Data Steward

Job summary: The Citi Private Bank (“CPB”) Data Steward will provide oversight for the use, management, and integrity of the data across its lifecycle with a focus on improving siloed approaches to data, supporting the overarching Enterprise’s mission and goals, providing value, minimizing risk and complying with applicable regulations, accreditation, and legal standards. They will have decision - making and policy-making authority for matters related to governance and oversight of CPB data and its ability to maintain the integrity, reliability, timeliness and accuracy necessary to support business and IT data management processes. They will support the overarching Enterprise’s vision and help maintain a robust data governance framework including policies, standards, processes and technology required to manage and ensure the availability, accessibility, quality, consistency, auditability and security of data consumed and produced by CPB, as well as to address CPB data issues raised by Business Process Areas, Technology or support functions and recommend solutions, strategies and alternatives regarding CPB data. Job Background/Context: - The position requires analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex material, technical or business or otherwise, from multiple sources Key Responsibilities: - Leadership - Champion data governance, ensure accountability, and increase the value of data assets - Influence - Effect change and acceptance of processes, roles and ownership and ensure alignment with CPB business priorities - Quality - Oversee efforts to improve quality so as to provide data that is accurate, clear and easy to access - Prioritization - Prioritize efforts to address data gaps and needs - Cooperation - Facilitate cross-organizational collaboration across banks as well as Lines of Business for data sharing, and integration (break down barriers between business units, reduce data silos) - Flexibility - Encourage creative and innovation solutions to data needs - Training - Train management and staff to adopt common approaches to data issues Skills Required - Understanding of information management practices including information lifecycle management, data modelling, master data management and carrying out business audits and requirements gathering - Ability to work with system users to elicit and formally define their requirements - Experience in data governance programs with knowledge of data governance principles and practices - Strong ability to extract information by questioning, active listening and interviewing - Excellent program and project management skills both waterfall and Agile e.g. Scrum - Experience of requirements gathering for data warehouse or similar data systems - Data analysis skills with the capability of identifying data quality issues and correlating those issues with data specifications and quality rules - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - able to liaise with staff at all levels - Strong analytical and problem solving skills - Excellent writing skills, with the ability to create clear requirements, specifications and documentation - Strong ability to communicate embed information, business process and system wide changes to a technical and nontechnical audience - Ability to work on own initiative within agreed boundaries - Ability to work under pressure and manage conflicting priorities - Ability to work with technical and nontechnical staff - Flexible and adaptable Preferred Skills - Understanding of the principles of IT security and data protection - Experience using agile project management tools such as Jira - Experience working within the information/records management discipline - Experience in the financial services industry with a focus on Private Banking/Wealth Management - Experience with data governance, master data management, quality and lineage tools e.g. Collibra, IBM MDM, Tibco EBX, Solidatus, GlobalIDs, ASG Qualification: - Bachelor’s degree (in science, computers, information technology or engineering) or equivalent experience - Experience in data governance, quality and controls, preferably in the financial services industry - **Job Family Group**: Technology - **Job Family**: Data Governance - **Time Type**: Full time - Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. View the "**EEO is the Law**" poster. View the **EEO is the Law Supplement**. View the **EEO Policy Statement**. View the **Pay Transparency Posting