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About the Team: 

The UK Data Governance (DG) team is responsible for instilling the principles of data governance within Investec plc, working with business to implement and operationally control DG processes and technologies in line with the Data Governance Policy and Data Quality procedure.

Key Role and Responsibilities: 

We are seeking a highly motivated Data Governance Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate will be able to multi task at various levels within the business, across platforms and business areas and be comfortable with both business and technical environments. 

We are seeking a highly motivated Data Governance Analyst to join our team. The ideal candidate will be able to multitask at various levels within the business, across platforms and business areas and be comfortable with both business and technical environments. Will be responsible for conducting the operational components of the DG team to allow the effective day to day management of the data in an efficient manner.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the creation and monitoring of Data Validation reports.
• Performing data: cleansing, analysis, interpreting and visualisation
• Implementing and maintaining a central data issue log, used for prioritisation and progress monitoring. 
• Facilitate root cause analysis and remediation through changes to Ops processes or additional controls.
• Managing, tracking and escalation of data issues by facilitating regular working groups.
• Engage with data stewards to define critical data elements and with the various IT and Ops teams to govern the data through ownership, definitions, and lineage.

Core Skills and Knowledge: 

• Awareness data governance and Data quality principles
• Strong analytical and diagnostic skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and demonstrable facilitation techniques
• Ability and experience of interacting with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation across multiple business areas.
• Ability to understand data gaps in current business process and assist in facilitating a programme of improvement.
• Proficient in Querying data from multiple sources: SQL, Profiling large data sets, SQL, Excel, PowerBI, or equivalent and Visualisation data: PowerBI or equivalent.
• Understanding of Master Data Management and reference data

As part of our collaborative & agile culture, our working week is 4 days in the office and one day remote.

Investec offers a range of wellbeing benefits to make our people feel healthier, balanced and more fulfilled in their lives inside and outside of work.

Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion. This creates an environment in which everyone is free to be themselves which helps to drive innovation, creativity and ultimately business performance. At Investec we want everyone to find it easy to be themselves, and to feel they belong. It's a responsibility we all share and is integral to our purpose and values as an organisation.

Research shows that some candidates can be reluctant to apply to a role unless they meet all the criteria. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit here and welcome you to do the same – if the role excites you, please don't let our person specification hold you back. Get in touch!

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