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Analytics Governance Analyst

City of London Temporary £500 - £700 per day View Job Description
An exciting opportunity to join a leading international financial services organisation as it builds a new Analytics Governance capability. You'll play a key role in a high-profile data transformation programme, helping to establish governance frameworks, drive regulatory compliance, and influence analytics standards across the business. This is a unique chance to shape enterprise-wide change and leave a lasting impact.
  • Shape a greenfield analytics governance capability
  • Long-term programme driving enterprise-wide change

About Our Client



Our client is a leading global financial institution with a strong presence across EMEA and an ambitious data transformation agenda. Following substantial investment in its Data Office function, the organisation is focused on building industry-leading governance, data management, and analytics capabilities to support regulatory requirements and unlock greater business value from data.

With a rapidly expanding data function and strong executive sponsorship, this is an excellent opportunity to influence change at scale within a highly visible programme.

Job Description

  • Champion Analytics Governance standards and promote best practice across the organisation.
  • Identify, classify, catalogue and maintain inventories of Key Data Uses (KDUs) and End User Computing (EUC) tools.
  • Conduct governance assessments and gap analyses against established policies, standards and regulatory requirements.
  • Define and track remediation plans with business owners to address identified governance gaps.
  • Establish and maintain governance frameworks covering the lifecycle of analytics assets, from development through to retirement.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across business and technology teams to drive adoption of governance standards.
  • Support compliance initiatives aligned to BCBS239 and broader regulatory expectations.
  • Produce governance reporting, project updates and management information for senior stakeholders.
  • Act as a trusted advisor, educating teams on analytics governance principles and driving cultural change.



The Successful Applicant



You will bring a blend of governance expertise, regulatory knowledge, stakeholder management skills, and a passion for driving organisational change.

Essential Experience

  • Proven experience establishing Analytics Governance and/or EUC Governance frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of BCBS239 principles and data-related regulatory requirements within financial services.
  • Experience working within banking or financial services environments.
  • Hands-on experience with governance and cataloguing tools such as Collibra, Apparity, or similar.
  • Strong knowledge of analytics and reporting lifecycles, including relevant SDLC practices.
  • Experience facilitating governance adoption across multiple stakeholder groups.
  • Excellent communication, influencing, coaching and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.



Desirable Experience

  • Knowledge of ECB-related regulatory programmes.
  • Experience with Power BI and/or Tableau.
  • Understanding of enterprise data governance, data lineage, and metadata management.
  • Experience enabling controlled self-service analytics environments.

What's on Offer

  • Daily rate between £500 and £700, dependent on the level of experience.
  • 2-3 days per week in the office (London - Liverpool Street)
  • 6 month initial contract
  • Opportunity to build a governance capability from the ground up.
  • High-profile role within a major transformation programme.
  • Exposure to senior stakeholders across business and technology functions.
  • The chance to influence enterprise-wide data and analytics strategy.
Contact
Hannah Kelly
Quote job ref
JN-072026-7069316
Phone number
+44 7989225567

Job summary

Job function
Technology
Subsector
Data Analysis
Sector
Financial Services
Where
City of London
Contract type
Temporary
Consultant name
Hannah Kelly
Consultant phone
+44 7989225567
Job reference
JN-072026-7069316