Senior Data Governance Analyst

Senior Data Governance Analyst

London/Hybrid

10 month contract

Day rate from £700 via Umbrella Company dependant on experience

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My client is one of the largest financial institutions headquartered in Japan, with an established presence across all consumer and corporate banking businesses. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, they offer a diverse range of financial services, including commercial banking, leasing, securities, credit card, consumer finance and other services.

They are looking for a Senior Data Governance Analyst to join their EMEA Data Office on a 10 month maternity cover contract. You will be expected to work Monday to Friday standard office hours, however there will need to be flexibility to work outside of these hours as required. The position is hybrid working being in the office 2-3 days a week with the remainder of time working from home.

Purpose of Job

The Data Governance Analyst role will be instrumental in the delivery of appropriate Data Governance surrounding Important Business Services (IBS) within Banking International (BI) and Capital Markets (CM). The ideal candidate will have knowledge of the Business Services provided by the Bank as well as the many facets of Data pertaining to data management, data quality, data analytics, and data visualisation.

As the concepts of Data Governance are relatively new to the organisation, the role also requires an ability to educate and convince stakeholders at all levels on the essential nature of this role.

The candidate must be willing to challenge the status quo in an empathic manner, while helping the wider team to have an ethos of openness and transparency that will help us nurture real business innovation.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Solid knowledge and expertise in the use of data governance, data quality, metadata, profiling, analysis, and data management tools.
• Drive the planning of BAU activities for the implementation of Data Governance methodologies across the IBS's within the organisation.
• Support the implementation of the data governance strategy and policy
• Drives the data definition, governance and lineage aspects 'end to end' for each Use Case assigned
• Responsible for monitoring changes to business data requirements and ensuring that change and release management activities are executed for the data domains
• Contributes to the firm's objective of meeting industry regulatory expectations with respect to the data governance program as well as establishing processes that generate accurate, complete, timely and reliable data
• Work with teams across the Division on the development and implementation of data standards and adoption requirements for EMEA Data
• Collaborates with business, compliance, technology, and other groups to ensure that data related business requirements are clearly defined and communicated as part of initiative prioritisation and planning
• Support the investigation of Data Quality Issues, development of remediation plans and recommendations to fix at source
• Ability to establish consistent contact with all teams to provide updates, stay on track and report risks and issues timely with proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications

Essential:

• Knowledge of critical Business Services and/or Products provided by the Bank.
• Knowledge of Operational Resilience framework, requirements and processes.
• Working knowledge and understanding of data governance, data quality, metadata, profiling, analysis, and data management tools.
• Analytically minded with experience in problem solving and being able to communicate workable solutions
• Understanding of data governance practices.
• Ability to think in an enterprise-wide manner, rather than a siloed or business unit focused fashion
• Analytically minded with the enthusiasm to problem solve and be able to implement and deliver solutions.
• Confident stakeholder engagement skills to communicate and achieve buy-in from stakeholders across EMEA
• An understanding of Physical, Logical, and Business data Models
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and MS Project.
• Proven ability to be a team player, while retaining the ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Confident manner and strong presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and see challenges through to resolution
• Relevant industry experience, preferably in a quantitative discipline
• Exposure to Collibra and other data governance tools

Candidates must show evidence of the above in their CV to be considered.

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