Data Steward

Join our team as a Data Steward!

Yes, you can! That's our attitude towards our work, ambitions, ideas, and relationships. We at Luminor believe that anyone has the potential to achieve big things and encourage everyone to achieve them, professionally and personally. 

Whoever you are and whatever your role is, with Luminor, you will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a local banking champion.

Data Stewardship team works on pan-Baltic level and is important part of Data Management initiatives at Luminor. We strive to improve, standardize and align data across all three Baltic states. Traveling in the Baltics is expected.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Develop and maintain Data Catalog activities, thus assuring that Data Glossary and Data Dictionary items are up to date, not duplicated, stitched to technical metadata and data ownership is assigned correctly etc.

• Develop and maintain Data Quality activities, i.e., perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA), initiate data quality assessments, data quality improvement projects, create DQ rules, run data quality monitoring, collaborate with other teams across Luminor to fix identified data discrepancies etc.

• Develop Data Lineage activities, i.e. provide required input to the Data Lineage, verify data flows, use the Data Lineage to make RCA, cooperate with Information Technology (IT) units to assure that all technical metadata are up to date etc.

• Be responsible for Data Domain, Data as Product or Data Solution / Application

• Serve as first point of contact in case of any question related to your area of expertise coming both form Business or IT

• Participate in IT and business projects, Value Streams, ensuring data requirements are clearly defined, data quality standards are upheld, and data governance principles are embedded throughout the project lifecycle

• Support business area and Business Analyst in analyzing incoming data requirements

• Implement Data Management related processes, standards and procedures

What Makes You a Great Fit:

• Educational background in Economics, Business Management, Finance, IT or any related field

• Proven work experience as Data Steward, Business Analyst, Reporting Analyst, IT System Analyst or similar

• At least 3 years’ professional experience in the area of data governance and data management

• At least 1 year experience with banking or other finance industry, good knowledge of the Bank products, processes and IT systems

• Very Good SQL knowledge, ability to work with large data sets to find quality issues, detect data structures etc.

• Very good understanding of data warehousing and reporting concepts and ability to apply and use in practice data profiling techniques

• Very good understanding of IT database structures/principles

• Very good knowledge of MS Office and Project management tools (e.g., Atlassian JIRA, Confluence)

• Ability to be a “bridge” between IT and business

• Problem solver mindset and attention to details

• Detail-oriented person while having excellent communication skills, both written and oral

• Initiative and high-level of responsibility

• Good to advanced business knowledge with regulatory reporting experience across banking products, systems, processes, and financial data; Prior regulatory or financial reporting experience is a strong advantage

• Experience in working with DWH, Tableau/PowerBI, Cloud Data Warehouse e.g. Kafka, Iceberg, BIAN, Snowflake/DataBrick, any ETL or Data Governance tool / solution will be considered as strong advantage

• Data Management or Data Stewardship certification would be considered as an advantage e.g. DAMA

• Knowledge of Sustainability (ESG - Environmental, social, and governance) regulatory principles will be considered as advantage

• Fluent English is required in spoken and written communication due to working on the Pan-Baltic level 

Why You Will Love Working Here:

• Flexibility. Flexible working hours, Hybrid work, and the possibility to work from anywhere in the EU, Iceland, Switzerland, and the UK (in total 90 days per year)

• International teams. Teams that go outside Pan-Baltic borders, where people value challenging work together with good humor and having fun

• Culture. You’ll be joining a team where things move fast, ideas flow freely, and change is part of the everyday. It’s a dynamic environment that keeps you learning, growing, and never bored

• More vacation. Additional weeks of vacation are available to all employees who have been in the company for 1 year or more

• Volunteer time off. We care about giving back to society, therefore, you will get additional days off for volunteering purposes

• Paid leave. We are proud of our employees who are participating in military training. Therefore, Luminor offers 30 fully paid calendar days for military training every year

• Health benefits. A competitive benefits package in addition to your salary that includes health insurance after the first 3 months pass in all three Baltic states, as well as Health days in case of your absence due to sickness without a doctor's note needed

• Wellbeing. Access to tools and resources that help you feel good and be productive at work and in life

• Professional growth. Internal and external training programs, LinkedIn learning, workshops, conferences, online training, etc

• Special Offer for Luminor products & services. Enjoy special offers & pricing for products and services provided by Luminor

• Gross salary. 3500 - 4450 EUR/month, which is to be determined depending on your level of experience and competencies

The application deadline is the 27th of March. We are looking for a candidate primarily already located within the Baltics. Please apply with your CV in English and PDF format!