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Third Party Management – Data Governance Specialist
| Company | Northern Trust |
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| Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
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| Salary | $114700 – $194900 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Assertive and effective communication skills and the ability to manage difficult conversations
- General knowledge and understanding of commonly used concepts, practices and procedures within the technology field
- Critical thinking and practical experience in roles requiring good analytical, numerical and reasoning skills
- Time management and delegation skills
- Proficient with MS Office, including Word and Excel
- Relevant practical domain knowledge
- Excellent understanding of data administration and management functions (collection, analysis, distribution etc.)
- Familiarity with modern database and information system technologies
- Experience with business process optimization
- Knowledge of the relevant regulatory environment
- Technical skills and data analysis applications knowledge (e.g. Infosphere, Informatica, Collibra, Talend, Alteryx, SQL, Python and/or PowerBI) is an added advantage
Responsibilities
- Daily workload execution and prioritization of deliverables (daily and monthly)
- Collaborates with other data management, analytics, and governance teams and executes tasks appropriately to ensure business objectives are met
- Ensures that quality data is timely delivered to business applications and stakeholders by implementing tools and processes used to maintain a common data standard across the department
- Participates in initiatives related to improving data quality, working closely with data stewards, data consultants and technology partners to gather and prepare data-related business requirements for projects and solutions
- Ensures production procedures and documents are kept up to date
- Develops and implements process control procedures and recommends solutions (strategic/tactical) to recurring operational problems
- Prepares work ensuring completeness and accuracy, and that client specifications and standards are met
- Manages escalations and coordinates with other teams
- Cultivates relationships with all stakeholders
- Acts as a subject matter expert (SME)
- Develops and maintains process monitoring dashboards and metrics
- Actively manages process risk and related controls
- Continuously drives performance, productivity and efficiency through the team(s)
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ years of total experience in the financial services industry preferred
