Data Governance and Quality Analyst

Phoenix Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

EV scheme

38 days holiday

Life assurance (12x salary)

Career breaks

Income protection

Volunteering days

Job summary

Standard Life is seeking a Data Governance & Quality Associate to join the Data Governance team within the Asset Management function. The role focuses on establishing a BAU data governance capability, implementing tooling, policies, standards, and governance practices across Asset Management.

You will work with data owners and stewards to build out data quality environments, data dictionaries, and metadata while reporting on adoption and quality metrics.

Qualifications

• Working in a data-related function within financial services.
• Proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint (intermediate).
• Basic knowledge of SQL queries.
• Strong data and analytical abilities.
• Good presentation and facilitation skills.
• Understanding of data concepts and data management systems.

Responsibilities

• Advance the Data Governance framework within Asset Management.
• Develop data dictionary and quality validation rules with stakeholders.
• Maintain metadata and business glossaries.
• Collaborate with data owners and tech teams to address data issues.
• Report Data Governance adoption metrics and data quality trends.
• Identify data quality gaps and mitigate operational risk.
• Support Data Governance forum inputs/outputs timely.
• Define clear data governance requirements for delivery teams.

Skills

Data governance

SQL basics

Excel

PowerPoint

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Team player

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Job description

Job Description

Job Type: 6 month FTC

Closing Date: 1st October

Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 (subject to experience) +bonus, excellent pension scheme, private medical insurance, electric vehicle scheme, 38 days holiday incl. Bank Holidays, plus 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more!

Location: London, Edinburgh or Birmingham

Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part‑time, job‑share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.

We're Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone's journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we've been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

Data Governance & Quality Associate

We have an incredible opportunity to join us as a Data Governance & Quality Associate to join the Data Governance team in our Business Control & Governance function.

The Role

To support the team to firmly establish data governance as a BAU capability within our Asset Management function. The goal of the Data Governance team is to ensure strong governance of our asset data, to help achieve the required level of data consistency & quality and contribute to meeting the overall Asset Management data and business strategy.

The role will focus on the implementation and operation of the asset data governance framework including the tooling, policies & standards and governance practices across the Asset Management function. The role will also contribute to building out our data quality environment, working closely with data owners, data stewards, technology teams and other stakeholders.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with a keen interest in data and to be part of a growing capability in the highly specialised area of Asset Management within the Standard Life

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with driving the maturity of the Data Governance framework by contributing and helping the business teams adopt data governance policies, standards and principles
• Partner closely with data stewards and owners to create minimum standards for data dictionary and data quality validation rules
• Participate in the implementation and maintenance of core business metadata and business data glossaries
• Partner with data owners and stewards on data governance activities and help mitigate and resolve data issues
• Manage and report metrics on Data Governance adoption and data quality issues
• Help identify data quality gaps in asset data, and partner with data stewards, owners, and technology teams to mitigate operational risk
• Work with data stewards and operational teams to identify and fill gaps of appropriate data controls
• Assist with the management of the Data Governance forum and ensure all inputs and outputs are delivered in a timely manner
• Serve as the expert on data governance business requirements and works with delivery teams to ensure requirements are clearly defined, communicated and considered as part of overall prioritisation and planning process

What we're looking for

This role would suit someone with entry‑level knowledge and experience in data, with a proactive approach to learning and developing their skill set in data governance.

Minimum Criteria

• Working in a data‑related function within financial services, ideally in an Asset Management firm
• Proficient use of Excel (Intermediate level), Word, PowerPoint
• Basic knowledge of SQL queries
• Strong data and analytical skills
• Good presentation and facilitation skills
• Understanding of data concepts, best practises, quality tools, and data management systems

Desirable

• Experience with maintaining a data governance framework, standards and principles is desirable
• Engaging data stewards or data owners to adopt and adhere to data governance processes and principles is desirable
• Experience in engaging with change programmes in a data governance capacity is desirable
• Experience with running data quality validation processes for asset data is desirable
• Experience in using data governance tools like Collibra or Alation is desirable

Personal Attributes

• Excellent attention to detail and proactive can‑do attitude
• Enthusiastic and positive approach, taking pride in output
• Ability to learn new concepts in a timely manner
• Ability to work independently and to deadlines
• Eager to learn and to develop in a data role
• Team player who is creative and solution driven.

Skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong problem‑solving skills

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we've advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

Find out more about working at Standard Life

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