Business Data Analyst – Data Quality & Governance (Banking)

Key Skills: Credit Risk, Treasury, CDE, Regulatory Reporting, SQL

Data Governance Business Systems Analyst – Financial Data, Data Quality & SQL

Location: Toronto – Hybrid 2 days a week in office

Key Responsibilities

- Support the implementation and execution of Data Governance frameworks for financial, risk, lending, and regulatory data.

- Identify and document Critical Data Elements (CDEs), including definitions, ownership, stewardship, and data flows.

- Develop and maintain end-to-end data lineage, metadata, and source-to-target mappings.

- Define, monitor, and improve Data Quality controls and standards.

- Perform data reconciliation, variance analysis, and investigate data quality issues.

- Conduct root-cause analysis and coordinate remediation with business and technology teams.

- Document business rules, transformation logic, data mappings, and system dependencies.

- Facilitate stakeholder discussions to establish data ownership, resolve issues, and drive governance initiatives.

- Track data quality issues, risks, remediation actions, and governance decisions.

- Prepare governance reports, issue summaries, and audit/regulatory documentation.

- Support compliance, risk, audit, and regulatory reporting requirements.

- Promote consistent data governance, metadata, and data quality practices across the organization.

Top 3 Required Skills

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Financial Domain Knowledge

- Knowledge of financial products, treasury, credit risk, exposures, and regulatory reporting.

- Experience with financial/risk reporting and business rules.

2. Data Governance

- Experience with data lineage, metadata, CDEs, and data ownership.

- Strong understanding of Data Quality controls (accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, etc.).

3. Stakeholder Management

- Ability to work with Finance, Risk, Technology, Compliance, and Operations teams.

- Strong communication, issue resolution, and governance reporting skills.

Top 3 Preferred Skills

1. Data Analysis & SQL

- Robust SQL, data reconciliation, variance analysis, and root-cause investigation skills.

2. Financial Systems & Reporting

- Familiarity with lending, treasury, risk, data warehouse, and regulatory reporting systems (Loan IQ/APMS is a plus).

3. Documentation & Issue Management

- Experience with issue tracking, remediation, data lineage, mappings, governance reporting, and business/technical documentation.

Education & Certifications

- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Data Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

- Relevant certifications (CDMP, CBAP, CFA, FRM, CPA, etc.) preferred.

- Equivalent education and professional experience will be considered.

📌 Business Data Analyst – Data Quality & Data Governance (Banking) (Toronto)
🏢 Astra North Infoteck
📍 Toronto