State of New York - New York City, NY
posted 3 days ago
About the position
The New York State Department of Financial Services seeks to build an equitable, transparent, and resilient financial system that benefits individuals and supports business. Through engagement, data-driven regulation and policy, and operational excellence, the Department and its employees are responsible for empowering consumers and protecting them from financial harm; ensuring the health of the entities we regulate; driving economic growth in New York through responsible innovation; and preserving the stability of the global financial system. The Department of Financial Services is seeking candidates to fill the position of Assistant Deputy Superintendent for Data Governance and Analytics in the Research & Innovation Division. Working with the Deputy Superintendent for the Virtual Currency Unit, the Deputy Superintendent for Limited Purpose Trust Companies, the Executive Deputy Superintendent of R&I, and the DFS Data Governance Unit, the Assistant Deputy Superintendent for Data Governance and Analytics will lead data stewardship activities for R&I Division. The Assistant Deputy Superintendent will lead a team across the NYC and Albany offices. Working under the direction of Research & Innovation, as well as coordinating with other DFS Divisions, the position functions with great independence in advancing the Division's data-related objectives.
Responsibilities
- Operationalizes key data governance capabilities and processes
- Contributes to data governance forum(s)
- Leads data quality issue remediation, and other data quality activities within Division
- Builds data quality tooling capabilities (i.e., data quality checks on ingested data), drive adoption of data quality framework and guidelines
- Develops Divisional data / business glossaries, drive adoption of data cataloguing guidelines and best practices. Create to data flow documentation/lineage for key systems
- Creates trusted (authoritative) datasets and drive implementation of related workflows/approval processes
- Collaborates with the enterprise Data Governance and Management Unit to drive implementation of data platforms and/or solutions
- Collaborates with the enterprise Data Governance and Management Unit on decision making processes and facilitate discussions to address conflicting viewpoints with the goal of arriving at mutually satisfactory agreements
- Contributes to enterprise data governance program's metrics and reporting, and lead adoption of data governance metrics/reporting within Division
- Manages Data support staff across other units with R&I to accomplish data steward role
- Leads the development of supervisory tools and analytics to support the oversight of virtual currency entities across the VC and LPTC units
- Participates in R&I data analytics coordinating forums
- Manages the strategy and growth of the data governance team
- Leads or participates in meetings and conferences and generally interacts with regulated entities or their representatives, industry organizations, and other governmental agencies
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelors degree and at least 5 years' experience in a data governance and/or analytics role
- Demonstrated ability to supervise teams
- Familiarity with virtual currency regulation and the New York Banking Law
- Strong project management skills, including experience managing many time-sensitive, complex projects simultaneously
- Strong analytical skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage human capital and other resources to support short- and long-term priorities
- Superior written and oral communication skills
Benefits
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility
- Reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
