Data Steward

Belfius Bank and Insurance
Brussel, Belgium
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
Dutch, English, French
Job source

Tech stack

Data Files Data Governance Meta-Data Management Metadata Repositories Raw Data Data Streaming Core Data Data Lineage Collibra Data Management Tools for Reporting

Job description

capabilities. Regulatory frameworks such as BCBS 239 (Principles for effective Risk Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting) require high standards of data quality, ownership, lineage, and control. To support this ambition, we are looking for a Data Steward who will act as a key link between the business, risk, and IT, ensuring that critical data used for regulatory reporting and decision?making is well defined, well governed, and fit for purpose.

Role Summary The Data Steward is responsible for ensuring that business data (particularly risk and finance data relevant to BCBS 239) is properly defined, documented, governed, and used consistently across the organization. You will work closely with Business and IT teams to embed strong data governance practices, monitor and improve data quality, and contribute to the bank’s overall regulatory compliance and data maturity., The Data Steward is responsible for ensuring that business?critical data, in particular risk data used for regulatory and management reporting, is clearly defined, consistently used, and properly governed across the bank. Acting as the custodian of business data definitions within assigned data domains, the Data Steward works closely with Data Owners to define, maintain, and document business concepts, critical data elements, business rules, and data quality requirements in line with the bank’s data governance framework. In order to support the bank’s compliance with BCBS 239, the Data Steward actively contributes to ensuring that data is accurate, complete, timely, and traceable from source systems through to risk and regulatory reports. This includes supporting end?to?end data lineage documentation, ensuring transparency of data flows, and contributing to internal and regulatory audits by providing clear explanations of data definitions, controls, and usage. Through continuous interaction with stakeholders, the Data Steward helps embed sustainable data governance practices that support sound decision?making and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

The ideal candidate has several years of relevant experience in a banking or financial services environment, ideally in roles related to data management, data governance, risk, regulatory reporting, or reporting. Prior exposure to BCBS 239 or similar regulatory frameworks governing risk data aggregation and reporting is strongly preferred. Experience with credit risk-related domains, such as IFRS 9 impairment (ECL, Cost of Risk, provisions), Basel capital and RWA frameworks, and credit risk loan tape data, is considered a strong asset. The Data Steward demonstrates a solid understanding of banking data, particularly risk data, and how such data is used in management and regulatory reporting. They have a good grasp of core data governance concepts, including data ownership, stewardship, metadata management, critical data elements, data lineage, and data quality management. Familiarity with data governance tools, data catalogs, lineage tools, or business intelligence and reporting platforms is considered an asset. Strong analytical skills are essential. The successful candidate is structured, detail?oriented, and capable of working methodically with complex information, data sets and documentation. They are comfortable taking ownership of topics within their scope and following through on actions in collaboration with multiple stakeholders. Equally important are strong communication and stakeholder management skills. The Data Steward must be able to clearly explain data concepts, definitions, and issues to both technical and non?technical audiences, and to act as a bridge between business, risk, and IT teams. The role requires a collaborative mindset, the confidence to challenge constructively when data standards are not met, and the ability to influence without direct hierarchical authority. Fluency in English is required. A strong knowledge of French and/or Dutch is also essential. Proficiency in both French and Dutch is considered a significant asset, as it facilitates interaction with local stakeholders and contributes to clear and effective communication across the organization

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