Senior Consultant – Data Governance & BCBS239 (Banking)

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Consultant to lead data governance initiatives for a banking client, focusing on BCBS239 compliance and risk data aggregation. The role will involve defining critical data elements, creating data documentation, and driving data quality improvements across the organization.

Key responsibilities

• Identify and define critical data elements (CDEs) based on regulatory reporting requirements and business priorities.
• Develop and maintain data flow diagrams, data dictionaries, and metadata documentation.
• Standardize data definitions, business rules, and data specifications to ensure consistency.
• Engage business users, reporting teams, IT teams, and vendors to gather requirements and validate data lineage.
• Assess data quality issues and recommend improvement initiatives, including validation and reconciliation controls.
• Establish and validate end‑to‑end data lineage covering sourcing, transformation, and reporting layers.
• Assess data governance frameworks against BCBS239 principles and conduct gap assessments.
• Support regulatory reviews, audits, and governance assessments through documentation and evidence preparation.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Business or related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in Data Governance or Data Management within banking or financial services.
• Strong understanding of banking operations, regulatory reporting, risk management and BCBS239 requirements.
• Proven ability to establish data lineage, data dictionaries, metadata management and data quality frameworks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Required skills

• BCBS239 and Risk Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting (RDARR) expertise.
• Experience with data governance tools such as Collibra or Informatica.