Senior Data Analyst

Enterprise Data Governance And Architecture LeaderThis role is part of the Enterprise Data organization and is primarily focused on the overarching governance and architecture of all data across the enterprise. This position leads Bank initiatives that improve enterprise data quality, governance, reporting, and analytics at an advanced level of ability and technical expertise. Drives positive change across the Bank through technical innovation and continuous improvement initiatives, as well as through cross-functional partnership with other business units. Creates and maintains technical documentation related to enterprise data, including centralized critical business reports. Provides expert consultation to team members, the Information Technology department, the Bank's Data Council, and other stakeholders on strategies that achieve data management goals. May provide leadership to less experienced consultants in the work group.Duties & Responsibilities:Data Enhancement - Leads the implementation of enhancements for the quality, management, and storage of enterprise data. Executes initiatives that improve profiling, exception reporting, and issue resolution as well as general fixes for the Enterprise Data Warehouse. Builds dashboards to modernize analytics and assists management with special data projects.Business Support - Enforces data policies and procedures across the enterprise. Encourages discussion and feedback from associates in order to identify areas of improvement within data management capabilities. Completes month-end validations on reporting data to ensure the quality and completeness of data prior to business use. May assist in training or mentoring less experienced consultants in the work group.Business Strategy - Facilitates strategies that develop the Bank's data management capabilities. Assists management in creating and implementing a strategic road to achieve planned objectives. Works cross-functionally to mature department presence within Bank business units. Maintains a strong knowledge of current and emerging technologies or trends impacting the financial service industry.Documentation - Creates and maintains technical documentation for the Enterprise Data Warehouse, which includes source-to-target mappings, data dictionaries, and other related materials. Identifies and creates centralized business critical reports.Position Specific Skills:Understanding of data warehousing and transformation methods, lineage documentation, and ETL processesKnowledge of data spreadsheets and databasesUnderstanding of Base SAS programming, SAS Enterprise Guide, Cognos, or related programsAbility to write SAS programming languageQualifications:Minimum Required Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree and 6 years' experience OR High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent and 10 years' experience in Data Management, Data AnalyticsPreferred Education: Advance DegreePreferred Area of Study:Required Licenses or Certifications: Preferred Licenses or Certifications: DAMA Certified Data Management Professional-Practitioner ("CDMP-P") certification - IOBenefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates.