Senior Data Governance Consultant – Financial Services

Capco Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Career growth opportunities

Innovation culture

Job summary

Capco is seeking an experienced Data Governance professional to join its Singapore Data Team. You will design and implement governance, data management, and data quality programs across banking and financial services clients, helping drive regulatory compliance and value from data assets.

The role requires 6–10 years in data governance, strong stakeholder engagement with executives and regulators, and hands-on experience with Collibra, DCAM, and modern data platforms.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years in Data Governance, Data Management, or Enterprise Data Transformation programs.
• Strong FS experience across Banking, Wealth Management, Insurance, or Capital Markets.
• Knowledge of DCAM, data governance operating models, control frameworks.
• Experience with Data Lineage, Metadata Management, Master Data Management, Data Quality, and Data Architecture.
• Strong stakeholder management with executives and regulators.
• Hands-on with Collibra or similar governance tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Data Governance and Data Management frameworks for banking clients.
• Develop data dictionaries, glossaries, metadata catalogs, data lineage, and classification standards.
• Support Data Architecture, Data Quality, MDM and Metadata Management initiatives.
• Drive Data Sovereignty, Residency and regulatory compliance programs.
• Partner with business, risk, compliance, and executives to embed governance.
• Deliver data transformation initiatives using Agile methodologies and support reporting.
• Leverage governance tools to improve data transparency and quality.

Skills

Data governance

Data management

Data architecture

Data quality

Stakeholder mgmt

Agile / Hybrid

Collibra

Regulatory compliance

Data lineage

Metadata management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems / CS / Data Analytics

Tools

DCAM

Purview

Informatica

Collibra

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Capco, a Wipro company, is a global technology and management consultancy specializing in driving digital transformation in the financial services industry. With a growing client portfolio comprising of over 100 global organizations, Capco operates at the intersection of business and technology by combining innovative thinking with unrivalled industry knowledge to deliver end-to-end data-driven solutions and fast-track digital initiatives for banking and payments, capital markets, wealth and asset management, insurance, and the energy sector. Capco’s cutting-edge ingenuity is brought to life through its Innovation Labs and award-winning Be Yourself At Work culture and diverse talent.

About the Job

Capco’s Data Team helps our clients transform every aspect of their business. We are highly skilled at formulating data strategy, defining business and technology initiatives across the data management lifecycle and aligning multi-year strategic roadmaps with clients’ business goals. As digital technologies advance and regulations tighten, today’s consumers and today’s businesses are becoming more aware of the importance of good quality data. We work to establish holistic ways to effectively manage data through the modern data supply chain and facilitate consumption through analytics, modelling, AI, machine learning, dashboarding, and reporting.

What You'll Get to Do

• Design and implement enterprise Data Governance and Data Management Frameworks for leading financial institutions.
• Define and operationalise data ownership, stewardship, critical data elements (CDEs), business glossaries, metadata, lineage and data quality controls.
• Help clients strengthen Data Quality, Metadata Management, Master Data Management and Data Architecture capabilities.
• Shape governance operating models, policies, standards and controls that work in practice.
• Support regulatory and risk-driven initiatives involving data sovereignty, residency, privacy and cross-border data.
• Work with business, technology, risk, compliance and senior leadership to solve complex enterprise data challenges.
• Use platforms such as Collibra, Informatica, Microsoft Purview and Ab Initio to improve data transparency, lineage and control.
• Contribute to major data transformation programmes and help clients prepare their data estates for cloud, analytics and AI.

What You'll Bring With You

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Finance, Mathematics, Operations Research, or a related discipline.
• 6+ years' proven experience across Data Governance, Data Management or enterprise data transformation, ideally within Banking, Wealth Management, Insurance or Capital Markets.
• Knowledge of industry frameworks such as DCAM, Data Governance Operating Models, Control Frameworks, and Data Lifecycle Management.
• Experience with Data Lineage, Metadata Management, Master Data Management, Data Quality, and Data Architecture.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage senior executives, regulators, and cross-functional teams.
• Hands-on experience with Collibra (preferred) or other enterprise data governance and metadata management tools.
• Experience delivering projects using Agile or hybrid methodologies.

You do not need to tick every box. If your experience is primarily in one or two areas of Data Governance or Data Management and you’re interested in broadening your expertise through consulting, we’d still like to hear from you.

Nice to Have

Exposure to DCAM, DAMA/CDMP, BCBS 239, GDPR, PIPL, MAS TRM or similar regulatory/data management frameworks is valuable, as is experience with cloud data platforms or certifications across AWS, Azure or GCP.

Eligibility to Work in Singapore

Applicants must have unrestricted working rights in Singapore. Only Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents (PRs) will be considered. Employment Pass sponsorship is not available for this role.

WHY CAPCO?

We are expanding our business rapidly across Singapore and Asia. You will work on engaging projects with some of the largest banking and insurance clients in the world, projects that will deliver significant transformation and change.

We offer:

You will join a company that supports and encourages an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. Capco is not about organizational charts and layers – we operate with little hierarchy because we want all employees to feel that Capco is their firm.We warmly value diversity and inclusion and embrace our collective uniqueness – our culture is a strong, fresh, and invigorating difference from our competitors.

We offer highly competitive benefits, including medical and dental insurance and a work culture focused on innovation and creation of lasting value for our clients and employees.

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