Senior Data Governance Engineer - Financial Services - Chicago, IL-W2 ONLY - onsite or hybrid required

Our Direct client is seeking for Senior Data Governance Engineer to work in the Chicago, IL location. This is a full time permanent role – W2 ONLY. The candidate must have 10+ years of

• Become a subject matter expert in core business functions and data models
• Ability to analyze and understand complex business processes and present them in an understandable and logical format
• Recommend data governance and stewardship best practices and procedures and partner with data owners and stewards on implementation
• Solicit and develop detailed requirements including Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs), business process with data flows, user stories, use cases and success criteria as well as the ability to constructively challenge requirements and current state to increase overall value to the Firm
• Act as the Application Product Manager for the tools used to manage the Firm's data assets such as the business Glossary and Data Heatmaps. This includes but is not limited to ensuring functionality and reporting support the Firm's needs, product roadmaps, backlog grooming and managing the development lifecycle with multiple Development Teams
• Support the development and maintenance of an end-to-end data lifecycle management approach
• Partner with various stakeholders across the organization to achieve the goals defined in the data governance and data management strategies including following the data governance and data quality guidelines to ensure clear accountability and successful mitigation of data governance and quality issues
• Deliver Data Quality Dashboard status updates highlighting key issues or trends and manage decisions or remediation strategies from steering committee
• Be resourceful to proactively identify and engage available resources and subject matter experts in related areas to achieve your goals
• Build strong and productive relationships with key business stakeholders, sponsors, technology colleagues and technology vendors
• Independently execute complex data analysis across multiple platforms using Excel, Power BI and other available tools
• Confidently facilitate meetings with all levels of the organization including senior business stakeholders and senior management
• Utilize reporting tools to design and deliver ad hoc queries and reports to stakeholders

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business or related field
• 10-15 years of experience in a similar role, in Financial Services
• Experience in managing enterprise data assets in complex organizations
• Prior use or knowledge of Data Warehouse, Analysis Services, Power BI and SSRS
• Proficient with SQL
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project)
• A solid understanding of the software development lifecycle
• Experience managing and executing small to large sized projects and general understanding of Project Management principles
• Detail-oriented with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with complex situations to derive workable actions
• Self-motivated, team oriented, flexible and able to multi-task
• Proactive self-starter with a positive can-do and 'no job too small or big' attitude
• Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, written and presentation skills
• Results oriented with a high level of personal accountability
• Motivated by a fast paced, complex environment
• Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change
• COVID vaccinations required, subject to applicable local, state and federal law

• Leadership: Role models in this area consistently focus on the right goals and priorities and continually develop themselves and others. Always team players, they influence and engage with others to contribute to a great culture.
• Achieving Results: Role models in this area are high achievers who develop careful plans and execute consistently and effectively. They hold themselves and others accountable for delivering high quality results.
• Thinking Critically: Role models in this area understand our business, rely on analytical reasoning to define and solve problems and make decisions effectively. They are forward thinking, anticipating issues and addressing them in advance.
• Personal Effectiveness: Role models in this area build strong relationships and communicate effectively. They are driven to exceed expectations and adaptable to changing circumstances.
• The department-specific competencies define the knowledge, skills and abilities that are needed to successfully perform the functional or technical work of this role.
• Technical Support: Triages, troubleshoots and resolves technical support issues. Escalates issues as needed.
• Software Development Principals: Utilizes software development, secure programming principles and a knowledge of programming languages to develop, configure and / or integrate new software and applications.
• Business Needs Assessment: Identifies business needs across departments within the Firm to understand the challenges, goals and problems that the business needs to solve and identifies appropriate technical solutions.
• Data Management and Information Security: Manipulates, restructures and / or queries data for various purposes, including reconciling issues in the database, designing database structures and / or generating reports. Adheres to governance principles and maintains data integrity and security.
• Risk Management: Identifies, forecasts and articulates ways to pursue and manage informed risks in ambiguous, complex or uncertain situations based on sound value propositions and an analysis of potential rewards and costs.
• Testing: Evaluates the functionality of an application, system or solution to ensure that requirements have been met and defects have been identified. Applies an understanding of end user requirements and usage in the end-to-end system to produce a quality product.
• Industry Knowledge: Demonstrates an understanding of the Firm's position in the industry, including its complex structure and competitive advantage in the marketplace. Monitors industry trends and changes and recognizes their relevancy and implications.
• Technical Communication and Documentation: Documents and communicates technical processes and procedures in area of specialty to stakeholders. Adapts the level of detail and specificity based on the needs of the intended audience.
• Vendor Management: Manages and coordinates with external vendors. Researches and identifies new vendors as needed and monitors performance.
• Relationship Management: Builds and maintains effective partnerships with internal clients and end users by advising on their needs and options, advocating for their business within the Technology Solutions department and managing expectations appropriately.
• Client Focused: Is relentless about understanding internal and external customers' needs and meeting and exceeding their expectations; drives to have our clients win
• Analytical Reasoning: Defines problems and seeks solutions by examining issues and ideas through inquiry, analysis, dialogue, and evaluation; analytic
• Personal Effectiveness: Gets the job done; follows through on commitments and takes actions that are best for the Firm; shows grit and determination
• Initiative: Motivated to achieve goals beyond what is expected; proactive
• Teamwork: Initiates and maintains collaborative working relationships; fosters goodwill and cooperation to meet shared goals; team-oriented
• Adaptability: Able to adapt and work effectively in changing circumstances and conditions; flexible