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Data Steward

Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Posted 15 hours ago, valid for 23 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Financial Data Steward position in Central London offers a salary of £50,000 plus bonus and benefits.
  • This newly created role requires proven experience in reconciling complex financial data across internal systems and third-party sources.
  • The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing data governance practices and improving data quality across finance-related workstreams.
  • Key responsibilities include maintaining a finance data catalogue, building Power BI dashboards, and delivering training to enhance data literacy.
  • Candidates with familiarity in private markets or asset management environments and experience in regulated financial settings will be preferred.

Data StewardCentral London | Hybrid Working£50,000 + Bonus + Benefits

We're working with a global private markets investment manager to help hire a Financial Data Steward into their growing operations and finance function. This is a newly created, high impact role, offering the opportunity to take ownership of data governance across critical financial datasets and embed a culture of data excellence within a top tier investment firm.

The CompanyThis organisation is a major player in private markets, with a multi strategy approach covering private equity, credit, infrastructure, and secondaries. They operate across a global network of offices and manage assets exceeding €190 billion. As part of their secondaries investment platform, they are making significant investments into operational infrastructure, with data at the heart of this transformation.

The RoleThis is a key position responsible for establishing and championing best-in-class data governance practices across finance-related workstreams. You'll lead initiatives to improve data quality, reconciliation, and reporting across fund-, portfolio-, and investor-level datasets. Working closely with Finance, Operations, and Investment teams, you'll be accountable for building the foundational controls and tooling that ensure the integrity of data underpinning investment decisions, regulatory reporting, and business strategy.

You'll also act as a key data ambassador, delivering training, documentation, and ongoing support to raise data literacy across teams and drive consistent, high-quality data capture and usage.

Key Responsibilities

  • Reconcile fund and investment data between internal systems and third-party sources, including fund administrators, custodians, and data vendors.

  • Own and maintain the finance data catalogue, capturing lineage, ownership, definitions, and sources for critical data elements.

  • Build and maintain Power BI dashboards to visualise data quality KPIs, reconciliation breaks, and performance insights for Finance and Investment leadership.

  • Define and implement data-quality rules to improve accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of core datasets.

  • Collaborate with accounting, reporting, and analytics teams to embed data governance practices and support issue resolution.

  • Lead root- ause investigations of data discrepancies and implement corrective actions that strengthen controls and minimise risk.

  • Deliver training and guidance across teams to embed a culture of "right-first-time" data capture and stewardship.

Your Experience & Skills

  • Proven experience reconciling complex financial data across internal systems and third-party sources.

  • Strong track record in data quality management, including defining KPIs, implementing rules, and automating exception handling.

  • Advanced Excel skills with comfort navigating and manipulating large data sets.

  • Experience using Power BI (or similar tools) to surface data insights and support decision-making.

  • Clear communicator with the ability to document standards and work with both business and technical teams.

  • Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, and a continuous improvement mindset.

Desirable Competencies

  • Comfortable influencing across departments without formal authority.

  • Familiarity with private markets or asset management environments is a plus.

  • Experience managing data governance in regulated financial settings.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.