Banking Operations Data Governance Specialist

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

SMBC Group is seeking an Operations Data Governance Analyst to lead governance for Operations reporting and business processes in the EMEA region. The role requires collaborating with stakeholders to ensure fit-for-purpose data and to educate teams on the importance of data governance.

The position sits in the EMEA Data Office within the Operations, Planning and Data Department. The candidate should drive end-to-end data definition, stewardship, and regulatory alignment, leveraging tools like

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of data governance, data quality, metadata, profiling, analysis, and data management tools.
• Analytically minded with problem-solving abilities and the capacity to communicate workable solutions.
• Ability to think enterprise-wide rather than siloed to a single business unit.
• Confidence engaging with stakeholders across EMEA to gain buy-in.
• Understanding of Physical, Logical, and Business data Models.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and MS Project.
• Proven ability to work as a team player and independently with limited supervision.
• Strong presentation skills and the ability to convey information clearly.
• Ability to work independently and drive challenges to resolution.
• Relevant industry experience, preferably in a quantitative discipline.
• Exposure to Collibra and other data governance tools.

Responsibilities

• Engage with Operations and bank-wide stakeholders to implement the SMBC Data Governance Framework across prioritised Reports and Business Services.
• Drive data definition, governance and lineage end-to-end for prioritised Use Cases.
• Monitor changes to business data requirements and ensure change and release management activities are executed for data domains.
• Contribute to meeting industry regulatory expectations for data governance and establish processes that generate accurate, complete, timely and reliable data.
• Work with stakeholders across the Division on the development and implementation of data standards and adoption requirements for EMEA Data.
• Participate in data governance and programme forums to advance the robustness of the Bank-wide data governance framework.
• Collaborate with business, compliance, technology and other groups to ensure data-related requirements are clearly defined and communicated during prioritisation and planning.
• Support investigation of Data Quality Issues and develop remediation plans and recommendations to fix data at the source.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Metadata

Profiling

Analysis

Data management

Data modelling

Stakeholder engagement

Enterprise thinking

MS Office

Presentation skills

Problem solving

Team player

Independent work

Industry experience

Collibra

SharePoint

Tools

Collibra

SharePoint

Job description

SMBC Group is seeking an Operations Data Governance Analyst to lead governance for Operations reporting and business processes in the EMEA region. The role requires collaborating with stakeholders to ensure fit-for-purpose data and to educate teams on the importance of data governance.

The position sits in the EMEA Data Office within the Operations, Planning and Data Department. The candidate should drive end-to-end data definition, stewardship, and regulatory alignment, leveraging tools like