Metadata Analyst

Michael Page (UK); City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading global financial institution is seeking an experienced professional in metadata management. This role involves ownership of metadata management repositories and collaboration with data owners. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in metadata management and excellent communication skills. Offering a competitive daily rate of circa £700, this position allows for hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in metadata management, including business and technical metadata.
• Familiarity with metadata management tools.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain interim metadata management repositories.
• Collaborate with data owners to populate business metadata for critical data elements.
• Support documentation of data lineage where required.

Skills

metadata management

data modeling

data profiling

stakeholder management

communication

Tools

metadata management tools

Job description

About Our Client

A leading global financial institution with a strong presence in EMEA, committed to delivering innovative solutions and maintaining the highest standards of data integrity and compliance.

Job Description

• Own and maintain interim metadata management repositories.
• Ensure metadata is maintained to policy standards.
• Collaborate with data owners and stewards to populate business metadata for critical data elements (CDEs).
• Work with project managers to populate technical metadata as required by transformation initiatives.
• Establish and execute attestation and change management processes.
• Support documentation of data lineage where required.
• Assist in identifying long‑term and interim metadata management tools.
• Promote standardization, visibility, and wider corporate usage of metadata.
• Must be hands‑on and proactive in driving metadata initiatives.

The Successful Applicant

• Significant experience in metadata management, including business and technical metadata.
• Familiarity with formal and informal metadata management tools.
• Strong skills in data modeling, data profiling, and documentation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Financial services experience preferred but not essential.

What's on Offer

• A competitive daily rate circa £700 per day (umbrella rate, Inside IR35)
• Temporary position within a large organisation in the financial services industry.
• Hybrid/ flexible working (London based)