Senior Data Governance Manager
| Posting date: | 08 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | £85,000.0 to £100,000.0 per year |
| Additional salary information: | up to £100,000 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 August 2024 |
| Location: | City of London, London, EC2V 6DN |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4594045_1723107758 |
Summary
Your new company
This financial institution is an attractive workplace due to its strong emphasis on career development, offering comprehensive training programs and a wide career path to help employees grow into future business leaders. It fosters a corporate culture that values trust, innovation, and collaboration, creating a supportive and productive work environment. Employees benefit from competitive perks and opportunities for professional growth, while also enjoying the satisfaction of contributing to a globally recognised financial institution. Its extensive global presence provides unique opportunities for international exposure and career advancement, making it an appealing choice for those looking to expand their horizons. Despite some challenges like long hours, the overall experience is enriched by the chance for significant professional and personal growth.
Your new role
- Assess the Bank's existing information security (IS) control environment, considering all aspects of IS technology, data assets, and cyber risks and resilience controls.
- Identify current controls aligned to these risks and highlight potential control gaps.
- Develop a strategy for enhancement to manage those risks in line with the Bank's agreed risk appetite.
- Act as a point of liaison with the Head Office and maintain policies for existing IS, data, and cyber control frameworks.
- Design and maintain a governance framework to capture strong cyber resilience, information security, data security, and data protection.
- Provide Bank-wide supervisory oversight, management reporting, and policy for the existing IS, data, and cyber control framework.
- Support delivery of activities identified in the annual Compliance Monitoring Plan, including SYSC 9 & 10A (Record Keeping & Document Retention), annual business outsourcing reviews, and regulatory reporting such as REP018 and REP020 quarterly returns.
- Conduct compliance email phishing exercises and data exfiltration reviews, and undertake ongoing monitoring of key data and IS risks.
- Develop and deliver staff and stakeholder training on data protection/privacy regulatory requirements and cybersecurity, enhance management reporting information (KRI/KPIs), present performance status, and escalate issues to Senior Management where necessary.
- Fulfil the Deputy Data Protection Officer role in line with current and incoming Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), provide timely expert advice on data protection to business units, and provide advice and ongoing oversight on Operational Resilience, aligning the Bank's practices with regulator expectations.
What you'll need to succeed
- Practical experience in a senior role in a European financial services organisation with responsibility for Data Protection, Data Governance, and/or Information Security.
- Good working knowledge of current and changing cyber threats and mitigating control strategies, with experience in cyber control activities or change projects.
- Practical understanding of UK data and information protection regulations (GDPR) and best practices, including insights on regulatory obligations and impact analysis in a multi-product banking business.
- Excellent communication skills to ensure risk and control understanding is embedded throughout the business.
- Basic project management capabilities, including chairing working group meetings, managing work streams, scheduling project action plans, cost/benefit assessment, and engagement with third-party service providers.
- Experience across various banking business lines (retail banking, corporate/wholesale banking, trade and capital markets), though deep expertise in all areas is not expected.
- Familiarity with cross-border aspects of UK and European data and information security regulations, advantageous for liaising with the Parent Bank and other overseas business units.
- Understanding cross-border data transfer processes forms a key component of the role.
- Strong presentation skills for providing one-to-one training, structured training sessions, and management reporting to staff at all levels of the Bank.
- The ability to provide timely expert advice on data protection to business units and ongoing oversight on Operational Resilience, aligning the Bank's practices with regulatory expectations.
What you'll get in return
In return for your skills and expertise, you'll receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes a competitive salary, comprehensive health and wellness benefits, and generous retirement plans. You'll have opportunities for continuous learning and career advancement through professional development programs and certifications. To support your work-life balance, you'll enjoy the flexibility of working from home one day a week. Additionally, you'll benefit from generous paid time off, employee assistance programs for mental health and financial planning, and an inclusive work environment where your contributions are valued. The role also offers social and recreational activities to foster a positive work culture, ensuring you are well-supported and rewarded for your efforts.
What you need to do now
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