Technical Data Analyst – Markets Data Governance Office

Role profile:

The Technical Data Analyst will sit within Markets DGO and support the Data Manager in the delivery of a broad roadmap of data management and analysis outcomes, aligned to the overall Markets data strategy. This specific role will be focussed on execution of data governance across the LSEG Markets.

The individual will be responsible for:

• Technical Data Analyst will be working in a data governance squad of 3, working directly with the Dat Governance manager Markets Data Governance Office, in the execution of data governance across the division.
• As Technical Data Analyst responsible for cataloguing of data assets for one or more entities within Markets.
• Documenting data quality controls that meet data governance standards and recommending enhancements to the control framework.
• Improving the quality of data through the analysis, de-duplication; consolidation and enhancement of data, following newly documented data quality standards.
• Identifying and capturing critical data elements in LSEG’s central data catalogue.
• Identifying and capturing the metadata associated with the critical data elements.
• Identifying and documenting a business data glossary, consolidating and standardising data definitions.
• Analysing and assigning the requisite data classifications to the critical data elements.
• Mapping data policy standards to regulatory requirements, to ensure all regulatory data obligations are met.
• Supporting the Data Owner and Data Steward community with data tooling expertise.
• Collating and analysing KPIs and other data related benchmarks to measure and track the maturity of data landscape.
• Undertaking the data governance maturity assessment process.
• Identifying and reporting the data issues and risks database, escalating priority data issues to the CDO.
• Supporting the businesses in the remediation of critical data issues, reducing operational incidents related to poor data quality and controls.

 Key behaviours and skills required for the role:

• Good understanding of data management principles and best practices.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent data analysis skills and experience in data remediation approaches; (Advanced SQL; Python)
• Experience as a systems analyst an advantage.
• Understands relational databases, ETL and data architecture in general.
• Experience in Microsoft Purview useful.
• Experience in and knowledge of financial services regulatory framework and policy is beneficial.
• Open to and willingly adopts new processes / approaches / ways of working.
• Proactively identifies ways to improve products and/or services and procedures resulting in increased revenues, product/procedure improvements and/or cost reduction.
• Shares information across teams, departments and functions and actively seeks information and input from colleagues and clients.
• Actively listens to the contributions of others and respects others’ opinions, beliefs, backgrounds and points of view.
• Manages expectations, maintains regular client/colleague contact to keep them informed on progress, issues and timetables, considers the stakeholder’s needs and anticipates requirements.
• Always follows up and delivers on action points agreed with clients and colleagues.
• Takes responsibility for their own work.
• Demonstrates excellent organisational skills, plans forthcoming activities and identifies forthcoming risks.
• Willingly puts in effort to ensure activities are completed on time and to a high quality.
• Experience working within large financial organisations on the data requirements.
• Experience working in diverse, geographically dispersed financial institutions.
• Strong presence and gravitas with the ability to establish oneself.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

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