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Risk & Compliance Data Steward

As the Risk & Compliance Data Domain will manage data related to Mizuho’s Risk Management and Compliance processes, including risk aggregation, regulatory reporting, and controls.

Data Domains core responsibilities include definition and ownership of business use cases, serving as owners for and managing data within the domain (selected with view to exhaustively cover data within the enterprise with no overlaps), ensuring data satisfies the needs of data consumers, managing data quality assessments and remediation with source systems, expressing the data model and data definitions for the data elements within the domain, and participating in the enterprise data governance bodies.

Risk & Compliance Data Steward As the Risk & Compliance Data Steward, you will serve as the strategic lead and subject matter expert for the Risk & Compliance Data Domain, which encompasses all functions under the Risk and the Compliance Divisions. You will act as the steward of the Bank’s core system for Risk and Compliance ensuring that data is accurate, accessible, and aligned with enterprise standards. A key part of this role is to understand how Risk and Compliance data is created and used across the organization so that you drive the definition of the Vision and strategy for key platforms supporting the domain, ensuring alignment with business objectives and stakeholder expectations. You will spend a significant amount of time directly engaging with business contacts to understand data requirements, usage, and challenges to be addressed by the data strategy as well as with the Technology partner to create, prioritize, and refine requirements to ensure the development team is always working on the most valuable features. This role will manage Data Steward(s) and Data Quality Analyst(s) supporting the Risk & Compliance Data Domain and sub domains.

Responsibilities

Data Strategy & Governance
Translate enterprise workforce strategies into actionable data management plans for the Risk & Compliance Data Domain.
Lead new data initiatives by defining business cases, gathering requirements, and prioritizing projects across the domain.
Establish and maintain processes aligned with Enterprise Data Policy and Standards.
Oversee access and provisioning of Risk & Compliance data, including defining access controls, supporting data users, and ensuring compliance with Data Service Agreements and regulatory standards.
Ensure that all Risk & Compliance data is governed in accordance with enterprise policies and controls.
Act as change agent within the Domain, influence changes towards a data driven culture.
Data Architecture
Manage the definition of golden sources and systems of record for data in scope, including data critical to risk aggregation, regulatory reporting, and control processes.
Data dictionary
Support stakeholders in defining, validating, and maintaining business definitions for data elements.
Accountable for data lineage and technical metadata for data elements within domain.
Identify need for changes in metadata within domain, including impacts to regulatory, compliance or risk reporting data elements.
Data Quality
Support stakeholders in developing and managing data quality controls for data within domain to satisfy consumer’s requirements.
Oversee remediation of Data Quality issues through prioritizing issues to remediate; review and challenge remediation plans, with focus on issues impacting regulatory accuracy, compliance oversight or risk decisions.
Reporting Structure / Leadership Responsibilities
Lead and coordinate a team of data professionals supporting the Risk and Compliance domains, including direct management responsibilities (e.g., Data Quality Analyst) and oversight of sub-domain stewards.
Establish, develop, and oversee a network of Sub-Domain Data Stewards across the Risk and Compliance organizations, ensuring appropriate domain coverage, clear accountability, and effective execution of Data Stewardship responsibilities.
Partner with the Data Management Office and business leaders to formalize the Sub-Domain Data Steward model, strengthening ownership and focus for critical data assets.
Demonstrated Skills
Fluency in data governance, data quality, and metadata management principles.
Strongly preferred: demonstrated experience supporting both Risk and Compliance functions.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business needs into data solutions.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage competing priorities.
Experience with regulatory, compliance requirements and risk management related to Financial industry.
Strong ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change programs.

Qualifications

7+ years experience in Management role (Dir/ExecDir)
3+ years experience with Data Quality and Data Management
Experience with data design, data audit, data governance and IT a plus
Experience in Compliance, Risk Management, Regulatory Reporting, or related domains preferred
LI-Hybrid
Other requirements
Mizuho has in place a hybrid working program, with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, needs of your department, as well as local laws and regulatory obligations. Roles in some of our departments have greater in-office requirements that will be communicated to you as part of the recruitment process.
Company Overview
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 15th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets of ~$2 trillion. Mizuho's 60,000 employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Mizuho Americas is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Through its acquisition of Greenhill, Mizuho provides M&A, restructuring and private capital advisory capabilities across Americas, Europe and Asia. Mizuho Americas employs approximately 3,500 professionals, and its capabilities span corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research. Visit www.mizuhoamericas.com. Mizuho Americas offers a competitive total rewards package. We are an EEO/AA Employer - M/F/Disability/Veteran. We participate in the E-Verify program. We maintain a drug-free workplace and reserve the right to require pre- and post-hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.
About Us
Why Mizuho
Mizuho is in growth mode as we are climbing the league tables, disrupting the status quo, and attracting top talent. Positions are available across our corporate functions, and on our corporate and investment banking, capital markets, advisory, research, sales & trading, derivatives, and financing teams.
We are looking for candidates who want to contribute to our entrepreneurial culture where people at all levels are inspired to share ideas. Our creativity sets us apart, and our perseverance drives results in creating bespoke, client-focused solutions.
If you are interested in advancing your career working for a firm with a growth mindset and the resources of a global financial services team, we would like to hear from you.

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