Data Manager and Governance Consultant (Financial Services)

Location: On-site in Brussels, Belgium

Company

hirify.global provides consultancy services, placing consultants in client environments to deliver data governance and transformation work.

What you will do

• Own data quality, integrity, protection, lineage, and traceability from data origination through consumption, including regulatory reporting.
• Validate regulatory reporting data, define and monitor controls and quality indicators, identify risks, escalate anomalies, and drive remediation.
• Document business terms, data dictionaries, critical reports, and data lineage in Wikidata while promoting Group reference data and standards.
• Educate tribe members on Data-by-Design, KYD, GDPR, and BCBS 239; act as the primary data governance contact and coach.
• Ensure data governance requirements are embedded in projects, including DPIAs, encrypted data transfers, personal-data controls, EUC assessments, and API governance.
• Represent data governance in release Go/No-Go decisions, steering committees, requirement reviews, Agile planning, and escalation forums.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in data management, data governance, or risk reporting, plus 7+ years of overall experience, including experience in a banking or financial-services environment.
• Knowledge of GDPR, BCBS 239, KYD, data lineage, data dictionaries, and data quality metrics.
• Experience with Risk and Finance reporting processes and data governance controls.
• Knowledge of API governance, ISO20022, and Swagger.
• Experience with Wikidata, EDM, Agile, and AWOW frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder management across IT, Legal, Risk, and Business teams, with an analytical, proactive, collaborative, and detail-oriented approach.
• Ability to coach stakeholders, advocate for data culture, solve problems, and escalate critical risks or non-compliance.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, IT, Risk Management, or a related field.
• Fluent English, Dutch, and French required.

Nice to have

• Certifications such as CDMP, CIPP/E, or Agile/Scrum certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Consultancy engagement with on-site client work and exposure to diverse technical, regulatory, and strategic projects.
• Professional development through cross-functional collaboration, Group-wide data governance training, and transformation initiatives.
• Close collaboration with IT, Risk, Legal, Business, Data COE, and Data Office stakeholders.
• Opportunity to contribute to responsible data usage, digital transformation, and data culture in a major financial-services environment.
• Participation in the Data Managers’ Guild, working groups, and governance communities.

Hiring process

• Apply through the hirify.global Career Portal.