Data Governance Specialist

Requisition ID: 220192

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Contributes to establishing, supporting, and maintaining Technology Data Governance at Scotiabank as part of the Resilience Analytics team. A seasoned data analyst, you have experience providing data solutions and repositories with best-in-class data governance technologies. The incumbent will focus on defining the technology domain, identifying global authoritative sources of technology data, classifying data assets, catalogue critical data elements along with their lineage, and manage data quality. The incumbent will be aware of regulatory requirements around data governance and aid meeting all regulatory and audit requirements.  Technology data revolves around the data to manage technology operations to reduce risk and improve resilience and reliability. This role ensures all activities are conducted in compliance with enterprise data standards, policies and procedures.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

• Completes prioritized tasks and analysis to advance data governance within technology including all audit and regulatory requirements.   

• Advances the increased saturation of data governance across technology operations.  

• Works with the delivery teams and Data Office on properly cataloging Critical Data Elements (CDEs). This includes identifying data sources, mapping data/information flows, documenting data lineage, outlining data and payload models, clarifying transformation logic and influencing data model development.  

• Performs data profiling, analyzes, and communicates results in support of data quality processes. 

• Identifies important data gaps and suggests solutions, including the creation of metadata models and business glossaries.   

• Manages complex data analyses in working with both structured and unstructured data, including collating disparate data sets from many sources. 

• Documents end to end data flows and lineage from capture at source, to storage, to delivery and its business intent at each stage (i.e., capture, transformation, fragmentation, editing) 

• Conducts dimensional modelling, metadata management, data wrangling, data cleaning and conforming, and warehouse querying. 

• Facilitates technology discussions, solutioning processes, and decision making with multiple groups including technology teams and across Scotiabank business areas, risk teams, and audit teams. 

• Considers the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture in daily activities and decisions. 

• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct, and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations.  

• Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.  

• Monitors project progress by tracking activity, resolving problems, publishing progress reports and recommending actions. 

• Works in an Agile mindset to accelerate operational procedures within the bank.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have: 

• 3+ years’ experience working as a senior contributor in a data focused team working with data governance, data management frameworks, cataloging CDEs, and tracing / managing data lineage. 

• 3+ years’ experience leading meetings and creating presentation decks for various technical, business, and risk / compliance audiences.  Skilled in summarizing and provides insights from complicated processes. 

• 2+ years operational Technology Experience and understands the concepts of Technology Risk, Resilience, and Reliability.  

• 2+ years’ experience with ServiceNow or other ITSM solutions. ITIL V3/V4 certified preferred.   

• 2+ years’ experience in documenting or defining processes for Incident and Problem Management.   

• Strong business acumen, data analysis, metadata documentation, and data quality control skills, including analyzing business process controls, sourcing lineage, identifying data quality issues, and proposing remediation steps. 

• Above average written and spoken English includes the ability to synthesize complex ideas from various sources.  

• Proven interpersonal and negotiation skills that allow you to build consensus and obtain co-operation from both support teams and senior management. 

• Demonstrates initiative and problem-solving abilities, while also effectively collaborating with team members.

Nice to have:

• Spanish speaker and have experience collaborating with cross functional teams in highly geographically diverse backgrounds. 

• Experience in development / engineering in a Data Warehouse environment including Python ETL, SQL, and Power BI Visualizations. Google Cloud Experience preferred. The technology stack comprises several components, including SQL/SQL Server, Power BI, Python, and various other scripting languages. Hadoop, Hive and R.  

• Experience with predictive analysis and machine learning. 

• Experience with open-source data integration platforms like Airflow, NiFi, Prefect. 

• Experience storing, manipulating and integrating NoSQL data to BI reporting. 

• Experience with IT Governance concepts; COBIT. 

• Experience working in an Agile team environment

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.

• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.  

• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance. 

• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.

• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Work arrangements: Hybrid

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Location(s):  Canada : Ontario : Toronto 

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.