Data Governance, VP

Jersey City, NJ, United States

OUR IMPACT

The Engineering Division

Our team of engineers builds solutions to the most complex problems. We develop cutting-edge systems and processes that form the core of our key businesses and enable transactions to move in milliseconds. We provide real-time access to critical deal information and crunch billions of data points each day to inform firm-wide market insights and strategies. Team members have the opportunity to work at the forefront of technology innovation alongside industry leaders and make significant contributions to the field.

Data Governance

The Data Governance team is a central, firmwide team that is responsible for defining and driving data governance across the firm. We are a global team. We work with divisional stakeholders, to provide transparency into where data enters the firm, how it is transformed/reported/classified, and what data quality controls exist for critical datasets. Our internal clients use this meta-data to gain insights – aiming to cut duplication, improve quality and respond faster to new business opportunities, and to meet regulatory requirements. Our users need to search and visualize the firm’s data flows.

YOUR IMPACT

The firm is investing significantly to enhance data quality across the firm, to enable increased data commercialization, improve client experience, and ensure high quality of data sent to other external and internal parties. We have a multi-year book of work, sponsored by the Board. This function is a key component of these deliverables.

Help promote the data governance framework and drive adoption across all of the firm's divisions

Partner with Divisional Data Offices to help them implement the policies and procedures for Data Governance

Participate in working groups to improve data quality and ease of access to information

Provide guidance and training on how to plan implementation of requirements set forth by the policy

Work with the technical team responsible for developing the data governance platform and tool set

Be instrumental in monitoring the compliance and progress of each division, and working to make sure the data governance program goals are accomplished

Provide thought leadership to further develop processes, and firmwide roles and responsibilities, to help the firm meet the expectations of its data governance policy

FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

As a member of the team, you will gain satisfaction though adding value and contributing to the team’s initiatives. You will:

Work with data consumers and producers to negotiate ownership of data

Create lineage graphs to show how data moves from top of the flow (e.g. trading, sales and deal systems) to lower down the flow (e.g. client reporting, regulatory reporting, books and records)

Develop communication and reference materials that enable data consumers and producers to implement the data governance policy and standard

Define and create appropriate data validation controls

Provide data quality analytics to partner with data consumers and producers to drive remediation effort

Partner with users and provide feedback on the strategic tooling to engineering teams for business use cases

Communicate progress to senior stakeholders and within the team

You will have the potential to:

Grow your understanding of data and the underlying businesses that use it

Develop business, data analysis and relationship management skills

Contribute to progressing the data governance strategy at Goldman Sachs

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Experience working with stakeholders on projects to develop strategies and solutions, ideally related to data. Ability to work in a collaborative manner with stakeholders and drive consensus is essential. Experience working with a business team to develop functional requirements and translating those into technical requirements is important. Having developed an effective training and testing strategy is helpful.

BASIC QUALIFICATION

Bachelor’s degree required

5+ years’ relevant hands-on data governance, data quality, or data management experience

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Some knowledge of MS Excel, SQL, data warehousing, and the development of physical and logical data models

Prior experience in Financial or Regulatory Reporting

Proficient with spreadsheet/presentation/dashboard tools and ability to learn quickly and adapt to new changes and new challenges

Effectively partner with divisions across the firm with a focus on end-client value

Proactive and works well in a collaborative environment

Good attention to detail and analytical thinking

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

May have a software engineering background

Experience working at a financial institution

Ideally has a good understanding of data usage in one or more business areas

Proficiency in Data visualization tools

Knowledge of BCBS 239

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

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