Job Description
Job Title: Data Governance Analyst
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Park, Wilmslow
Working style: Hybrid 50% office 50% from home
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic Data Governance Analysts to work within our Data Governance team, operating across the Group. This role offers the opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative team with a wide range of experience and backgrounds. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates who are customer-focused and who have strong general knowledge of pension and insurance products and specialism or experience in Data Governance, or similar/related role, for example in Data Analysis, Risk, Compliance or Data Protection.
The Data Governance Analysts plays a key role within the Data Governance team, directly helping the business to use the Data Governance Framework and toolkit to evidence compliance to the Data Governance Policy. They will collaborate with stakeholders to help them understand, interpret, and successfully implement data governance standards.
The role holder will support the translation of business requirements into technical requirements and facilitate the adoption of data governance best practices through the data management toolkit. This will enable the Group to achieve its strategic objectives and deliver superior customer outcomes, through improved data quality, compliance with relevant regulations, and embedded data governance best practices.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Data Governance, having supported the implementation of a data governance framework within a large organisation.
If you think you would be a great fit for our data team at Royal London but don’t meet all the requirements of the role, please get in touch as your application will still be considered.
What You'll Do
- Support the business areas with the implementation of Data Governance capabilities, driving compliance to the Group Data Governance policy.
- Provide guidance and specialist knowledge of Data Governance processes and best practice.
- Help Business Data Owners and Stewards understand the RLG data governance framework components.
- Assist the business with implementing and monitoring controls to mitigate data risk.
- Provide training and guidance with the RLG Data Governance toolkit.
- Contribute to increasing data literacy across Royal London by providing Data Governance training, education and knowledge sharing initiatives.
- Collate policy reporting metrics to measure maturity of data practices.
- Manage the data governance artefacts and associated resources on the Data Hub.
- Support those undertaking formal development through Data Governance learning paths.
What You'll Bring
- Experience in stakeholder management, with a focus on business partnership and collaboration. Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively engage with stakeholders and team members.
- Ability to negotiate with business units / technology groups to drive results and advance the Data Governance agenda.
- Results orientated, reliable, delivers commitments, upholds standards and principles.
- Awareness of the regulatory environment and challenges within it, to help enable compliance and risk management through the effective use of data.
About Royal London
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Royal London is a purpose-driven mutual. Our Purpose, ‘Protecting today, investing in tomorrow. Together we are mutually responsible’, defines the impact we want to have. It shapes what we do on behalf of our members and customers, financial advisers, our colleagues and the communities in which we operate. Our People Promise is our collective commitment that our workplace will be inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling where all colleagues can thrive and experience a sense of belonging. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
Our inclusive values and people promise are core to who we are and how we work. It’s good for our people, and good for our customers too, because with an inclusive workplace and a diverse workforce we will reflect our members, customers and communities to deliver the best outcomes.
We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across our organisation. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected– whatever their background.
Workplace Initiatives
Program for parents returning to work after Parental Leave? |
No |
Leadership development programmes? |
Yes |
Mentoring programmes? |
Yes |
Coaching programmes? |
Yes |
Employee-led diversity networks? |
Yes |
Internal women’s networking groups? |
Yes |
Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? |
Yes |
No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: |
26 weeks (followed by 13 weeks half pay) |
Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: |
Open to all regardless of length of service |
No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: |
4 weeks |
Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: |
Open to all regardless of length of service |
Gender pay gap reporting information 2022: |
|
Mean pay gap: |
35.3% |
Median pay gap: |
33.9% |
Mean bonus gap: |
70.4% |
Median bonus gap: |
48.5% |
Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? |
No |
Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? |
No |
Graduate Programmes
We have a number of graduate programmes designed to deliver technical experts and future leaders.
Royal London Career Confidence programme
Our hybrid programme focuses on equipping you to feel empowered in your career and supported to explore new opportunities as they arise.
Apprenticeships
We offer a wide range of Apprenticeships that are targeted at both new joiners and existing colleagues.
Inclusion
We promote an inclusive culture at Royal London and have a range of inclusion networks for our colleagues to get involved with.
Our Women's Network is a community that celebrates and supports its members, helps everyone to learn more and inspires all of us to aim higher. Confidence and development are strong themes here and our events focus on three key areas of team working, finance, and wellbeing. There are two sub-groups to the Women’s Network – Women in Technology and our Periods and Menopause Group – focused on actions such as supporting over 20 new Periods and Menopause champions and launching guidance and training for leaders.