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Data Governance and Data Analytics Manager
Grant Thornton
Arlington, VA, United States
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Enterprise Technology Strategy and Innovation - Data Governance and Data Analytics Manager
Grant Thornton’s Advisory professionals are progressive thinkers who create, protect, transform value today, so our clients have the opportunity to thrive and grow. Our advisory practice creates holistic solutions delivered by innovative, curious professionals who bring technical depth and industry insight to our clients. Enterprise Technology Strategy and Innovation creates, protects, and transforms value. Our Enterprise Technology Strategy and Innovation (ETS&I) practice consists of Enterprise Technology Strategy, Information Technology Service Management, Advanced Digital Technology and Analytics, IT Strategic Sourcing and Technology Resource Effectiveness.
Position Summary
Data Governance and Data Analytics Manager supports the ETSI Principals and ETSI leadership in leading and executing strategic initiatives and projects. This role requires solid understanding of financial services industry, technology and data. This role requires a highly resourceful individual with technical depth, self-motivation, and strong analytical and connectedness skills.
Essential duties and responsibilities
• Act as a trusted advisor, and build and maintain relationships with C-level executives and business unit leaders.
• Advise on and implement transformational changes due to regulatory changes, legacy operating models and emerging technologies
• Define enterprise data strategy, vision, roadmap, standards, operating model, data and technology architecture
• Develop and drive strategy for data quality. Help set formal standards, policies and processes regarding data management
• Identify enterprise wide data quality issues, oversee remediation plans, implement data controls, and manage data quality remediation strategies
• Strategize, design and implement technical aspects of CCAR, CECL, ALLL, IFRS 17, ASC 944 and other regulatory challenges
• Establish data related standards, policies and procedures to minimize risk derived from bad data
• Ensure consistent delivery on schedule, on cost, on scope, on benefit and within quality goals
• Collaborate with service delivery partners to standardize go-to-market strategies and operationalize a best in class service delivery model
• Work closely with Grant Thornton Principals, Partners and Managing Directors to promptly identify and resolve client problems or issues
• Develop processes, procedures, and learning and development programs for newly launched services
• Communicate (verbally and in writing) externally with clients and internally with all levels of the organization to successfully accomplish objectives portraying knowledge and confidence
• Meet or exceed sales targets for new and follow-on work and targeted billing hours (utilization)
• Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
• Bachelors’ degree preferred, or 9 to 11 years of related work experience with all facets of data management including data architecture, data modeling, data quality, data warehousing, business intelligence, and metadata management
• Experience of working directly with mid and senior stakeholders from Banks
• Demonstrated success in leveraging technology to meet business objectives
• Knowledge and understanding of global banking and capital markets business processes
• Experience in assisting with establishing data governance programs with emphasis on developing and implementing data standards, policies, practices, and procedures that lead to substantive improvements in data integrity
• Exposure to tools used to support data management specifically business glossary and metadata management, data profiling and data quality
• Knowledge of common banking analytics use cases
• Knowledge and understanding of advanced analytics techniques. Example include- clustering and classification algorithms, regressions, random forests, ANOVA for time series analysis, machine learning / deep learning techniques (Bayesian probabilistic modeling)
• Knowledge of Big Data terms and analytic tools including Python, R / RHadoop, Anaconda, MADLib, Mahout, SPARK dataframes and other common frameworks
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify quantify and effectively raise business risks associated with data quality
• Experience supporting advanced analytics projects
• Experience supporting at least one regulatory transformation program
• Experience with Data Analytics toolsets such as SAS Analytics, IBM Watson, Spotfire or Tableau
• Experience with at least three of the data tools, for example: SAS, Teradata, AbInitio, MarkLogic, Spotfire, Tableau, Cloudera, Informatica, Qlikview; Experience with front office tools such as Summit, Murex, Calypso, Datatech would be preferable
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain digital concepts and technologies to business leaders, and business concepts to the IT workforce
• Highly collaborative and action-oriented; operationally excellent project management skills
• Able to successfully navigate within varying degrees of ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
• Able to multi-task, handle multiple deadlines, manage requests from multiple sources and work steadily under pressure
• Ability to work additional hours and travel domestically, as needed.
BENEFITS
Grant Thornton LLP promotes a nationally recognized culture of health and offers an extensive array of benefits to meet individual lifestyles. For a complete list of benefits please visit http://www.gt.com/.
Founded in Chicago in 1924, Grant Thornton LLP (Grant Thornton) is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the world’s leading organizations of independent audit, tax and advisory firms. Grant Thornton has revenue in excess of $1.7 billion and operates 59 offices across the United States with more than 595 partners and 8,500+ employees in the U.S. and at our Shared Services Center in Bangalore, India.
Grant Thornton works with a broad range of publicly and privately held companies, government agencies, financial institutions, and civic and religious organizations. Core industries served include consumer and industrial products, financial services, not-for-profit, private equity, and technology. Grant Thornton focuses on serving dynamic organizations that pursue growth holistically — whether through revenue improvement, leadership, mission fulfillment or innovation.
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