Manager - Data Governance & Management

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Manager- Data Governance & Management

As part of the Finance Data Governance Organization (FDG) within Corporate Controllership, this role is responsible from bringing and managing data under governance for Finance. FDG team is leading the effort of defining the future roadmap for data governance within Finance.

This FDG Manager is focused on ensuring that trusted information is used for critical processes, decision making and accounting/reporting across various finance processes. He will be responsible for validating Source Data from various AXP Systems, ensuring accuracy and completeness of data.

The FDG Manager is a collaborator, a well-organized, action-oriented individual with exceptional leadership and time management skills, confident in presenting, facilitating, and building a network of strong relationships across our organization.

How will you make impact in this role?

• Strategic thought partnership with the Enterprise Data Governance team to bring under governance for the enterprise.
• Establish Finance Data Governance implementation roadmap including strategic priorities.
• Implementing requirements of the Enterprise Data Governance Policy within various critical Finance systems/processes.
• Participate in all aspects of Data Governance specifically on data classification, Data Quality, data catalog and lineage, as well as compliance to data standards and privacy regulations.
• Serve as a liaison between Business/Functional areas and Technology to ensure that data related business requirements for governing critical data are clearly defined, communicated, and well understood/considered as part of operational prioritization and planning·
• Define roles and responsibilities related to finance data governance and ensure clear accountability for stewardship of the finance systems.
• Advancing the Data Governance Strategy for the Finance Data Management initiative. This initiative involves utilizing new technologies to create one standardized data set that can be utilized for broader Finance thus minimizing multiple point solutions, data duplication and reconciliation over time among other benefits.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of work experience in the US Federal Reserve/financial US regulatory reporting, banking/financial services, and/or Controllership.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting
• Knowledge of US Regulatory Reports (Y9C, Y14, Y15, 2052a, amongst others)
• Knowledge of data governance practices, business and technology issues related to management of enterprise information assets 
• A self-starter, proactive team player with a passion to consistently deliver high quality service and exceed customers’ expectations
• Excellent relationship building, presentation and collaboration skills
• Displa