Data Governance Lead

Who are we?

At Finastra, we’re a global leader in financial services software, dedicated to expanding access to financial services and shaping what’s next for the industry. Our technology powers mission‑critical solutions across Lending, Payments and Universal Banking, supporting over 7,000 customers, including 80% of the world’s top 50 banks, in more than 110 countries.

Finastra’s Global Data Office is responsible for the strategy, governance, and enablement of data assets across 110+ countries globally to unlock innovation for our business units and 7000+ customers, including 80% of the world’s top banks. The Data Governance Lead will work closely with the firm’s Head of Data Governance to execute a comprehensive and aggressive program to unify our policies, programs and platforms to secure, understand and leverage these data assets globally.

This team will help drive a global transformation in data governance which will not only meet and exceed security, regulatory and compliance requirements, but also accelerate innovation in the development of data, analytic and AI products, unlocking new opportunities for monetization.

• Execute projects as part of a comprehensive program to catalog the entire global data estate – both corporate and customer data.
• Identify taxonomy for tagging sensitive, PII and compliance/regulatory impacted data elements.
• Review and refine global data security, access, usage and quality standards, policies and procedures.
• Liaise regularly with partners in Compliance, Risk, Product and Analytics groups to capture requirements and deliver outcomes for governance initiatives.
• Drive adoption for a unified compliance automation platform that will service regulatory requirements and requests across 130+ countries.
• Drive adoption of platforms for data access control and monitoring, data quality, data lineage, data enablement.
• Run data stewardship program across multiple business and operational functions.
• Define and track KPIs for overall maturity of the data governance function, including specific measures for quality, literacy, and usability.

• Strong experience in data governance, data security, data lifecycle management (including creation, retention, archival, disposal), data quality, regulatory and compliance requirements and reporting.
• Proven track record executing multiple enterprise data governance projects in highly regulated industries.
• Experience working with systems for CCPA, GDPR and/or other privacy regulations.
• Experience with at least some of the following platforms: automated discovery driven metadata catalogs, compliance automation platforms, master data management platforms, data quality and lineage tools.
• Execution‐oriented mindset, focused on achieving project outcomes within tight timelines.
• Experience as a data steward / data owner – responsibilities include at least some of the following: business and technical metadata definition, quality rules and serving as an SME for a data domain.
• Strong ability to mentor data governance analysts, stewards and SMEs.
• Very strong general knowledge of data management and data platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

We are proud to offer a range of incentives to our employees worldwide. These benefits are available to everyone, regardless of grade, and reflect the values we uphold:

• Flexibility:
  Enjoy unlimited vacation, based on your location and business priorities. Hybrid working arrangements, and inclusive policies such as paid time off for voting, bereavement, and sick leave.
• Well‑being:
  Access Confidential one‑on‑one therapy through our Employee Assistance Program, find support from our network of Wellbeing Champions and Gather Groups, and a calendar of monthly events and initiatives designed to help you thrive – Inside and Outside of work.
• Medical, life & disability insurance, retirement plan, lifestyle and other benefits*
• Sustainability:
  Benefit from paid time off for volunteering and donation matching.
• DEI:
  Participate in multiple DE&I groups for open involvement (e.g., Count Me In, Culture@Finastra, Proud@Finastra,…