Data Governance Systems Analyst

Company: Citigroup Inc.
Location: Irving
Posted on: June 9, 2021

Job Description:

Citi's technology team is growing at lightning speed, and we're looking for talented technologists to help build the future of global banking. Our teams are creating innovations used across the globe - we're changing the way people bank and how the world does business. Citi's technology team supports business operations in 100+ countries, across multiple lines of business spanning both Institutional and retail businesses. The group works to optimize the IT environment by standardizing production platforms, reducing complexity, and introducing innovative solutions that provide new business capabilities, reduce total cost of ownership, and create a competitive advantage for Citi. Join an environment with a laser focus on growth and progress, and take your career to the next level through the power of Citi's unmatched globality and vast expertise.

The Data Governance Systems Analyst is a senior level position having extensive data analysis expertise from a technology perspective. The skills outlined are supporting guidance based on interpretation of Data Governance Systems Analyst responsibilities and is not all inclusive. This role is ultimately accountable and responsible for ensuring data quality of their respective application(s) and completing required data management activities.

Responsibilities:

• Change-the-Bank (CTB): activities required for the Data Quality Program initiative for assigned application(s)
• Accountable/ responsible for confirming the safe, accurate, and controlled sourcing, transport, transformation, and storage of data within their application(s)
• Accountable/ responsible for implementation of Data Quality rules within their application(s) in coordination with Data Stewards and Business Architects by Data Domain

• Accountable/ responsible for documenting data level lineage within their application(s)

• Run-the-Bank (RTB): support ongoing data quality management at the bank for assigned application(s)
• Accountable/ responsible for confirming the safe, accurate and controlled sourcing, transport, transformation, and storage of data within their application(s)
• Accountable/ responsible for maintaining Data Quality rules within their application(s)
• Accountable/ responsible for implementing Data Quality issue remediation in their application(s) as needed in coordination with Data Stewards

• Accountable/ responsible for maintaining data level lineage and traceability of data within their application(s)

• Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area.
• Applies in-depth understanding of how data analytics collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the entire function.
• Employs developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers.
• Resolves occasionally complex and highly variable issues.
• Produces detailed analysis of issues where the best course of action is not evident from the information available, but actions must be recommended/ taken.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• General Experience
• Previous management of application day-to-day operations
• data storage management
• data quality
• data transformations

• data transfers

• Experience driving application enhancements and change initiatives

• Liaison with business owners on all of the above activities

• Data Knowledge
• Experience addressing inconsistencies in data and resolving data quality issues in applications
• Experience with the metadata and data flow through an application to support capture, organization, movement, transformation, and storage of data
• Experience managing Data Dictionaries

• Experience managing upstream & downstream data consumption needs required for an application

• Technical Expertise
• Ability to understand technical infrastructure, including application operations
• Data transfers and knowledge of data security
• Implementation, maintenance, and monitoring performance of Data Quality rules in an application

Education:

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Required Data Management Activities:

• Weekly
• Coordinate with Data Stewards and other stakeholders regarding open Data Quality exceptions/ issues within their application and implement remediation as needed

• Perform Data Quality checks to ensure safe, accurate, and controlled sourcing, transport, access and storage of data within their applications

• Monthly
• Execute and provide results for Data Quality scorecards to the Data Quality Portal

• Review the data level lineage and traceability of data and communicate any changes to the applicable DGO & CDO with support from Data Stewards and Process Owners

• Quarterly
• Engage with Data Stewards & Data Providers regarding the review, maintenance and implementation of Preventive Data Quality controls to confirm data is captured correctly (e.g. maker/checker, data entry validation) and Detective Data Quality Controls to prevent Data Quality exceptions
• Coordinate with Technology & Data Stewards to ensure that the Data Lineage toolset is working as intended, including managing technical metadata and coordinating Data Lineage tasks and testing activities
• Review and update Data Quality rules in applications and confirm accuracy and availability of data for decision support, regulatory and financial reporting, and compliance monitoring, in coordination with Business Architects by Data Domain & Data Stewards
• Review and update Data Dictionaries with support from Data Stewards

• Perform Data Profiling (as needed) to discover, understand and provide transparency into inconsistencies in data, collaborating with Data Stewards

• Annually (or as required)
• Coordinate with Process Owners to maintain data in adherence with the retention guidelines
• Support Data Stewards in identification of CDEs and review and remediate discrepancies identified by CDO in impacted data sources

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