Execution Services: Data Governance and Transformation, Senior Vice President (Basé à London)

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Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills and experience in managing Enterprise Data to Citi's Execution Services team.

By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

Team/Role Overview:

The Execution Services team is part of the Investor Services franchise within Citi. We bring market leading trading and execution solutions to clients across several asset classes and trade types: FX, Securities Lending and Collateral Management.

In this role you will work closely with Product, Technology and Operations teams to ensure that Execution Services remains compliant with the Citi Data Governance Policy (CDGP), Data Operating Model (DOM), Regulatory Business Critical Milestones (RBCMs) and ensure adherence to the Data Risk Appetite (DRA) thresholds set for the organisation. You will also partner with central Data Governance teams within our Data and Client Platforms (DCP) organisation to define and maintain salient Data metrics and drive the overall Data Book of Work.

The role will also focus on planning and leading the execution of projects that will prepare the Execution Services “data estate” for implementation of Data Science, AI and ML use-cases.

What you’ll do:

Governance:

  • Identify Execution Services Business Data Domains and confirm their Conceptual, Logical and Physical boundaries.
  • Define and Maintain Data Hygiene Metrics Targets in collaboration with Product Heads, Technology and Operations teams.
  • Confirm existing data landscape, identify data scope (applications, data lake, consolidation, and consumption layers) and Log technical/architectural shortfalls in Data Governance Remediation Log.
  • Establish data remediation plans and execute in line with agreed CDGP/DOM principles.

Ownership:

  • Establish ownership of data across Execution Services.
  • Drive Data Sponsor and Data Owner signoffs of data artefacts including but not limited to Functional Hierarchies, Data Domains, Critical Data Elements, Authoritative Data Sources (ADSs), and Data Models.

Modelling:

  • Ensure data is consistently defined across all in-scope applications as per the central functional hierarchy and data taxonomy (canonical data model).
  • Establish Critical Data Elements (CDEs) for all business processes.
  • Review high level requirements of demand and identify detailed requirements for data modelling.

Sourcing and Lineage:

  • Define detailed data lineage requirements including system to system lineage, table to table lineage and data element to data element lineage.
  • Register master and reference data sources as per the Authorised Data System (ADS) registration process as either a System of Record (SoR) or Authorised Redistributor (AR).
  • Define the target state data architecture and track progression to this.
  • Establish data contracts between data producers and consumers.
  • Work with Data Services, Technology Owners and Data Owners to document and maintain data lineage.

Data quality:

  • Define data quality rules and work with Technology and/or Data & Client Platforms to implement the monitoring of these across Product processes.
  • Identify data quality issues and ensure these are captured and managed through the remediation lifecycle (as per the Data Concerns Remediation Management (DCRM) process).

Other:

  • Participate and support Internal and External Audit driven data tracing exercises.
  • Work with the central Data Governance team to train the product organisation on data culture.
  • Work with the central Data Governance team to ensure that any cross-border data approval requirements are authorised via the CDBC process and are captured within the CBAT tool.

What we’ll need from you:

  • Background or experience in driving data change to help achieve business outcomes.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Prior experience of successfully delivering data governance change in a complex environment.
  • Track record of implementing new data management capabilities or expanding existing capabilities.
  • Understanding of data strategy / data management principles, ideally with knowledge of one or more common Data Management methodologies and capability models (e.g. DAMA DMBOK, DCAM, CDMC).
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, and the ability to work with colleagues across Product, Operations and Technology teams in multiple geographies.
  • Strong understanding of and experience within Capital Markets.

What we can offer you:

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

  • Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
  • A discretional annual performance related bonus
  • Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Pension Plan
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
  • Access to an array of learning and development resources

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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Data Governance Foundation

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