Data Governance Analyst II

Job Description

First Hawaiian Bank is currently seeking a Data Governance Analyst II to join our team in the Data Governance Department.

Work Hours

Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (hours may vary)

Compensation

The salary range for the role is $75,000 - $92,000/yr; commensurate with experience.

The successful candidate will be hired for the level of the position that aligns with their experience.

Responsibilities

The Data Governance team ensures that sound practices are in place across the enterprise to govern key data assets, by setting standards (Policy Making), collaborating with various business units across the Bank (Advisory), as well as controlling and consolidating the risks (Oversight).

As a member of the Data Governance team, the Data Governance Analyst II is responsible for:

• Supporting key data governance activities across the enterprise including data quality monitoring, data control assessment, design, and implementation
• Identifying and documenting key data elements used in key data use cases posing regulatory and financial reporting risk to the bank or supporting major strategic initiatives
• Collaborating with data owners, data stewards, process owners and IT experts alongside their own team to oversee processes and create verifiable business rules that help establish key enterprise data is valid and fit for use in key reports, models, decision processes and AI use cases
• Guiding and supporting business units in improving their data literacy and best practices, and in the implementation of data controls designed to improve the quality of the data under their control
• Monitoring, consolidating and reporting the risks using Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) to ensure effective oversight and facilitate proactive risk management
  
  

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have:

• Bachelor's degree in business, data science, economics, finance, IT, related field, or equivalent, directly related experience required
• Master’s degree in business, data science, economics, finance, IT or a related field preferred
• Minimum 4 years of data governance, data analysis or business analyst experience, ideally with a focus on banking data
• Must have experienced multiple full project lifecycles from business development to final delivery
• Prior experience applying Agile principles and Scrum methodology is a plus
• A solid understanding of data management, data administration, and information lifecycle governance
• A solid understanding of banking and finance
• Experience in data profiling and data analysis
• Experience interacting with enterprise-wide data warehouses, legacy systems, data marts, and business intelligence systems (e.g., Tableau, ThoughtSpot)
• Experience in Cross-functional/Cross-Company projects is preferred
• Experience with Relational Databases (preferably Oracle) and/or other data integration and management tools
• Ability to read code and/or specifications for database, file, and record definitions
• Sufficient experience to understand large-scale, commercial application packages such as those that support the bank
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for report and presentation creation, business requirement proposals, client interaction, and methodology documentation
• Works well across multiple business units
• Solid organizational skills, with the ability to handle complex projects in a multi-tasking environment and meet deadlines with quality results
• Thoroughness, attention to detail and excellent follow-through
• Able to work independently and proactively to take initiative to solve problems quickly
• Able to handle confidential matters judiciously
• Team player able to apply judgement when to seek guidance from other team members
• Ability to write and execute SQL queries for data retrieval
• Ability to program software is a plus, especially in Python
• Foundational knowledge in statistics, Machine Learning, Master and Reference Data Management and Data Lineage are a plus