KBC Global Services BG

Who are we:

KBC Global Services is the engine behind KBC Group – a leading bank-insurance group with over 41,000 talented employees serving more than 12 million clients across Europe.
The Bulgarian branch of our company was established in 2019 to provide back-office support to the bank and insurance entities within KBC Group in Anti-Money Laundering, Insurance, Daily Banking, Accounts controlling, Business Solutions Competence Centre, Credits and Financing and other business domains.
Since 2021, we have been supporting the digital transformation of KBC Group providing software development, QA, AI and other IT solutions working on a wide range of projects combining classical IT with digital banking.

Presenting: GRS

The importance of data quality has been increasing enormously in recent years and data management has become one of most exciting domains in the financial industry.  
Working at GRS (Group Reporting Services) will put you at the heart of KBC's data-driven strategy, helping to ensure that KBC delivers top quality reports to national and international regulators.  
You will get the opportunity to work in an international environment, with all entities of the KBC group (six banks, five insurers) for which we produce more than 4500 reports.  
Last, but far from least, you will work for a division that is continuously looking to innovate and improve. 

We are looking for a colleague who wants to be part of this transformation and help shape it. 

Job Description:

Group Reporting Services (GRS) is looking forward to welcoming a new Coordinating Data Steward. In this role you support our Group Chief Data Manager and General Manager, Filip Lersch. 

At GRS, we’re on a mission to make our groupwide frameworks and policies not just documents, but part of our daily operations. To achieve this, we need a Coordinating Data Steward who can support and inspire a broad community. Are you eager to learn what sound data governance and data quality management is about and look forward to share your enthusiasm with a wide range of colleagues? Do you have a knack for spotting issues before they become disasters? Do you like to bring people together in a collaborative, can-do spirit? Always on the lookout to make things better and to ensure everyone is still onboard? 
Great, please don’t stop reading! This vacancy for Coordinating Data Stewardship might be right up your alley.

Main responsibility areas:

•    Data Governance: the Coordinating Data Steward supports the teams under the umbrella of the Chief Data Manager in day-to-day implementation of data governance and data quality related policies and procedures. He/she acts as a Single Point Of Contact & coordinator, also makes sure policies and procedures are implemented in a consistent way across teams. 

•    Data Quality Management    - with the help of the GRS Data Quality control unit, the Coordinating Data Steward:
  o    looks out for improvement points in processes;
  o    develops metrics that turn data into actionable insights;
  o    Analyzes trends in data quality issues and processes, enabling to understand whether our continuous improvement actions have the desired results or where remediation might be needed;
  o    reports to the Chief Data Manager about the main challenges identified in scope of data quality and related processes and makes improvement suggestions.

•    Coordination and collaboration with a broad community of Data Stewards: 
  o    The Coordinating Data Steward, works in close collaboration with:
          Local Coordinating Data Stewards in the different countries;
          Data Stewards in international departments such as Markets, Group Competence Centers, Asset Management, KBC securities and others, as well as Group functions.
  o    He/she understands local needs and provides support in data-related matters but at the same time ensures compliance with policies and regulation. 

Qualifications:

•    Good communication and interpersonal skills: a message well brought, get’s you halfway to success;
•    Good analytical skills: a sharp eye and forward looking mindset will help you identify weaknesses and propose solutions;
•    Cross-domain and country collaboration master; building bridges and incorporating different views in a workable solution is your second nature;
•    Switching from theory to practice and back comes naturally for you;
•    Your problem-solving skills , can-do mentality, healthy dose of pragmatism and creativity work miracles. 
 

Next steps:

If you find this job opportunity interesting and you recognize yourself in the above, apply via the button with your CV in English.

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