Data Steward

The Finance Americas COO department ensures that appropriate solutions are put in place for the Finance (accounting) and Tax organization to meet their business objectives. The team acts as the bridge for the Finance and Tax organization to various departments within the group, mainly the Business, PMO and Technology organizations in New York, New Jersey, California, Montreal, Mumbai, London, and Paris.

The Data Steward within the Finance COO - Data Office (FDO) serves as the primary liaison for the CIB Americas Finance & Tax department, ensuring the maintenance of an effective data governance framework. Reporting to the head of FDO, the Data Steward will be responsible for assessing, evaluating, and resolving data quality issues, formulating and proposing optimal data sourcing and maintenance strategy, and assisting Finance & Tax management in the implementation of the strategy.

Responsibilities:

The data steward will lead the business line stream, supporting Finance & Tax teams by analyzing data issues, investigating anomalies from data quality checks, and proposing and implementing data sourcing structures. This includes:

• Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements and processes for data strategy implementation.
• Document existing and proposed workflows, identifying gaps and areas for improvement.
• Support enhancement efforts of data control environment and upstream processes.
• Lead the remediation effort over issues related to data sourcing, data inaccuracy, and data compliance. Prepare and present these issues to the relevant data governance bodies.
• Ensure timely and quality delivery of assigned projects and activities.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across various locations including New York, New Jersey, Montreal, Mumbai, London, and Paris.

The strengths and skills that will help you succeed:

• 7+ years of experience in IT audit (external or internal) and/or IT control framework management and implementation within the financial services industry.
• Strong self-direction and initiative, with the ability to take complete ownership over projects and tasks.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including expertise in business processes and data analytics.
• Knowledge of accounting and basic general ledger structures is required.
• Experience must encompass business analysis, data sourcing and management, business/functional specification, and application testing.
• Ability to understand financial products and system architectures, as well as accounting business processes including financial and management reporting (e.g., IFRS and US GAAP), month-end closing processes, regulatory reporting, entity consolidations, and multi-currency accounting.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with the capability to multi-task and articulate complex issues clearly and concisely to audiences of varying levels.
• Proven ability to work effectively in geographically dispersed cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Power platform.
• Working knowledge of project management skills, JIRA, and SharePoint.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Fluency in one of more of these languages preferred:
  French, Spanish and/or Portuguese.
• Knowledge of emerging solutions and analytic tools preferred, e.g., robotics, Alteryx, BI, AI etc.

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