Business Data Analyst – Data Quality & Governance
(Banking)
Key Skills: Credit Risk, Treasury, CDE, Regulatory
Reporting, SQL
Data Governance Business Systems Analyst – Financial
Data, Data Quality & SQL
Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2 days a week in office
Key Responsibilities
- Support the implementation
and execution of Data Governance frameworks for financial, risk, lending,
and regulatory data.
- Identify
and document Critical Data Elements (CDEs), including definitions,
ownership, stewardship, and data flows.
- Develop
and maintain end-to-end data lineage, metadata, and source-to-target
mappings.
- Define,
monitor, and improve Data Quality controls and standards.
- Perform
data reconciliation, variance analysis, and investigate data quality
issues.
- Conduct
root-cause analysis and coordinate remediation with business and
technology teams.
- Document
business rules, transformation logic, data mappings, and system
dependencies.
- Facilitate
stakeholder discussions to establish data ownership, resolve issues, and
drive governance initiatives.
- Track
data quality issues, risks, remediation actions, and governance decisions.
- Prepare
governance reports, issue summaries, and audit/regulatory documentation.
- Support
compliance, risk, audit, and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Promote
consistent data governance, metadata, and data quality practices across
the organization.
Top 3 Required Skills
1. Financial Domain Knowledge
- Knowledge
of financial products, treasury, credit risk, exposures, and regulatory
reporting.
- Experience
with financial/risk reporting and business rules.
2. Data Governance
- Experience
with data lineage, metadata, CDEs, and data ownership.
- Strong
understanding of Data Quality controls (accuracy, completeness,
consistency, timeliness, etc.).
3. Stakeholder Management
- Ability
to work with Finance, Risk, Technology, Compliance, and Operations teams.
- Strong
communication, issue resolution, and governance reporting skills.
Top 3 Preferred Skills
1. Data Analysis & SQL
- Strong
SQL, data reconciliation, variance analysis, and root-cause investigation
skills.
2. Financial Systems & Reporting
- Familiarity
with lending, treasury, risk, data warehouse, and regulatory reporting
systems (Loan IQ/APMS is a plus).
3. Documentation & Issue Management
- Experience
with issue tracking, remediation, data lineage, mappings, governance
reporting, and business/technical documentation.
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor's
degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Data Management, Information
Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
- Relevant
certifications (CDMP, CBAP, CFA, FRM, CPA, etc.) preferred.
- Equivalent
education and professional experience will be considered.