Senior Data Specialist in Bristol

At Ayvens, progress starts with you. Our ambitions to shape the future of sustainable mobility are powered by our talent. Join us, and get better with every move.

Supporting the Data Compliance & Governance Lead, you as the successful applicant will be key to developing and supporting the frameworks aimed at fostering a culture of data trust across Ayvens in the UK. You will act as a single point of contact for the compliance and governance control assuming oversight of activities and coordination. As such you will be adept at nurturing stakeholder relationships to ensure continuous improvement data compliance and adherence to the data governance roadmap.

A tremendous opportunity to join Ayvens as we move ahead with our integration/re-organisation, a permanent opportunity offering a competitive remuneration package including strong basic salary, car & bonus.

• Support the delivery of the Data Management policy, Data Retention policy (and others that are deemed in the remit of data) and the associated frameworks; its translation, implementation and continuous improvement in the UK. And all other associated LOD1 activities.
• Implement, promote and champion a comprehensive data management roadmap including the defining, oversight and enforcement of data policies, procedure and standards.
• Liaise with, educate and positively influence stakeholders on the implementation of good data practices including driving the adoption of fully accountable data trustees throughout the business.
• The creation and evolution of the Data Info Hub and lead the continuous improvements of our governance and compliance capabilities.
• Specialist of root cause analysis of data definitions and data quality issues.
• Ensure the continuous improvement of the definitions of the technical components, interrelationships and principles governing the creation, exploitation and management of Ayvens data assets in collaboration with Architecture and Database and Application teams.
• Create exceptional collaboration with teams within the Data team, wider organisation and group entities.
• Ensure appropriate capture of the data lineage and the recording of the CRUD principles.
• Be a mentor and support for non-senior resources within the team.

• Collaborating and Influencing: Collaborate effectively with other teams, departments, divisions and entities to drive business success and people engagement. Drive conversations to actionable plans. Be a leader and focus energy and talent on collective success. Able to communicate (often complex) ideas, designs and questions, simply, clearly and effectively.
• Leading Change: Seen as a data evangelist acting as a change agent to improve the definition, use and capability of data and information across the UK business. Be courageous in the activation of change, be that minor or organisational. Implement effective plans, including clear communication, and stakeholder engagement to energise the team and the wider organisation in achieving these business goals.
• Social & Culture: Contributes to maintaining positive team morale and prioritises succeeding as a team ahead of individual success.
• Curiosity: Keen interest in understanding new technologies and their business applications. Stay up to date with industry and technical trends, best practice, and regulatory requirements to drive business benefit.

• Technical Capabilities:
• Problem Solving: Able to step into unfamiliar projects to assist with complex issues. Defines and ensures standards to evolve data reliability.
• Overview: Excellent knowledge of the end-to-end development lifecycle of data solutions and the compliance and governance that should be implemented and reviewed through the lifecycle.
• Quality: Creates mechanisms which measure and ensure quality standards are followed and seeks to evolve standards to fill gaps and challenge low-value elements.
• Security: Initiates and oversees application of secure design principles within departmental processes.
• Incremental Value Delivery: Understands the problem statement and aids the creation of an appropriate data solution, manages cross-team dependencies and fosters a culture of controlled urgency.

• Strong SQL or other RDBMS querying language skills.
• Experience in establishing governance frameworks supporting BCBS239 principles.
• Extensive experience using and configuring cataloguing tools, such as Collibra.
• Aware of the tools and approaches in MDM and metadata capture.
• Extensive experience with RDBMS, datalakes and datahouses.
• Experience of monitoring and reporting against agreed SLAs, KPIs and delivering BAU objectives.
• Demonstrable experience in being able to prioritise multiple deliverables of varying commitments.
• Experience of working in the financial services industry and knowledge of data related to regulatory requirements for the financial service sector.

• Multiple years of relevant professional experience specifically dealing with data management, data governance, and data compliance topics.

• Working knowledge of the Azure data platform. Fleetware and/or Miles database knowledge is desired.

With over 3.4 million vehicles managed across more than 42 countries, we provide full-service leasing, flexible subscription services, fleet management services and multi-mobility solutions to customers of all sizes, including large corporates, SMEs, professionals, and private individuals. By leveraging our unique position to lead the way to net zero and further shape the digital transformation of the industry, we are well-positioned to meet the evolving mobility needs of our clients and provide them with the solutions they need to thrive.

At Ayvens, we believe that our success is driven by our commitment to customer satisfaction. Our team is dedicated to delivering innovative solutions and technology-enabled services that help our customers focus on their everyday business. We’re committed to sustainable mobility and have made it a core part of our strategy. In everything we do, we’re guided by the principles of authenticity, curiosity, commitment and collaboration. We aim to foster an organisation that’s diverse in people and ideas, where everyone can thrive and be themselves, no matter who they are.

Join us on this exciting journey as we continue to enable the transformation towards large scale adoption of sustainable mobility and provide our customers with the solutions they need to succeed.