Vice President - Compliance Data Governance Lead

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**Job Title** Compliance Data Governance Lead -VP **Department** : India CoE Compliance Hub **Location** Mumbai **About Business line/Function** **:** India COE Compliance Hub is focused on protecting the reputation of the Group and effectively managing risk across all business areas by providing support to various Compliance functions. At present, the department is broadly organized into divisions providing services for Global Compliance Training, Capital Markets Surveillance, Electronic Communication Surveillance, Compliance Migrations Co-Ordination, Personal Account Dealing, MIS and Projects management support. The team works closely with business partners in CIB and the wider group **Position Purpose** **:** The Compliance Data Governance Lead will operate within India CoE Compliance Hub, based in Mumbai and support as a team or individually on simultaneous initiatives involving data governance and technology automation. **Responsibilities** Direct Responsibilities Work closely with Compliance CIB Central team to evaluate systems and data with the objective of identifying and implementing data completeness and quality controls for critical datasets. The successful candidate will be process-efficiency minded, have a high degree of business analytic skills and knowledge of data relationships. To be successful in this role, the individual will need to demonstrate aptitudes in interactions with Management and Stakeholders. **Direct Responsibilities** - Drive data‑quality improvement initiatives for specific business domain, ensuring adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies. - Serve as the primary liaison (Data Stewardship) for all compliance‑related data issues within the Data‑Governance. - Ability to multitask with various associated topics such as audit, regulatory etc. - Strong messaging skill, ability to articulate true business impact of issues - Ability to create “one pager” for leadership with sync messaging - Participate in client‑needs, assessments and propose solutions that enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness. - Communicate issue resolutions and success stories to stakeholders, sponsors, relevant committees, and all management levels. - Support the Compliance through change‑management activities, UAT testing & coordination, and deployment/transition phases. - Investigate completeness and quality gaps in Key Data Elements (KDEs); engage Business SMEs and Technology to devise short‑term tactical fixes and contribute to the design of strategic, long‑term solutions. - Perform data profiling and maintain end‑to‑end data lineage documentation (mapping and transformation), keeping run‑books up‑to‑date and providing backup support when needed. - Assist with DFS‑504 sub‑certification, annual assessments, internal/external audits, and other special projects. - Collaborate closely with peers to facilitate knowledge sharing and collective problem solving. - Evaluate BAU processes and recommend automation opportunities to streamline business processes and increase productivity. - Drive team performance, manage stakeholders, beneficiaries, customer and lead by example Contributing Responsibilities - Steer a compliance mindset and stay up to date with projects/tasks assigned, Manage Stakeholder expectations w.r.t assigned tasks - Deliver appropriate reporting content, KPI metrics to beneficiary and Local management, with continuity of reporting and transparency on actions as per agreed KPI - Proactively communicate with ISPL Management in case of challenges and bottlenecks. - Effective and timely communication (wherever applicable): Project status, BRDs, Solution Design Documents, Operating procedures, workflows, PPTs and promotional presentations. **Technical & Behavioral Competencies** - Advanced analytical and investigative skills; analyses complete datasets and recommends tactical and strategic solutions. - Appreciation for data integrity and working experience managing data issues. - Knowledge of SQL / ability to write queries and understanding ETL processing. - Understanding data quality concepts (i.e. data controls, data profiling, data lineage). - System analysis / data tracing of issues to root cause and impact analysis. - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with other Function staff and management. - Executive messaging, ability to succinctly articulate - Excellent organizational and project management skills and attention to detail. - Ability to manage multiple initiatives at the same time and meet deadlines. **Specific Qualifications** - Minimum Bachelors degree. Preferable a BA or BS Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology emphasis in data analytics. - 14+ years of relevant experience in domain/Data governance, expertise gained in a GCC or large financial / compliance set up would be useful. - Experience with AML Global Banking & Global Markets, Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering, Payments and defining KPI/KRI’s - Experience with reporting and analytical tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx or SQL server - Understanding of R/Python a plus - Previous Compliance experience advantages. **Technical Skills** **Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)** - Communication skills - oral & written - Decision Making - Creativity & Innovation / Problem solving - Business Intelligence - Tools and techniques - Ability to synthetize / simplify **Behavioral Skills** - Ability to understand, explain and support change - Analytical Ability - Ability to manage / facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training… - Ability to develop and leverage networks - Ability to anticipate business / strategic evolution **Education Level:** Bachelor Degree or equivalent **Location:** Mumbai **About BNP Paribas Group** BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. 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