Ops and Data Management - External Data Lead- Director

A leading Financial Services company headquartered in the City of London is looking to recruit a Ops and Data Management - External Data Lead- Director. The newly created team is responsible for defining and implementing the new EMEA Data Strategy, building out its data management capabilities, and ultimately focusing on how to exploit data more effectively and innovatively within the business. This exciting role will require the ideal candidate to help drive data-led transformation through the organisation, and it is a great opportunity to join at the very start of this exciting journey.

Duties required:

To create a map of where external data is used within EMEA and current requirements for external data
To understand the purchasing and contractual mechanism in place for the data
To review the business areas and their requirements to see where external data could support business change, cost reduction or growth.
To understand what external data is being used for and the cost benefit of that use
To develop a frameworks for the assessment of requirements and usage going forward
To build out and support the usage of our ESG data and support bringing these element under data governance
To set up a user community
To propose a structure and target operating model for how the business can manage and get value for money from all our external data vendors
Identify ways of rationalising data procurement
Identify any redundant contracts
Identify where data could be used to support the business strategy
To work closely with the KYC change team to identify opportunities

Essential skills:

Subject matter expert (SME) for external data, including data dictionary, interfaces, contracts and quality
An understanding of Physical, Logical, and Business data Models
Partner with business stakeholders to drive focus on prioritisation of external data
Ability to think in an enterprise rather than a siloed or business unit focused fashion
Analytically minded with experience in problem solving and being able to implement and deliver solutions.
Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint supporting Business Process Modelling
Proven ability to be a team player, while retaining the ability to work independently with little supervision.
Confident manner and strong presentation skills.
Ability to work independently and see challenges through to resolution
Display thought leadership in data management techniques and methodologies
Strong stakeholder engagement skills to communicate and achieve buy-in from stakeholders across EMEA
Understanding of data governance with knowledge of data governance practices, business and technology issues related to management of enterprise data and approaches related to data protection
Exposure to Collibra or other data governance tools

Desirable:

Knowledge of data related regulatory requirements
Knowledge of emerging trends and issues within the Data Management landscape
Experience with vendors (Moody’s, BvD, Bloomberg, Morning Star, HIS Markit, Social Media)
Experience working in regulated frameworks, ideally financial services

Please send your CV in to this advert to get in touch with Venn Group’s Financial Services team to explore this opportunity further. If you know of anyone else in your network who would be suitable for this position, please forward this email.