Job Description:

We are currently assisting our financial services client with a key permanent Data Governance role. They are looking for someone with strong experience in governance, data protection, records management etc. This will be a challenging and rewarding role for someone to help the business look at best practise.

Essential Skills/Experience:

Experience in:

• Governance, data protection and data management.
• Demonstratable knowledge around data protection disciplines, data policies, specifically data strategy, data retention, record keeping and information security.
• Qualification in a relevant subject.
• Leading or playing a significant role in successfully delivering data management solutions or significant cultural change.
• Delivering effective data quality management solutions that have provided realised benefit.
• Understanding data lifecycles across internal technology.
• Policy and standards writing, and enforcement.
• Actively leading through change.
• Taking ownership for creating and delivering against a roadmap.
• Effective communication with all levels of the organisation to influence change.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Team work
• Collaboration
• Proactive

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead on analysis of current practices, policies and procedures against maturity model and identify gaps and areas for improvement.
• Develop improvement plans with the business and monitor progress.
• Lead on implementation of data governance strategy and frameworks across new acquisitions.
• Leading on completion of an information audit.
• Identify areas for improved data quality and implement within Data Quality Framework.
• Point of contact for the business on GDPR regs.
• Providing data governance support and advice to those internal users with defined data roles (Data Owners and Data Stewards).
• Monitoring of data related governance activity.
• Leading on data framework communications and associated plans.
• Working with internal audit, second line defence and vendors to ensure controls are sufficient and action plan deadlines are implemented successfully.

Benefits:

• A highly competitive salary
• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 15669

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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