Risk - Data Governance Associate

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3-5 years’ relevant experience
• Highly organized
• Project management skills
• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills
• Extremely proactive and works well in a collaborative environment
• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical thinking
• Ability to effectively communicate and present results highlighting the broader strategic impact
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills and ability to work effectively with others
• Strong attention to detail, intellectual curiosity and organizational skills - ability to manage a constantly evolving inflow of projects and priorities
• Team player - ability to maintain mutual support within a high profile team
• Relationship management: effectively partner with divisions across the firm with a focus on end-client value
• Control-oriented

Nice to Haves

• Experience of data governance or data management
• Prior experience in financial services industry in Regulatory Reporting
• Ideally has a good understanding of data usage in one or more business areas

What You'll Be Doing

• Drive adoption of the firmwide data governance framework in the division
• Manage initiatives to improve the quality of data governance
• Interface and coordinate with project team(s) to define objectives, develop approach, create detailed schedules, provide status updates and prepare deliverables for projects
• Document Data Lineage from source to reporting and ensure effective controls are in place from data entry to report production
• Work with data consumers and producers to negotiate ownership of data
• Develop communication and reference materials that enable data consumers and producers to implement the data governance policy and standard
• Define and create appropriate data validation controls
• Provide data quality analytics that enable data consumers and producers to drive remediation efforts
• Partner with users and provide feedback on the strategic tooling to engineering teams for business use cases
• Build consensus across senior stakeholders
• Communicate progress to senior stakeholders and within the team

Perks and Benefits

• Autonomy: You’ll have significant autonomy in designing and writing solutions to help our stakeholders deliver for the firm’s clients
• Interpersonal Communication: You’ll engage with data producers and consumers across all areas of the business to understand their requirements and to propose solutions tailored to their needs
• Creativity: You’ll be encouraged to suggest improvements to products and to propose ways in which we can add value for our stakeholders
• Training: Your manager will support your professional development, allowing you time for training at work, helping you learn and grow within the organization, and providing opportunities for increasing responsibility