A Jersey accountant who scooped a global data analytics award less than a year after starting to use the software is to show Jersey businesses her winning technique.
Katrin Erb, Finance Automation and Product Manager, Standard Bank, won the Alteryx Grand Prix competition at the Inspire Europe 2018 Conference, becoming one of the top 500 Alteryx users in the world. She was partnered in the finals by Dan Hare, Founder, Continuum.
The Grand Prix final required competitors to analyse past Grand Prix qualifying and finishing times and work out how many turns there are in the Houston Grand Prix circuit to predict a finishing position – something Katrin and Dan managed in just 16 minutes.
Katrin, who joined Standard Bank three years ago as a graduate accountant, was up against senior partners from the banking group and experienced users of Alteryx.
Dan said: “This was an amazing achievement for Katrin. She only started using Alteryx 11 months ago and had no experience coding. She was up against some very senior people, but she totally smashed it. More and more organisations are recognising the importance of good data for their operations, and Alteryx is proving to be a very popular way for organisations to get transformative benefits in a quick, cost-effective way.”
Over 1,500 people attended the Inspire conference last month, including finance professionals from Jersey. The annual conference is designed to celebrate successes in disruptive technologies, bringing together people from across the business community to learn more about the latest advances in data analytics.
Dan set up Continuum in Jersey in 2014 to help businesses bridge the gap between business data and usable information. A global partner of Alteryx, Continuum has over 20 satisfied clients across the Channel Islands, UK and Europe, specialising in financial services by training staff to use data platforms to improve everyday processes.
Alteryx combines data from multiple systems applying transparent business rules to allow businessanalysts to provide a ‘single view’ for accurate reporting and informed decisions. Robotic ProcessAutomation (RPA) can automatically update source systems via the user interface, creating a more reliable, cost-effective process and freeing up staff time.
Katrin will be showing Jersey finance professionals how she got up to speed with Alteryx so quickly at the Alteryx User Group event Thursday 15 November, from 12pm- 1.45pm at Digital Jersey Hub.
As well as highlights from Inspire, the Alteryx User Group will feature an overview of Alteryx by Stu Wilson, Head of Alteryx EMEA, and a session by Shaan Mistry, Solutions Architect Alteryx on advanced features of 2018.4.
Daniel De Oliveira, Head of Data, Integration and AI, Standard Bank, said: “As the pace of change indigital increases, we are all having to shift our thinking. It is critical to challenge the traditional way of doing things and we have looked at what tools will help us interpret data to extract the mostuseful information to provide a service for all our customers.”