Data Steward

K&K Talent is an International recruiting agency that has been providing technical resources in the USA region since 1993. This position is with one of our clients in The USA, who is actively hiring candidates to expand their teams. Job Title: Data Steward Senior Analyst Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States (Hybrid 3 days in a week) Job Type Contract C2C/ W2 (Data Governance professional with Data Risk Policy experience ) As a Data Steward Senior Analyst, you are part of a team responsible for enabling and supporting compliance with data-related enterprise policies within their domains/business units. You and your team are responsible for identifying critical data and associated risks, maintaining data definitions, classifying data, supporting data sourcing / usage requests, measuring Data Risk Controls, and confirming Data Issues are remediated. You have the opportunity to partner across various business units, technology teams, and product/platform teams to define and implement the data governance strategy, supervising and leading data quality, resolving data/platform issues, and driving consistency, usability, and governance of specific product data across the enterprise. Your Primary Responsibilities may include: • Assist in identifying data-related risks and associated controls for key business processes. Risks relate to Record Retention, Data Quality, Data Movement, Data Stewardship, Data Protection, Data Sharing, among others. • Identify data quality issues, perform root-cause-analysis of data quality issues and drive remediation of audit and regulatory feedback. • Develop deep understanding of key enterprise data-related policies and serve as the policy expert for the business unit, providing education to teams regarding policy implications for business. • Responsible for holistic platform data quality monitoring, including but not limited to critical data elements. • Collaborate with and influence product managers to ensure all new use cases are managed according to policies. • Influence and contribute to strategic improvements to data assessment processes and analytical tools. • Responsible for monitoring data quality issues, communicating issues, and driving resolution. • Support current regulatory reporting needs via existing platforms, working with upstream data providers, downstream business partners, as well as technology teams. • Subject matter expertise on multiple platforms. • Responsible to partner with the Data Steward Manager in developing and managing the data compliance roadmap. Qualifications include: • 3 – 5 years of experience in a similar role. • Strong communication skills and ability to influence and engage at multiple levels and cross functionally. • Intermediate understanding of Data Management and Data Governance concepts (metadata, lineage, data quality, etc.) and prior experience. • 2 – 5 years of Data Quality Management experience. • Intermediate competency in SQL & Python or related programming language. • Strong familiarity with data architecture and/or data modeling concepts • 2 - 5 years of experience with Agile or SAFe project methodologies • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or other similar fields. • Preferred: Experience in Travel Industry. • Preferred: Knowledge of RCSA (Risk Control Self-Assessment) methodology Leadership Skills may include: • Makes Decisions Quickly and Effectively: Drives effective outcome through decision making authority. Displays judgement and discretion in order to ensure deliverables are sufficient to the client policy and overall compliance. • Drives Innovation & Change: Provides systematic and rational analysis to identify the root cause of problems. Is prepared to challenge the status quo and drive innovation. Makes informed judgments, recommends tailored solutions. • Leverages Team - Collaboration: Coordinates efforts within and across teams to deliver goals, accountable to bring in ideas, information, suggestions, and expertise from others outside & inside the immediate team. • Communication: Influences and holds others accountable and has ability to convince others. Identifies the specific data governance requirements and is able to communicate clearly and in a compelling way. Note: Applicants for employment in The USA should possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.