Data Governance Analyst in Bridgend

Reporting to: Head of Data Governance

Direct Reports: No

Position Type: Permanent, full time

Why Tokio Marine HCC?

Standing still is not an option in the current world of Insurance. TMHCC are one of the world’s leading Specialty Insurers. With deep expertise in our chosen lines of business, our unparalleled track record and a solid balance sheet, TMHCC evaluates and manages risk like no one else in the industry. Looking beyond profit, empowering our people and delivering on our commitments are at the core of our customer values, and so is a desire to grow and provide creative and innovative solutions to our clients.

About Operations

Operations sits at the heart of TMHCC, we ensure the smooth running of all business processes — from policy administration and claims handling to data, technology, and delivery. We focus on driving efficiency which enables our teams across the business to deliver exceptional results every day. Our value statement: Ops makes it happen.

Operations is made up of 7 functions, this role sits within: Data Office

The TMHCC Data Office is a dynamic, forward-thinking team where data analytics, data design & engineering, and data governance come together to drive meaningful impact across the business. You’ll collaborate with passionate experts who champion innovation, empower decision-making, and help get the right data to the right people at the right times, to shape decision making at TMHCC. Join us to grow your skills, influence strategic outcomes, and be part of a supportive culture that values resilience, curiosity, quality, and continuous improvement.

Job Purpose

The successful candidate will join our dynamic and growing Data Office and help us build the centre of excellence for Data Governance using agile methodologies and modern tools.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partnering with the business units to understand Data Governance use cases to support key business drivers.
• Working with business Data Owners and Stewards to develop appropriate controls and monitoring for our most valued data.
• Gathering Data Governance Requirements from the Business including Reference and Master data, Data Quality Rule Definitions, Glossary definitions and data lineage.
• Analysing Data to determine how best to fulfil the requirements.
• Engineering the data quality solution by writing SQL queries to return result sets in an efficient manner.
• Testing solutions.
• Developing minimum standards, controls, and best practice guidance materials to support key Data Governance capabilities.
• Demonstrating solutions and value back to the business.
• Use modern tools and techniques to automate key Data Governance controls and processes.

Performance Objectives:

• Establish good working relationships with key stakeholders and SMEs within the business.
• Work with business partners to agree key Data Governance deliverables and use cases.
• Drive adoption of the Data Governance tools to support the automation of Data Quality monitoring, Data Catalogue development and Data Lineage mapping.

Skills and Experience Specification:

• Business analysis and requirements gathering skills to understand and document the business processes, data flows, controls, business need and align multiple stakeholders’ requirements.
• Experience of working in an Agile environment.
• Experience of building a business glossary and/or data catalogue.
• Experience in documenting data lineage using Data Governance tooling.
• Knowledge and experience of Data Governance Processes.
• Knowledge of Master Data Management best practices.
• Development using SQL, Python or similar languages.
• Experience in creating dashboards and reports using Power BI.
• Previous experience in insurance, including Lloyd’s or London Market based.
• An understanding of complex adaptive systems.

Essential:

• A willingness to learn and implement new skills.
• Basic understanding of databases and data modelling.
• A good understanding and experience of stakeholder management / business partnering.
• A solid understanding of Data Governance principles and best practice.

Desirable:

• Previous experience of working with data in a Financial Services environment.
• Understanding of databases and data modelling.
• Previous experience of Data Governance tools used for Business Glossary, Data Lineage and Metadata Management.
• Previous experience of the specialty insurance market.
• Previous experience of interrogating large complex datasets.

What We Offer

The Tokio Marine HCC Group of Companies offers a competitive salary and employee benefit package. We are a successful, dynamic organization experiencing rapid growth and are seeking energetic and confident individuals to join our team of professionals. The Tokio Marine HCC Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer. Please visit www.tmhcc.com for more information about our companies.