Data Governance Analyst

Howden Group Services is looking for a Data Governance practitioner to support the enhancement and implementation of our Data Governance framework across the whole of the Group.

As a DG Analyst, you will help embed a culture of excellence that focuses on delivering foundations for sustainable growth under the guidance of Data Governance Leads and the Group Head of Data Governance, through the delivery of Data Governance services to business stakeholders and projects.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Data Champions and Data Owners embedded across the Group to advise them on compliance with policies, standards and drive data quality improvement.
• Work with other colleagues in Group Data to implement good Data Governance practices.
• Support the management and maintenance of key Data Governance framework assets and make improvement recommendations.
• Participate in projects that deliver the new capabilities, services and assets in our roadmap.
• Support the development and reporting of Key Performance and Key Risk Indicators for Data Governance.
• Develop, disseminate, and support data governance literacy materials and comms to Data Practitioners and wider data community.
• Help prepare meeting packs and reports and or template materials to facilitate data governance meetings.
• Support communications strategy and maintain and help to administrate the data governance SharePoint site and other resources.
• Help to ensure that Data Owners and Data Stewards are suitably trained to carry out their activities.

Requirements:

Essential:

• Experience of working as Data Governance practitioner or similar role (at least 4 years).
• Experience of Data Governance approaches and practices in large organisation(s).
• Experience working with business, data and technical teams to clearly document Data Governance requirements.
• Experience of assisting in the implementation of Data Governance projects in a large organisation.
• Strong understanding of Data Risk and Control taxonomies.
• Good communication skills with both business and technical stakeholders.
• A self-starter who can handle multiple priorities.
• Able to articulate sophisticated technical themes to business partners.
• High attention to detail whilst understanding the bigger picture.
• Strong problem-solving skills.

Desired:

• Insurance broking or wider Financial Services industry knowledge.
• Experience with Data Governance tools (e.g. Collibra, Informatica, Orchestra Networks etc.).
• Understanding of Data Quality Management.

What we offer:

• A career that you define.
• Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new.
• We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges.
• We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond.