Data Governance Consultant - Financial Crime Analytics

Job Description

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Financial Crime Analytics team; a collaborative, forward‑thinking area that plays a vital role in protecting the Society and its members. We use data in innovative ways to strengthen our defences against economic crime, helping to keep our members' money safe and maintain their trust in us. The Data Governance function sits at the core of how we protect the Society, ensuring the data that underpins our financial crime activity is accurate, well managed and trusted. By strengthening our data foundations, we enable better decision‑making, more effective detection of emerging threats and faster action to keep our members safe. As part of a team of specialists across analytics, fraud and financial crime, you will contribute to creating a more resilient organisation, one where high‑quality data helps us stay ahead of criminals and deliver the right outcomes for our members.

We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best. For this role you will spend at least two days per week, or if part‑time 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon or London office. Hybrid working is available where possible; please refer to our hybrid working guidelines for further details.

Responsibilities

As a Data Governance Consultant – Financial Crime Analytics, you will help us assess how well we are meeting the Society's Data Governance Framework, recommending improvements to our data controls and putting these changes in place sustainably. You will use your experience with data controls, including data lineage and data quality insights such as dashboards and scorecards, to ensure the data used in our financial crime systems and reports is accurate and clearly understood. You will work closely with subject matter experts in financial crime data and systems to help them make the best use of our tools and capabilities. Through this work, you will improve the quality of the information that supports our decision‑making and strengthen the actions we take to protect our members.

Qualifications

• Proven hands‑on experience implementing data controls in a large organisation, including the development and rollout of data dictionaries, lineage documentation and data quality scorecards, and resolving data quality issues
• Strong knowledge of data governance frameworks and recognised industry best practice
• Experience using Collibra within a data governance or data management environment
• Confident using Microsoft Excel and PowerBI, or similar analytical and reporting tools
• Experience using SQL, SAS or another programming language such as Python or C#
• Excellent personal organisation with the ability to plan, manage and prioritise workload effectively
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, able to influence and challenge constructively, promoting a positive data culture and embedding data controls as business‑as‑usual activity
• Experience working in one or more of the following areas: Economic Crime, Fraud or Anti‑Money Laundering

Benefits

• 25 days holiday, pro rata
• Access to private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
• Access to an annual performance‑related bonus
• Training and development to help you progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance
• Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

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