Vice President or Assistant Vice President (Data Stewardship Lead)

Position Information

Hiring Manager:

Director

Department:

Planning & Operations

Department Overview

The Planning & Operations (“P&O”) Group drives planning, analytics, data management and technology projects while providing operational support for the Investor Partners Group (“IPG”), which has primary responsibility for all of Golub Capital’s business development and client relationship management activities. The team possesses both a deep understanding of IPG’s needs as well as a strong set of unique technical expertise.

The Data Strategy and Analytics subgroup is responsible for making data readily available in order to empower and simplify the IPG’s ability to make data-driven decisions. The team collaborates closely with other IPG Teams and Technology Solutions (“TS”) to support the department in developing and executing plans in line with Firm objectives.

Position Responsibilities

This individual will perform sophisticated data analysis and develop automated reports for business stakeholders and leadership.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Driving Data Strategy and Analytics’ initiatives and deliverables effectively as a project manager, ensuring alignment with department goals
• Managing the IPG Data Steward Team to ensure consistent execution of data governance practices and data stewardship responsibilities within core IPG systems (e.g., CRM)
• Owning data governance responsibilities such as data lineage, glossary term definition and tool implementation
• Serving as a primary partner to the firmwide Data Governance Committee
• Creating and maintaining documentation of data standards and quality metrics to drive accountability and awareness across IPG
• Implementing, monitoring and enforcing Data Governance Committee sponsored initiatives such as data protection and privacy procedures and document labeling standards within IPG
• Overseeing the data change request process and ensuring reconciliation SLAs are consistently met
• Creating and maintaining definitions of key IPG business terms in the firmwide data glossary, including running the annual review process, identifying gaps and overseeing new term submissions
• Identifying opportunities for data quality improvement and collaborating with colleagues and business partners to design and implement solutions
• Collaborating with internal teams to address data quality issues and support data governance projects that enhance data capture and integrity
• Partnering with report builders to ensure compliance with Data Governance standards for all new reports and customized data fields
• Building a detailed understanding of business processes and how data impacts business partners by proactively engaging with subject matter experts

Candidate Requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in finance, business, information technology, computer science, data analytics or a related field
• 8 years’ experience in database systems and financial data management, preferably in asset management
• Strong knowledge of relational databases, specifically CRM systems, data warehouses and SSAS Cubes
• Established track record of leading cross-functional data governance projects to identify and define critical data points and implement systems and stewardship procedures to capture and maintain them at a high level of quality
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including experience presenting to an audience of senior leaders
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Black Mountain / Allvue, Wall Street Office and Power BI preferred
• Excellent attention to detail, analytical, problem solving and logical reasoning skills
• Ability to articulate complex concepts in a straightforward manner to business and technology stakeholders
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, manage time and priorities under pressure and meet deadlines
• Enthusiastic about working in office and creating a Gold Standard hybrid work culture

Critical Competencies for Success

Our Gold Standards define key behaviors and competencies across 4 dimensions: Leadership, Achieving Results, Personal Effectiveness and Thinking Critically. These behaviors and competencies drive our ability to win together.

• Leadership: Role models in this area consistently focus on the right goals and priorities and continually develop themselves and others. Always team players, they influence and engage with others to contribute to a supportive and inclusive culture where all feel welcome.

• Achieving Results: Role models in this area are high achievers who develop careful plans and deliver consistently and effectively. They hold themselves and others accountable for delivering high quality results, and they remove barriers to ensure others can contribute and grow.

• Personal Effectiveness: Role models in this area build strong relationships, treat others with respect and communicate effectively. They are driven to exceed expectations and are adaptable to changing circumstances.

• Thinking Critically: Role models in this area understand our business, rely on analytical reasoning and seek diverse perspectives to solve problems. They are forward thinking, anticipating issues and addressing them in advance.

The department-specific competencies define the knowledge, skills and abilities that are needed to successfully perform the functional or technical work of this role.

• Industry Knowledge: Demonstrates an understanding of the Firm’s position in the industry, specifically with regard to direct lending and asset management, as well as the competitive landscape. Monitors industry trends and changes and recognizes their relevancy and implications to the Firm.

• Firm and Product Knowledge: Demonstrates an understanding of the Firm’s investment strategies, client base, products and investor needs, including the Firm’s structure and competitive advantage in the marketplace.

• Innovation: Embodies an agile and creative mindset to help develop new solutions, continuously improve and optimize existing processes and impose structure in ambiguous circumstances through people, process and technology.

• Project / Program Management: Manages projects and / or programs through planning, identifying resources, executing, monitoring and communicating project activities and assessing impacts of the project decisions.

• Analytics: Surfaces, sources, analyzes and interprets data to identify trends and inform strategy and business decisions.

• Data and Content Stewardship: Follows appropriate policies and procedures to enter and manage data and content, including evaluating issues with data and content and taking appropriate steps to address them. Communicates with others regarding data and content stewardship to ensure accuracy and integrity and encourages others to uphold data and content stewardship practices.

• Relationship Management: Creates ways to engage others, cultivate trust and build long-term win-win partnerships with investors, business partners and internal teams.

Compensation and Benefits

For New York Only: It is expected that the base salary range for this position will be $180,000 to $230,000 for a Vice President and $140,000 to $175,000 for an Assistant Vice President. Actual salaries may vary based on factors such as skills, experiences and qualifications for the role. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial and / or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits such as vacation, sick time and parental leave) dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, the employee will be in an ‘at-will position’ and the Firm reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance, Firm or individual department / team performance and market factors.

Golub Capital is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Due to the highly regulated nature of Golub Capital’s business and because of the sensitivity of the information that all personnel have access to, Golub Capital performs extensive and thorough pre-hire screens to ensure that its personnel act with expected levels of integrity, professionalism and personal responsibility.

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