Data Steward / Data Analyst

Company: GTN Technical Staffing and Consulting
Location: Tempe
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Data Steward-Finance/BankingHIGHLIGHTSLocation: Tempe, AZ (REMOTE DURING COVID)Position Type: Direct HireHourly / Salary: $85-95K, plus 20% annual bonusResidency Status: US Citizen or Green Card Holder ONLYOur client is looking for a Data Steward-Finance/Banking individual to join their team!Job DescriptionThe Business Data Steward is responsible for overseeing the life cycle of a set of business data elements. This individual is responsible for defining and implementing policies and procedures for the day-to-day operational and administrative management of systems and data. The Business Data Steward is ultimately responsible for establishing data-quality metrics and requirements, including defining the values, ranges, and parameters that are acceptable for each data element. They also work with the business and technology teams to establish procedures for detection and correction of data-quality issues and collaborate to establish policies, procedures, and internal controls affecting the quality of data.Primary Responsibilities:* Responsible for defining key data elements (KDE's) and identifying data assets within their own data domains.* Responsible for data quality and data accuracy across a set of business data elements.* Responsible for contributing to the development and maintenance of a business data dictionary that is aligned to physical data assets and the business glossary for the definition and maintenance of a group's data landscape including endto-end data flows/transformations and data lineage.* Partners with the data governance team to ensure solutions adhere to the organization's data principles and guidelines.* Owns group's data assets including reports, data warehouse, etc.* Responsible for solving data related issues and communicating resolutions with other solution domains.Business Partner* Interact with Finance and Business Unit stakeholders to provide guidance / alignment around Product related reports, analytics, strategic plans, business plans, targets (including recurring business reviews)* Act as a stakeholder to foster a culture which monitors and meets the needs of the business through process excellence and improvement* Collaborate with business and corporate functions and other key stakeholders to ensure consistency and alignment across people, process, technology, data, and policy* Build and maintain relationships at all levels throughout the organizationPlanning, Support, and Improvement* Support the identification, prioritization, and execution of innovative improvement initiatives* Support the development of deliverables (e.g., project plans, process documentation, roadmap), standard reporting, and tracking of performance KPI* Support requirements gathering of processes, technical designs, and implementations* Support execution of improvement recommendations across the product portfolio, policies, technology, data and systems* Stay abreast of product trends and leading practices in order to support strategic direction and product portfolio enhancements* Ensure compliance, accuracy and adequacy of required documentation* Manage through times of crisis and ambiguityDevelopment, Administration, And Other Activities* Support and provide inputs needed to inform Product decision making processQualificationsKnowledge, Skills & Competencies:* Knowledge of basic data management principles and concepts* Knowledge of how to create data standards, determine business data requirements, and business rules.* Ability to work collaboratively with analysts, architects, modelers, business and technical teams* Proficiency in SQL for generating quality assessments and insight generation* Excellent communication skills with both business and technical audiences* Subject matter knowledge of bank operations and/or financial services* Ability to leverage multiple tools to create and maintain necessary data stewardship outputs* Experience working within a data or reporting team as an analyst, modeler or data steward* Experience creating and using data models and data definitions* Experience implementing and enforcing data access control mechanisms.* Experience with improving data quality and resolving data deficiencies.* Experience with data lifecycle management.* Expertise in relationship building with different roles and level in the organization.* Bachelor's degree in business or technology; master's preferredRequired Education and Experience* Bachelor's degree in business or technology; master's preferred* 3+ years of experience fulfilling the role of a Data StewardTravel* Minimal travel - less than 10% annually

Keywords: GTN Technical Staffing and Consulting, Tempe , Data Steward / Data Analyst, Professions , Tempe, Arizona