Data Steward

James Adams; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

James Adams Group is partnering with a major Financial Services employer in the North West to recruit a Data Steward who will own data lineage, quality and governance.

You will collaborate between business users and data engineers, defining standards and building a trusted data asset while helping the function mature.

Qualifications

• Experience in a data governance or data management programme.
• Strong SQL skills (essential); Python is a bonus.
• Exposure to financial data (book of record, transactional, market or reference data).
• Background within Financial Services.
• Working knowledge of GDPR/CCPA privacy regulations.
• Clear communicator who can translate between business and technical audiences.
• Self-starter who brings structure to a growing function.

Responsibilities

• Own the story of the data: provenance, movement and data quality rules.
• Build out and maintain the data catalogue and lineage mappings.
• Partner with Data Engineering to ensure correct data handling and movement.
• Define practical data quality rules for datasets.
• Investigate data issues with business users and engineers and drive root-cause fixes.
• Be the go-to expert for the datasets you oversee.

Skills

Data governance

SQL

Python

Financial data

Data privacy

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Data Science or similar

Job description

Data Steward | Financial Services | North West | Salary - Attractive DoE

James Adams Group is partnering with a well-established Financial Services business as it builds out a new Data function. This is a chance to be one of the first hires into a team that will shape how data is owned, governed and trusted across the organisation.

The opportunity

As a Data Steward, you'll own the story of the data: where it comes from, where it goes, and everything that happens to it along the way. Sitting between business users and the technical team, you'll set the standards that turn data into a reliable, valuable asset.

What you'll be doing

• Building out and maintaining the data catalogue
• Mapping lineage, transformations and cleansing logic from source to target
• Partnering with Data Engineering so data is handled and moved correctly
• Defining practical data quality rules for your datasets
• Investigating data issues alongside business users and engineers, and pushing for fixes at the root rather than downstream workarounds
• Becoming the go-to expert for the datasets you look after

What we're looking for

• Hands-on experience in a data governance or data management programme
• Strong SQL skills (essential); Python is a bonus
• Exposure to financial data, such as book of record, transactional, market or reference data
• A background within Financial Services
• Working knowledge of data privacy regulation (GDPR, CCPA)
• A degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science or similar is desirable
• Clear communicator who can translate between business and technical audiences
• Self-starter who enjoys bringing structure to a function that's still taking shape

Don't tick every box? If the role excites you and you bring relevant transferable skills, we'd still like to hear from you.