Data Steward; Director Financial Services Programs , SG

The New York State Department of Financial Services seeks to build an equitable, transparent, and resilient financial system that benefits individuals and supports business. Through engagement, data-driven regulation and policy, and operational excellence, the Department and its employees are responsible for empowering consumers and protecting them from financial harm; ensuring the health of the entities we regulate; driving economic growth in New York through responsible innovation;

and preserving the stability of the global financial system.

• Operationalize key data governance capabilities and processes;
• Contribute to data governance forums;
• Lead data quality issue remediation and other data quality activities within the Division;
• Build data quality tooling capabilities (i.e., data quality checks on ingested data), drive adoption of data quality framework and guidelines;
• Develop Divisional data and business glossaries and drive adoption of data cataloguing guidelines and best practices;
• Create data flow documentation/lineage for key systems;
• Create trusted (authoritative) datasets and drive implementation of related workflows/approval processes;
• Collaborate with the enterprise Data Governance and Management Unit to drive implementation of data platforms and/or solutions;
• Collaborate with the enterprise Data Governance and Management Unit on decision-making processes and facilitate discussions to address conflicting viewpoints with the goal of arriving at mutually satisfactory agreements;
• Contribute to the enterprise data governance program’s metrics and reporting, and lead adoption of data governance metrics/reporting within Division;
• Drive progression of Divisional data initiatives and/or projects;
• Serve as subject matter expert (SME) for data and its uses within Division;
• Other duties as assigned.

See organizational standards for preferred qualifications.

No minimum qualifications are listed, but applicants should demonstrate sufficient experience in data governance and related disciplines.

• Data Governance or Data Management, Data Stewardship, Data Analytics, Statistical or actuarial analysis, Data and/or Information Security, Metrics and Reporting, Internal Controls and Process Re-engineering, Financial Risk Management, Project Management

Candidates must meet the minimum qualifications listed below in order to be eligible for appointment.

Non-Competitive:
Twelve years of financial services experience with either a regulated entity that has a regional, national, and/or international presence or a governmental regulatory entity. This experience must include practical and technical knowledge about State, federal and/or international financial services laws, rules and regulations. Three years of the experience must have been at a managerial level.

Substitutions:
An associate degree may substitute for two years of experience; a bachelor’s degree may substitute for four years of experience; a master’s degree may substitute for five years of experience; and a doctorate may substitute for six years of experience. Qualifying professional financial services experience is defined to include, but may not be limited to, related experience gained with public accounting/auditing firms;

cyber security and intrusion detection/mitigation firms; law firms, lobbying firms and consulting firms/companies; risk assessment, asset hedging and loss control firms; commodities markets, virtual currency and credit scoring; currency markets/exchanges, bond markets, stock markets and money markets; hedge funds, mutual funds, investment houses and rating firms; business valuation, stock valuation, and cash management; wealth management, wealth portfolio, and trust companies/corporations;

firms with a nexus to corporate mergers, acquisitions, management and accounting; mortgage backed securities, swaps and swap valuation; underwriting, policyholder services and claims services; workers’ compensation, income protection plans, gap insurance and liability coverage; property/casualty insurance, life…