Data Governance & Master Data Analyst

Nomad Foods Inc

Woking

4 months ago

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Overview

It is an exciting time to join Nomad Foods. Due to the high growth of the business, Nomad Foods has a desire to become more data driven.

Reporting into the Data & Analytics Director, you will be working in a team that is setting up a new Data Governance service across Nomad Foods as we work on ensuring our data is secure, accurate, timely and consistent.

Stakeholder management is key with this role as it is vital to ensure that across Nomad Foods the data is being managed to a high level in as efficient way as possible. You will be liaising constantly with Data Stewards to assist them in their role as they create, manage, and delete master data.

This role will work closely with the Reporting & Data Engineering Team to ensure data quality requirements meets the needs of the Nomad business.

In order to deliver certain projects, this role is required to build effective relationships with 3rd parties / contractors so that the team can be augmented to ensure smooth delivery.

Responsibilities

Working in the team to assist in establishing a data governance framework
Supporting the team in the preparation of the Data Governance Board on a regular basis
Monitoring & actioning Data Quality measures following the implementation of a Data Quality tool
Working with Data Owners and Data Stewards in the management of data
Implementing & monitoring data controls including exporting of data
Playing an important role in the centralising & managing of Data Definitions
Providing input in defining Data Policies & Standards including Data Storage, Retention Policy & Unstructured Data
Supporting in the development & roll out of a Data Literacy programme
Monitoring & ensuring compliance to policies
Partnering business & 3rd parties on data security & compliance requirements

Qualifications

Essential

Experience of working in a data team
Experience of working with SAP
Good presentation skills
Good Stakeholder Management skills
Good communication skills (written and verbal)
Strong numerical and analytical skills
Service delivery and improvement mind set
Able to work as part of a small team from a remote location
Proactive, works with a sense of urgency, creative about how issues can be resolved, able to think analytically
Works collaboratively, constructively challenges, gets key stakeholders “on side”, delivers results through others
Problem solving: able to get to the heart of problem and its resolution by asking the right questions and ensuring the right options are explored and followed through to completion
Strong attention to detail

Desirable

Working in a Data Governance team
Knowledge of developing and rolling out a data literacy programme
Experience of using a Data Quality tool
Experience of working with third party delivery organisations
Experience of working in an SAP environment in particular Master Data Management, Information Steward and Life Cycle Management
FMCG / CPG experience
Knowledge of data analysis tools
Knowledge of data modelling

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