Business Data Consultant

Socket.dev; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 103,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

M&T Bank is seeking a Data Management professional to guide and implement the Data Management Program within a designated business unit in Buffalo, NY. The role emphasizes training, data quality, KPI/KRI monitoring, and regulatory alignment.

The candidate should have a bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience (or 9 years combined education/work), strong communication, analytics, and project management skills, and familiarity with SQL basics and financial modeling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience, or, in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 9 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including 5 years’ relevant work experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated analytical ability
• Creative problem solving skills
• Strong project management leadership
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams at various levels
• Proficiency in the use of spreadsheets, graphing, and presentations with a working knowledge of financial models
• Basic SQL programming knowledge

Responsibilities

• Manage implementation of the Data Management Program within assigned business unit, providing training to business line and technology personnel
• Facilitate data management-related working groups
• Develop an understanding of the data management practice, researching current industry trends
• Measure compliance with the business and Enterprise Data Management policy and standards for assigned units
• Work with assigned units to identify critical data elements and capture related metadata
• Monitor quality of data within assigned units, through measurement of enterprise-wide KPIs/KRIs to ensure effective data risk management
• Facilitate remediation of data management-related issues within assigned units
• Analyze large data sets to derive business insights to drive tangible business value
• Demonstrate usage of business and enterprise data management and business intelligence tools by relevant stakeholders
• Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite
• Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable
• Complete other related duties as assigned

Skills

Communication

Analytical ability

Problem solving

Project management

Cross-functional teams

Financial models

SQL basics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Spreadsheets (Excel)

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview:

Provides guidance to assigned business in implementing components of the Data Management Program in the areas of governance, quality, issue management, reporting, data architecture, solutions, analytics, or project management, and in alignment with the overall Enterprise Data Management Program.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage implementation of the Data Management Program within assigned business unit, providing training to business line and technology personnel
• Facilitate data management-related working groups.
• Develop an understanding of the data management practice, researching current industry trends.
• Measure compliance with the business and Enterprise Data Management policy and standards for assigned units.
• Work with assigned units to identify critical data elements and capture related metadata.
• Monitor quality of data within assigned units, through measurement of enterprise-wide key performance/key risk indicators (KPIs/KRIs) to ensure effective data risk management.
• Facilitate remediation of data management-related issues within assigned units.
• Analyze large data sets to derive business insights to drive tangible business value.
• Demonstrate usage of business and enterprise data management and business intelligence tools by relevant stakeholders.
• Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Scope of Responsibilities:

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities:

Not Applicable

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 9 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Demonstrated analytical ability

Creative problem solving skills

Strong project management leadership

Experience coordinating cross-functional teams at various levels

Proficiency in the use of spreadsheets, graphing, and presentations with a working knowledge of financial models

Education and Experience Preferred:

Master’s Degree

Minimum of 8 years’ professional experience

Knowledge of data management practices and/or Bank products, systems and workflows

Knowledge of process improvement methodology and business process management techniques

Proficient in pertinent project and presentation software

Basic SQL programming knowledge

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M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $103,000.00 - $171,600.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location

Buffalo, New York, United States of America