Data Governance Team Lead at GVA Partners

Summary

• Our client requires the service of a highly skilled person in Data Governance with Fin-Tech to lead the creation, maintenance and monitoring of the DG policies, frameworks, processes, and procedures for guiding the data Governance activities in the Enterprise.
• The successful candidate will work on other data related tasks as assigned by the Head of Data Governance and Chief Data Officer.

Key Responsibilities
Overall Accountabilities:

• Develop and implement Data Management strategies, portfolio & roadmap
• Drive policy, implementation, and control.
• Drive Data framework implementation.
• Draft Training, Communications, Awareness, and Engagement plans to the Bank.
• Define how controls will be embedded, measured, and assessed.
• Evolve the governance processes as needed as platforms and processes change.
• Be the point of contact for Data Governance queries, including escalation point for client concerns.
• Support and supervise information stewardship activities and management.
• Align the data governance programme to the Group’s strategy
• Manage the delivery of the data governance programme.

Operational Effectiveness, Risk and Control:

• Assist in driving a culture of Data management across the Access Nation and contribute to enhanced operational efficiency by incorporating the use of best practices and methodology
• Drive synchronization and management of source of record
• Manage data as a strategic asset and operationalize data controls and frameworks to sustain the integrity of the data
• Drive and support the use of a common data dictionary and automated data refinement to effectively run compliance models – really need focus on controls in models
• Foster a culture of Innovation with enterprise-wide collaboration and partnerships
• Collaborate on cross functional innovative self-service analytics to eliminate unnecessary manual effort.

Leadership and Teamwork:

• Coordinate data management requirements, the data governance framework (including standards & guidelines) and high-level data architecture to ensure the successful implementation of the data management strategy
• Assist with recognizing and upholding digital security systems to protect delicate information.
• Detail and communicates the data management strategy
• Develop and deliver trainings and coaching for increasing Data Management within all segments of the Bank.
• Ensure strong physical data protection controls are in place.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and transparency around data.

Customers / Stakeholders:

• Engage appropriate stakeholders in ongoing data protection exercise
• Provide proper training and awareness for staff on data governance requirements
• Establish rules and procedures for data sharing with upper management, external stakeholders etc.
• Support others in the daily use of data systems and ensure adherence to legal and company standards
• Work proactively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure best practices on data matters
• Manage and own relationships
• Advisory and Consultancy to our stakeholder community on Data Management related matters.
• Take care of our customers privacy just as take care of their financial wellbeing and customer journey
• Ability to articulate to colleagues, executives, Audit and our regulators, how we are doing on data.
• Work with stakeholders to evolve Group Data Policy principles and align to Group values
• Provide advisory, execution and governance support as needed in respect of regulation impacting Access Banks data agenda
• Support regulatory engagement at group level and where necessary in support of subsidiaries.

Qualifications and Experience
Mandatory Desirable:

• University Degree and/or professional qualification in an Information Technology related subject and/or project management
• 3 years of equivalent work experience in the Data Governance field, ideally in the Retail Banking sector
• Excellent analytical skills, written and verbal communication skills
• Data Governance Certification (CDMP, DAMA, DGSP, or CIMP Master Data Management)
• IT certification and other professional qualification.

Skills / Competencies:

• Knowledge of industry leading data governance practices
• Knowledge of structured programming, testing, and debugging techniques.
• Ability to supervise and train assigned staff.
• Ability to verify data input and correct errors.
• Knowledge of current technological developments/trends in area of expertise.
• Knowledge of database construction, management, and retrieval methods.
• Ability to resolve data input, storage and/or retrieval problems and to design solutions and modifications.
• Specialist knowledge of data governance principles and practices.
• Strong background and working knowledge in end-to-end data management principles.
• Ability to impact operations and effect change without being confrontational.
• Ability to work independently and excellent teamwork spirit.
• Extremely organized with strong time-management skills.
• Ability to take direction and execute.
• Good communication skill (Oral & Written).
• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.
• Detail oriented, analytical, and inquisitive.