Job Number: 25914
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Data Steward - Chicago, IL
The A&F Group, an Integrity Staffing Solutions company, is currently seeking candidates for a long term contract role in downtown Chicago, IL. The position is a Data Steward. The A&F Group provides comprehensive professional level staffing services on a nationwide basis and has been bringing companies and professionals together for over 12 years. At The A&F Group, we find the best, highest paying professional level positions within the top companies in the area. Most of the positions we identify will never be found in a newspaper or online because of the exclusive relationships we have with our clients who trust The A&F Group's recruiting team to identify top talent to fill their critical hiring needs. Finding a top paying job at a great company is often like signing the contract of a lifetime; let us get to work for you today!
Our client is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.3 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. They are the neighborhood bank for thousands of communities across the country. They serve approximately one of out of every six Americans through more than 5,500 bank branches; 19,500 ATMs; mortgage offices; online and mobile banking; as well as relationships with auto dealerships, schools and universities.They are a global leader in payment processing and merchant acquiring, capable of authorizing transactions in over 130 currencies.
Position Overview
Our client has a strong focus on controls initiatives for the next few years. As part of that controls environment, every line of business is standing up a Data Management group. Data Management is the process and procedures that are put in place to confirm that the data is complete, correct, and accurate. In layman’s terms, it is the process that we are implementing to be sure that the data that we use for reporting, the data that we use to make decisions, is accurate, consistent and can be relied upon.
Our client has a strong focus on controls initiatives for the next few years. As part of that controls environment, every line of business is standing up a Data Management group. Data Management is the process and procedures that are put in place to confirm that the data is complete, correct, and accurate. In layman’s terms, it is the process that we are implementing to be sure that the data that we use for reporting, the data that we use to make decisions, is accurate, consistent and can be relied upon.
There are several roles involved in the Data management process, one of which is the Data Steward. The Data Steward ‘owns’ certain data elements. They are responsible for understanding those elements, defining them, creating descriptions to ensure that everyone understands what they are and documenting the expected valid values. Data Stewards work with business partners to understand the processes that use these data elements and then with the technology teams to understand the lineage of the elements from the source to the reporting source and actual reports. The Data Steward is also involved in the data quality process to test the valid values for each element against the actual production data. Where the valid values are not as expected, the DS works with the Data Quality team to determine the root cause of the
problem and possibly recommending a fix.
Responsibilities of the Data Steward:
- Understand business process and related data elements used in those processes.
- Maintain Metadata – Establish and maintain quality metadata for the data elements they steward (e.g. business definitions, business data integrity requirements, valid values metadata)
- Ensure Data Quality – Define a Critical Data Element’s data quality business rules, valid values. Participate in short term and strategic remediation efforts for any data quality issues identified as a result of the DQ rules.
- Understand Usage – Understand how a data element is used across the Line of Business end to end process/data flows
- Own data element certification to the systems or record, quality metadata exists, data lineage is understood, and data quality rules are enforced.
- Communicate status to management and stakeholders as necessary through summary reports, review decks, project plans, agendas, minutes, issue / risk tracking, etc.
- Track milestones and deliverables
Qualifications:
- Strong attention to detail
- Experience with process creation and documentation
- Strong partnership record and ability to build effective business relationships
- Excellent communication, presentation (both oral and written) and influencing skills
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Experience using MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, and Visio
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to understand business and technical functions, process quickly and assess impact.
- Proven experience working across multiple business areas in a rapidly changing environment
Additional Details:
- Pay Rate: $38.00 per hour
- Hours: Core hours are 8:00AM - 5:00PM
- Employment Type: long term contract
- Opportunities for professional growth.
Integrity Staffing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All job offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screen.
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