together.
- Strong communication abilities to work with different departments and share insights relating to data.
- Analytical reasoning and proficiency with huge datasets.