Senior Business Data Analyst

About the Role:
The Senior Business Data Analyst role is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate definition and execution of Risk requirements. The role represents ERM on critical regulatory matters and serves as liaison with other internal teams (incl. Internal Audit) on critical Risk issues and oversees the implementation of related remediation plans. Role reports into the ERM, Data Transformation Execution Lead.

Responsibilities:

• Drive execution of the transformation efforts for data governance policy alignment and data strategy for critical ERM regulatory, risk and business decisioning reports with specific focus on BCBS-239 reports

• Partner with data consumers to agree on the scope of report data requirements, critical data elements, data quality challenges, and success criteria of the effort

• Analyze data lineage documentation and support the creation of data and system flow documentation and process maps

• Support the updates for key data capabilities including metadata repositories, data dictionaries, data lineage, business process maps, and training materials with the data and system process flows

• Partner with business data owners required to ensure maintenance of key artifacts and overall data quality improvements

• Consolidate disparate information about the data, as well as ensure a sustainable understanding of how data flows through operational and analytic platforms and assist Data owner in institutionalizing an enhanced understanding of information assets at granular, and aggregate level

• Identify data quality "hot spots" or points of control breaks. Determine strategies to improve data quality controls and monitoring routines to de-risk points of data quality vulnerabilities using EDO approved tools and solutions

• Institute and manage change management processes related to data and system flow documentation and related data governance procedures

• Identify and support opportunities continuously to streamline and simplify the execution of data transformation initiatives and data capabilities

• Be a trusted and informed advisor / partner to regional teams and lines of business staff members

• Prepare and present status updates and solutions to stakeholders, business partners, and technology teams in a concise manner to drive decisions and actions

• Drive meetings and working sessions to solve issues, challenges, and risks by factoring input from business and technology partners and diverse points of view

• Provides user and operational support including documentation of business / data requirements using Agile methodologies and Sprint iterative development

• Understand current data handling processes and business requirements to help determine new and innovative ways to provide end-to-end data flow solutions

• Address potential barriers to timely execution before they impact the delivery, communicate potential risks and plans to mitigate issues and concerns

• Project Management - Track, execute, and report against the Use Case Plan / Business Critical milestone, deliverables, and activities

• Support the transformation leads for development of communication materials and presentations for senior management, including Data councils, Operating Committee, EMT members or other key stakeholders as required

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience in Banking or Finance; Risk experience is required

• Highly experienced in leading complex and large-scale changing initiatives or/and data intensive projects

• Execution oriented self-starter who can work independently and with limited supervision

• Experienced and adept at working with remote and global teams

• Strong business analysis competency with hands on experience in data analysis and lineage. Experience with data governance preferred

• Communicates effectively, develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences

• Collaborates effectively by building partnerships and working well with others to meet shared objectives

• Ability to gain confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity and authenticity

• Strong negotiation, influencing and stakeholder management skills across a variety of stakeholders up to Director/MD levels

• Demonstrates ability to balance between understanding the "big picture" while paying close attention to detail

• Organizational savvy: understands systems, management processes, knows where to go for information and how to interpret them

• Working knowledge of Data Governance Policy or Operating Model preferred

Education:

• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred

Please send your CV to [email protected]