Data Management Officer - Border To Coast Pension Partnership

Leeds Source: WhatJobs

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Data Management Officer

LEEDS | ASSET MANAGEMENT | COMPETITIVE PACKAGE

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership is one of the UK's largest local government pension pools and the largest asset manager outside London and Edinburgh. It is owned by 18 Local Government Pension Scheme partner funds with approximately £120 billion of assets and more than two million members.

As a customer-owned and customer-focused organisation, Border to Coast’s purpose is to make a difference for the Local Government Pension Scheme. Integrity, collaboration and sustainability are at the heart of how the pool works, and it is continuing to invest in its technology, data and innovation capabilities to support long-term strategic ambitions.

Border to Coast is an FCA regulated asset manager with a reputation for taking the long view. Having built its success on disciplined, sustainable investment, the business is now making a significant commitment to the next generation of its data, analytics and AI capability, and this appointment sits at the centre of that programme.

You will provide the operational expertise behind the firm's data management, ensuring data related business requirements are designed, built and deployed in line with the Data Strategy, and supporting the delivery of data governance and business intelligence across the business, ensuring every solution satisfies the security, governance, quality and operational resilience expectations of a regulated environment.

What you will be doing

Work closely with functions and data owners to understand information needs, translating business requirements into effective queries and analysis
Collect, cleanse and analyse large datasets to identify trends, patterns and anomalies, applying statistical methods to extract meaningful insight from diverse sources
Support the design and embedding of data requirements, including regulatory requirements, across the business
Keep information handling effective and compliant, meeting regulatory requirements for storage, retention, deletion and classification
Contribute to the Electronic Document Management System, ensuring effective structure and metadata, compliant access controls, reporting and operational oversight
Support effective data governance across the business, including policies, standards and procedures
Establish and enforce data quality standards, ensuring accuracy and reliability across the organisation
Support the Data Governance Operating Model and the day-to-day delivery of data governance tooling
Ensure new and existing data assets, products and services adhere to relevant policies, standards and controls
Prepare and load reference and master data into core systems to support workflow and reporting
Build and maintain data quality dashboards
Drive engagement, awareness and training in data management and governance across the business
Monitor and analyse information and data systems, identifying opportunities for enhancement, from upgrades and automation to the responsible adoption of AI and machine learning
Work with the Data Manager to keep data science tooling efficient and consistent, enabling colleagues to use the latest business intelligence and analytics technologies
Investigate and support the remediation of data related problems through to resolution
Identify and elevate risk across your area of responsibility

What you will need

Knowledge of data governance principles and best practice
Experience and knowledge of data management techniques, including operational analytics and assurance reporting
Demonstrable experience of data analytics in a business environment
Experience of implementing data governance tooling
Use of BI tools in a demanding, complex business environment
Experience of documenting data assets and data lineage
Business analysis tools and techniques in both waterfall and agile environments
The confidence to manage stakeholders across technology, risk and the business
Sound judgement when reconciling conflicting information and competing priorities
Effective planning, organisational and analytical skills, with the ability to manage conflicting priorities
Strong interpersonal, problem-solving and presentation skills
Excellent written, verbal and numeracy skills, with high levels of integrity
A degree or equivalent experience, with continued development in data management and BI tools and methodologies

It would also help if you have

Knowledge of Microsoft Power BI
Financial services knowledge
Previous data management within a financially regulated company
Experience supporting the delivery of training
DAMA CDMP certification
Broader corporate awareness spanning health and safety, ICT systems, HR, information management and data protection