Data Steward II

• Serve as the primary data stewardship contact for assigned business areas, advancing enterprise data priorities through the firm’s data certification and governance framework.
• Define, document, and govern data standards, ensuring appropriate usage, context, security, privacy, quality, and integrity across data domains.
• Provide subject matter expertise and guidance on the effective use of data in both operational and analytical environments.
• Support data lifecycle management activities, including data curation, lineage, taxonomy, classification, and governance oversight.
• Develop and implement data quality rules, monitor performance metrics, and drive adherence to data quality and governance standards.
• Partner with Data Advisors and business stakeholders to identify, define, and document data in support of regulatory, legal, audit, and strategic initiatives.
• Lead discussions and resolution efforts related to data quality, integration, reconciliation, and governance issues, recommending corrective actions as needed.
• Prepare metrics, reporting, and insights on data domain health, governance compliance, and ongoing improvement opportunities.

• Previous Experience in Data Stewardship, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Data Analysis or Data Modeling in the wealth Management/Financial Services Industry.
• Experience interacting with various database and file storage systems (DB2, Oracle, Snowflake), using Data manipulation language/SQL and creating technical documentation/lineage preferred.
• Experience working with Data Governance tools - Collibra, Informatica, Alation- Familiarity with Data Governance concepts and best practices, including Data quality, privacy, metadata documentation, and Data certification.
• Experience with Jira and Agile methodologies.

Abilities:

• Effective organizational, verbal and written communication skills with proven ability to establish and cultivate relationships with key partners.
• Proficient relationship management, interpersonal, collaboration and negotiation skills - Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment.
• Motivated to understand and keep current with relevant Industry trends and best practices as well as strong critical thinking skills and ability to navigate ambiguous situations.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks/projects along with recurring responsibilities, and adjust to changing priorities.
• Ability to drive change and lead/influence others without formal authority- Ability to identify new business processes and data usage to promote efficiency and reliability.
• Troubleshooting skills to investigate, resolve, and escalate problems. Identify need for technical assistance to help in problem resolution.

Years of Experience

Minimum: 3-5 years

Preferred: 6-10 years

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report (https://careers.edwardjones.com/blog/edward-jones-releases-annual-purpose-inclusion-and-citizenship-report/?codes=DIRECT&utm_source=DIRECT) .

¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

Are you energized by the idea of shaping and defining data? Do you enjoy translating between technical and business worlds? Do you naturally lean into complexity and feel motivated to untangle how things truly work? This may be your opportunity!

Edward Jones Data Management and Stewardship is seeking a Data Steward II to lead the organization in maximizing the value, quality, trust and understanding of our branch real estate (BRE) data. The Data Steward promotes the firm’s commitment to clean, reliable and accurate data by acting as a function of the firm’s data governance framework to ensure data is cared for through its complete lifecycle, as an enterprise asset. This position includes stewardship of BRE data in addition to being a critical enabler in the health of the firm’s enterprise workforce and firm financials data.

What You Will Do, At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We’re proud of our associates’ contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.