Responsible for implementing data management standards and work closely with the Business Data Steward in maintaining a common catalogue of data points and business terminology. Liaise with business teams and act as the bridge between business and technology teams in order to ensure people understand how the data is created, manipulated, stored, and moved within and between technical systems.

Key Accountabilities

Data Governance

• Support the Executive - Data Governance to operationalize the documented data governance policies and procedures

• Gathering, documenting, and reviewing requirements with various business and data owners across the organization. Providing necessary support and inputs in the implementation of / improvement of controls in areas of collection, storage, protection and usage of data, impacting their respective functions

• Identification of areas where existing enterprise-level policies and procedures require change or where new ones need to be developed to ensure Data Governance objectives are met

• Partnering with project teams to integrate governance practices as part of a project lifecycle

• Perform regular compliance audits specific to the implemented controls and submit detailed audit reports to the Executive - Data Governance for review and action. Conducting sessions with owners of individual audit findings to discuss the root cause and agree on remediation steps

• Be available for the sessions with Executive - Data Governance and Business Data Steward to listen to their ideas on how to leverage data to improve growth, customer experience, etc.

• Ongoing communication and raising of awareness on some of the key elements of Data Governance framework - Data Quality, Master and Reference Data management, Data Catalogue, Dictionaries, Lineages, etc. to improve adoption of data standards

• Optimal utilization of the Data Governance tools procured by the Bank

Lead projects under able guidance of the Executive - Data Governance and work closely with Business Data Stewards to ensure that all technical data generated through various applications in the bank are well documented and understood. Key activities from source system and metadata point of view will include:

• Bank-wide source system analysis and review
• Data catalog, data dictionary and business glossary development and management via metadata capture
• Understanding of key data points across different subject areas within the bank across different critical banking applications

Other Accountabilities

Develop data flows based on the source system understanding Number of source system data flows developed
Be responsible for detailed documentation of all types of metadata, approvals from source systems owners and business leads, publishing of this metadata bank-wide Number of source system metadata elements documented, approved by source system owners and published
Active participation and support provided to Executive - Data Governance and Business Data Steward in the implementation of data quality controls and perform regular monitoring of data quality standards Number of data quality standards supported for implementation

Number of data quality standards monitored
Assist the representatives of the Data Governance Task Force (DGTF) to gather BI and analytical requirements in their respective business lines and in converting them into formal requirement specifications Number of formal requirement specification created

Quality of exception reports; through validation at build stage
Point of contact for Data Architect and Modeler during development of NBF\'s enterprise data model Number of sessions facilitated / conducted for enterprise wide data model development
Support in the creation and submission of the reports / discussion packs for Data Governance Task Force (DGTF) & other governance committees

Work collaboratively with the DGTF members on the problem statements discussed during the forum ensuring compliance with service level agreements, documentation requirements and the policies related to data management and governance Effective, and efficient and timely submission of information

No. of instances where an agreed SLA has been breached

Other Accountabilities

Job Context

Work within the Data Governance and IS&T frameworks. Work in coordination and consultation with Executive - Data Governance, Senior Manager - Data Governance, Business Data Steward, Data Architect and Modeler, and with other teams in line with the policies and procedures instituted by the Bank.

Education

Bachelor Degree

Experience and Skills

Professional Qualifications (Desired)
Business analyst certification
Metadata Certification

Work Experience (Required)
Minimum 8-10 years post qualification experience preferably in banking industry. Functional understanding of metadata management and data management practices. Prior experience of working in projects related to metadata management, data quality / profiling tools, especially in customer centric applications, and enhancement of linked processes and systems would be an added advantage.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes (Required)

• Good understanding of business architectures related to customer applications (including key internal business processes and application interactions)
• Strong understanding of metadata, business analysis and data quality
• Strong MS Excel, MS PowerPoint skills
• Strong verbal, written and presentation communication skills with ability to work across multiple departments, particularly with Finance, Technology, Business and Operations
• Strong business acumen & interpersonal skills to interface with senior leadership
• Planning and organizing skills

Technical Competencies

Asset Liability Management and Market Intelligence- Finance- Basic

Cost and Vendor Management Control- Finance-Basic

Data Governance and Business Intelligence (BI)- Finance- Proficient

Financial Analysis and Performance Management- Finance- Basic

Financial, Regulatory Reporting and Compliance- Finance- Basic

Strategic Planning and Budgeting- Finance- Basic

Financial Control and Accounting- Finance- Basic

Communication & Collaboration-Advanced

Data Science-Advanced

Information & Data Literacy - Proficient

Behavioural Competencies

Change and Innovation - Proficient

Communication - Proficient

Evaluating and Solving Challenges - Proficient

Results Orientation - Proficient

Working and collaborating with others - Proficient

National Bank of Fujairah