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Data Risk & Governance Analyst

Legal & General

London

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GBP 45,000 - 60,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

A leading company in asset management is seeking a Data Risk & Governance Analyst to enhance its data governance practices. The role involves establishing data risk frameworks, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring compliance with data policies while fostering effective communication across all levels. This position not only requires a deep understanding of data management but also an ability to work well in a team-focused environment.

Benefits

Annual performance-related bonus plan

Generous pension contribution

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

At least 25 days holiday plus public holidays

Electric car scheme

Employee discounts at various retailers

Qualifications

Detailed understanding of data governance and data risk controls is essential.
Excellent experience working with various stakeholders in data governance.
Ability to articulate data benefits to non-expert audiences.

Responsibilities

Implementing a comprehensive data management framework.
Identifying and mitigating data risks.
Engaging in business activities to manage data risks and governance.

Skills

Data governance

Data risk management

Data analysis

Communication skills

Collaboration

Education

Experience in a data governance environment

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Legal & General is one of Europe’s largest asset managers, providing clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, across public and private markets. As a global investor, we are present where our clients most need us – from Hong Kong and Singapore, to Chicago and major European financial hubs.

Created by combining our investment management (LGIM) and asset origination (LGC) capabilities, our Asset Management division works with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers – which include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions – and deliver enhanced shareholder returns.

Joining us means becoming part of a market-leading team, with capabilities across the full spectrum of asset classes, with an enduring commitment to responsible investment and creating long-term, sustainable value for our clients and partners.

Job Description

We’re recruiting for aData Risk & Governance Analyst to join our team. In this role, you will support the data risk and governance team in managing all aspects of data risks and governance. Your primary focus will be on establishing and strengthening the data risk framework to enable Asset Management to mature, demonstrate data capabilities, and mitigate data risks effectively.

What you'll be doing:

Implementing a comprehensive data management framework covering data ownership, data sources, data quality, data usage, and records management
Actively identifying data risks where data does not conform to our data policy, while enhancing data governance practices
Engaging in all business-as-usual activities, ensuring a hands-on approach to managing data risks and governance
Working closely with Audit, Risk, Business teams, IT, and change programs to support data roles in understanding their responsibilities and implementing data requirements using standardized approaches
Deploying data governance standards and provide oversight on existing data governance activities.
Embedding data target operating model across Asset Management
Working closely with 2nd line to ensure RCSA processes are embedded for Data Risk
Ensuring 1st line data controls are identified, measured, monitored and managed and reported as part of the LGIM Risk and Control Self-Assessment framework

Qualifications

Who we're looking for:

Must have detailed understanding of data governance and data risk and controls
Experience of writing data governance related standards, guidance and processes
Excellent understanding and practical experience of implementing data governance across multiple stakeholders and roles. Specific experience of data ownership, identification of approved data sources and critical data elements
Must have experience of working in a data governance business as usual (BAU) environment
Collaborative approach to working with data operational teams, developers, architects and subject matter experts alike, to establish the facts, and ensure good communication of requirements
Excellent communication skills to articulate data and the associated benefits to a non-expert audience
Ability to adapt and move quickly, against a deadline/changing deadline while maintaining quality
Skills in data analysis (understanding macros, scripts, queries to profile data and determine its data quality)
Knowledge of data privacy concepts and implications for Data Governance

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
Generous pension contribution
Life assurance
Private medical insurance (permanent employees only)
At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
Competitive family leave
Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Additional Information

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Not Applicable

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Finance

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