Vice President, Data Governance (34226)

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA) ,
London, Greater London

Overview

Job Description

Overview of the Department: MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history, MUFG is a global network with around 2,300 offices in over 50 countries including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia and Oceania, and East Asia.. The group has over 150,000 employees, offering services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. As one of the top financial groups globally with a vison to be the world's most trusted, we want to attract, nurture and retain the most talented individuals in the market. The size and range of MUFG's global business creates opportunities for our employees to stretch themselves and reap the rewards, whilst our common values, to behave with integrity and responsibility, and to build a culture which is fair, transparent, and honest, underpin everything that we do.We aim to be the financial partner of choice for our clients, whatever their requirements, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: MTU) stock exchanges. The group's operating companies include, but are not limited to, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking (Japan's leading trust bank), Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings (one of Japan's largest securities firms), and MUFG Americas Holdings. Please visit our website for more information - mufgemea.com. The Information and Data Management (IDM) department is responsible for data management and MI production across all international subsidiaries of MUSHD and EMEA region for MUFG Bank. The mandate for the department is to: * Develop a business led, technology enabled data strategy and roadmap for delivery of data management target state * Develop a data governance framework and establish data related policies and procedures to improve the value of data as an enterprise asset * Source, validate and maintain master data repositories of market and reference data * Agree data quality standards with business owners and track metrics and continuously improve data processes * Investigate and analyse data issues, identify the root cause and recommend control improvements * Develop and support an MI platform optimised for the aggregation of data and the reporting of processed and analysed information * Deliver accurate, timely and insightful MI to the international business to support executive decision making and to meet statutory and regulatory reporting requirements. The team operates internationally with staff currently based in London, New York and Hong Kong. Main purpose of the role: We have an exciting role within our London Data Governance team. The successful candidate will be within the Data Governance Team responsible for the enterprise wide data governance framework across the EMEA region. * Embedding the Data Governance framework across the EMEA region. * Develop framework to capture Key Data Elements (KDE's) and identify golden source systems, completing data mapping for key reporting outputs. * Lead the implementation of metadata and data quality tooling across the EMEA region. * Improve data quality through assessment and root cause analysis of data issues and the build out of automated Data Quailty monitoring controls. * Contribution towards data management policy updates and global alignment. Key responsibilities: * Coordination of data mapping initiatives, including the documentation of data flows, identification of KDE's and registration of Golden Source systems. * Implementation of metadata and data quality tooling including supporting the creation of Business Requirement Documentation. * Ownership of Data Issue log and coordination with Business Data Stewards throughout the Firm. * Agreeing data quality validation criteria with Business Data Stewards. * Ensure Data policies are adhered to within change programmes across the region. * Contribute to promotion and training around data governance principles. Skills and experience: * Experience within a bank's data management function (essential) * Understanding of Data Governance regulation and best practice (essential) * Experience of supporting givernance committees and working groups (beneficial) * Experience working with Collibra or similar data governance tools (essential) * Experience in using data quality tooling (essential) Personal requirements: * Excellent communication skills * Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability * Proficient in building a strong network internally and externally * A proactive, motivated approach. * The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly * Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement * A structured and logical approach to work * Strong problem solving skills * A creative