HCUK Data Governance & Quality Analyst

HCUK Data Governance & Quality Analyst Country:
United Kingdom
** Background
* * Hyundai Capital UK Ltd is a joint venture operating under Hyundai Finance, Kia Finance, and Genesis Finance brands, offering funding solutions to retailers and consumers.

** Job Purpose
** The Data Governance & Quality Analyst reports into the Data Manager, within the Strategy Team. The role is focused on ensuring that the company’s data is accurate, consistent, secure, used in compliance with policies and regulations, and is fit for analyses and decision-making. The individual will be accountable for managing, validating and governing data within our SAS environments, in addition to leveraging the Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Purview platform to monitor data health, investigate issues and uphold data governance standards
** Key Accountabilities
*** Data Quality Monitoring - Proactively monitor and report on data quality scores and thresholds established by the Data Manager within Microsoft Fabric and Purview. Report on data quality scorecard metrics and trends.
* ** Cross-Platform Data Integration** - Act as a subject matter expert on the flow of data between SAS and Microsoft Fabric, documenting integration points and ensuring consistency and quality of data during migration or exchange processes.
* ** Issue Resolution** - Act as the primary investigator for data incidents. Perform detailed root cause analysis to determine if issues originate from internal processes, platform errors or external data suppliers. Develop and execute data remediation plans to cleanse affected data sets, and in collaboration with data owners and technical teams, implement corrective and preventative controls to eliminate root causes and prevent recurrence.
* ** Data Supplier Relationship Facilitation** - Serve as the key operational contact for managing data issues with Data Suppliers and Managed Service providers. Log tickets, facilitate communication and track progress against SLAs, escalating critical delays to the Data Manager.
* ** Stakeholder Communication & Support** - Act as a liaison to business data users (e.g. Business Intelligence Analyst, Data Scientist) to align data practices with business goals. Communicate data quality status, known issues and caveats to ensure informed use of data in reporting and analytics.
* ** Purview Catalogue Management** - Under the guidance of the Data Manager, curate and maintain technical and business metadata in the Microsoft Purview Data Catalog, including data definitions, ownership information and sensitive data classification.
* ** Lineage Documentation & Maintenance** - Map and document data lineage for critical data elements from source systems to consumption points in Power BI and other analytics tools within Purview, ensuring accuracy and transparency for impact analysis.
* ** Data Health Reporting** - Generate and distribute regular reports on data health dashboards from Purview and Fabric, highlighting areas of concern, improvement and adherence to data governance policies.
* ** Process Adherence & Validation** - Validate that data pipelines and processes align with documented data governance and quality standards. Flag any deviations from the established protocols to the Data Manager.
* ** User Support & Guidance** - Support business users in discovering and understanding certified data assets through the Purview catalogue, promoting self-service within a governed framework. Educate stakeholders on data governance principles and best practices.
* ** User Support & Guidance** - Carry out any other tasks from time to time as may reasonably be requested

Key Competencies
* ** Governance Mindset**:
**** A solid understanding of and belief in the principles of data governance, quality, and metadata management.
* ** Communication:
** Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to effectively communicate with and present to both internal and external stakeholders across all business levels.
* ** Teamwork:
** Must be an excellent team player, able to establish strong working relationships with stakeholders, colleagues and business partners, whilst also being able to work well independently.
* ** Proactive Mindset:
** Uses own initiative with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
* ** Time Management:
** Must display sound time management skills by performing all activity within prescribed time frames through the effective prioritisation of actions across multiple tasks.
** Required Experience and Expertise
** The ideal candidate should have:
* Relevant expertise in a data-focused role, with direct exposure to data quality, governance, or analysis
* Proficiency in SAS for data manipulation, validation, and analysis.
* Proficiency in building dashboards in Power BI
* Demonstratable experience in triaging data issues - desirable
* Strong understanding of data security and regulatory requirements - desirable
* Has worked in an organisation where multiple stakeholder management was common and/or where…