Aegon Asset Management (Aegon AM) is a leading global investor. Our 370 investment professionals manage and advise on assets of US $361 billion for a global client base of pension plans, public funds, insurance companies, banks, wealth managers, family offices and foundations. We organize our firm around four investment platforms: fixed income, real assets, equities and multi-asset & solutions, which includes a fiduciary and multi-manager business. Each investment platform has dedicated teams with deep asset-class expertise, organized globally and committed to maximizing client benefit from their specialist areas. We are an international business: Our 1,150 employees work from 14 locations across Europe, the Americas and Asia. We share a common belief in fundamental, research-driven active management, underpinned by effective risk management and a commitment to responsible investment. Position Overview: The Data Governance Officer is a key member of the Aegon Asset Management Data Office, reporting to the Chief Data Officer. The team consists of first line of defense Data Governance, Quality and Privacy officers whose vision is to ensure Enterprise Data is well understood, trusted and prioritized for use and remediation. Our mission is to ensure data assets are well governed and protected throughout their lifecycle. We put in place frameworks, policy, standards and training to enable this. Specializing in Data Governance tooling, the Data Governance Officer provides expertise in embedding data governance in global corporate environments, leveraging tooling to make it effective. They play a critical role, responsible for overseeing, coordinating and managing adoption and use of tooling to improve Data Governance KPIs. In doing so they contribute to delivering the business and IT change necessary to become a data-driven Asset Manager.

Responsibilities:

Data Governance:

  • Establish and maintain written global frameworks and procedures to comply with data policy and standards
  • Work with business and IT stakeholders to operationalize these policies and frameworks leveraging tooling where available to coordinate and support
  • Work with technology services on the configuration and availability of the tooling for use within business
  • Provide management oversight on the data governance activities of the organization and seek decisions from governance committees to alter or strengthen its position
  • Chair working groups, with business and IT stakeholders to facilitate questions/feedback/decisions on data governance topics
  • Embed data governance in change initiatives such that data is a key consideration and there are appropriate deliverables defined
  • Safeguard data integrity, security, and compliance

Communication and Collaboration:

  • Collaborate with data stakeholders across business and IT to deliver operational data governance
  • Design, develop, and implement metrics, reports and/ dashboards to provide oversight and insight into key activities and drive key business decisions
  • Plan & facilitate ongoing communication and training with stakeholders on key data governance activities
  • Develop training materials to support the onboarding and adoption of the data-related initiatives in BAU

Technical Know How:

  • Leverage technologies and platforms to effect data governance, by design
  • Experienced in automating workflows, notifications and reporting and dashboards

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business (Finance, Accounting, Analytics) or equivalent experience
  • Thorough knowledge and experience in data management and data governance (typically eight or more years)
  • Understanding of data management industry frameworks, principles and practices
  • Proficient applying technologies to data management (e.g. Alation, Power Query, MSBI, SQL server)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experienced automating workflows, notifications, reporting, and dashboards
  • Excellent written/oral communication and interpersonal skills to present information and influence stakeholders
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Proficient in MS Office including Excel, PowerPoint, BI

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Preferably some experience within a corporate working environment
  • Experience working in the financial industry is a plus

Job and compensation levels depend upon an applicant’s qualifications including the extent of candidate’s relevant experience and other job-related factors and will be determined by hiring supervisors/managers and HR.

At Aegon Asset Management, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We are more than a global Asset Management firm – we are a people business, and we recognize that delivering excellent client outcomes comes from embracing diverse perspectives. We value diversity in the full range of human uniqueness without limitation including race, gender, ability, language, culture, beliefs, age, origin, background, perspectives and experiences.

We are open to considering flexible working practices. Please talk to us about what this means for you.

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