Company Overview

The organisation operates within the financial technology industry, delivering digital financial products and services that rely on accurate, secure, and well-managed financial information. Its systems support payment processing, digital account services, financial reporting, and data-driven operational decisions.

The organisation recognises data governance as an essential component of reliable financial services. Its approach focuses on maintaining consistent data definitions, improving data quality, strengthening information controls, and ensuring that financial information is managed responsibly across business and technology functions.

Role Summary

The Fintech Data Governance Specialist will support the development and maintenance of data governance standards across financial technology platforms. The role focuses on defining data ownership, improving data quality, maintaining data documentation, and coordinating governance practices that ensure financial information remains accurate, traceable, and appropriately controlled.

The successful candidate will work closely with data engineering, compliance, finance, product, and operational teams to establish consistent data management practices. This position requires an understanding of financial data environments, data quality principles, and the importance of reliable information in digital financial services.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of data governance policies, standards, and procedures.

• Maintain data dictionaries, business glossaries, data ownership records, and governance documentation.

• Coordinate with business and technical stakeholders to define data owners and data stewards for critical information assets.

• Establish and monitor data quality rules covering completeness, consistency, accuracy, and validity.

• Investigate data quality issues affecting financial reporting, transaction processing, and operational analytics.

• Work with data engineering teams to document data flows, transformations, and system dependencies.

• Support the development of data lineage documentation for critical financial datasets.

• Assist with data classification activities and the application of appropriate information handling controls.

• Coordinate governance reviews to ensure that data management practices remain consistent across business units.

• Support compliance and audit requests by providing governance documentation and evidence of data controls.

• Identify opportunities to improve data quality monitoring and automate governance reporting.

• Prepare reports covering data quality performance, unresolved issues, governance activities, and remediation progress.

• Contribute to continuous improvements in data management practices across fintech products and services.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Business Analytics, or a related discipline.

• Previous experience in data governance, data quality management, business analysis, or financial data operations.

• Understanding of data governance principles, data ownership, data classification, and data lifecycle management.

• Familiarity with financial datasets, transaction records, or digital financial services is an advantage.

• Knowledge of SQL and the ability to investigate data quality issues is beneficial.

• Experience using data catalogues, metadata management platforms, or data quality tools is an advantage.

• Understanding of data privacy and information security principles.

• Strong analytical and organisational skills.

• Ability to communicate data governance requirements to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Excellent documentation and reporting abilities.

• High attention to detail and a structured approach to problem-solving.

• Ability to coordinate governance activities across remote teams.

Benefits

• Fully remote working arrangement within Estonia.

• Opportunity to contribute to the reliability and integrity of financial information.

• Exposure to data governance practices across modern fintech platforms.

• Collaboration with data engineering, finance, compliance, and product professionals.

• Opportunities for professional development in data management and financial technology.

• A working environment that values information quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Application Instructions

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV highlighting their experience in data governance, data quality, financial data management, or information systems. Applicants should describe relevant governance initiatives, data quality projects, or documentation practices they have helped establish or improve.

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