Senior Data Quality Specialist

Location: Full-time remote option, east coast only.

OVERVIEW:

Provides Data Quality measurement, evaluation and assessment services relating to the new Customer Data Management Platform. Creates and documents data quality policies and procedures and supports them through programmatic implementation. Provides process evaluation and performance monitoring solutions through the management and execution of data quality processing.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor, identify, assess, document, and communicate potential quality issues relative to the pillars of Data Quality (Completeness, Uniqueness, Timeliness, Accuracy, Conformity)
• Evaluate large datasets for performing advanced data analysis to assess initial data quality
• Perform advanced data profiling and discovery to identify trends and anomalies related to data quality
• Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management and to stakeholders
• Research and determine the scope of data quality issues to identify steps to remediate them
• Determine the level of business impact due to data quality issues
• Produce quality dashboards to measure all aspects of the data quality pillars
• Design and implement DQ controls based on ETL and the importance of data elements
• Develop and Document enterprise data quality policies and procedures in partnership with leadership
• Work with stakeholders to establish and monitor service level agreements (SLA's), communication protocols, and data quality assurance policies
• Review code created by developers, ensure alignment to data quality rules and related data definitions
• Coordinate critical data quality management functions across cross functional teams
• Develop and maintain enterprise data quality policies and procedures in partnership with leadership
• Comply with the enterprise data quality policy and standards
• Comply with Financial Services, Banking transactions and regulatory mandates for customer data
• Mentor and assist less experienced team members
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years related experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 9 years higher education and/ or work experience, including a minimum of 5 years related experience
• Experience working in Data Governance and Data Quality programs at a large, complex organizations
• Expert in Structured Query Language (SQL) – Advanced SQL
• Experience in one or more database technologies
• Experience in the collection and management of metadata 

IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED:

• 5 or more years’ experience in Financial Services
• Experience using data quality and data governance tools
• Experience developing, documenting and applying data quality improvement metrics
• Demonstrated Project Management/Business Analysis skills
• Experience with data CDPs, Customer 360 and/or Amperity
• Experience designing and developing dashboards
• Strong Communication Skills and proven ability to Influence Change

M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $97,869.52 - $163,115.87 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location:Buffalo, New York, United States of America