EUC Controls Engineer - Assistant Vice President

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Purpose of Job

The Analytics Governance EUC Controls Engineer is a new role being established that will help to build out our Analytics Governance Capability within the Data Analytics Team, one of six functions within the EMEA Data Office.

One of our key transformation initiatives is a multi-year programme to ensure compliance with Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's Standard #239 (BCBS239 - Principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting). This global program of work covers several Technology and Data Workstreams and is particularly important to SMBC EMEA which is expected to be subject to ECB Onboarding from FY27 onwards.

This role will support business team to ensure that their Key Data Uses (KDUs), and Key Metrics meet the minimum requirements of our Analytics Governance frameworks, policies, rules and procedures to achieve our goal of material compliance with BCBS239 principles.

This role is responsible for continuous improvements of End-User Computing (EUC) applications by identifying control gaps and supporting EUC owners with implementing effective controls and automation.

The role ensures EUC risks are effectively identified, assesses, remediated, and monitored in lines with BCBS239, organisational policies, operations-risk standards, and regulatory expectations.

The candidate must be willing to challenge the status quo in an empathic manner, while helping the wider Data Office team to have an ethos of openness and transparency that will help us nurture genuine business innovation. If you want to make a real difference, and not just in one team but across the entire bank, we would love to speak to you more.

The anticipated salary range for this role is £68,000.00 – £102,000.00, with the final offer determined based on the candidate’s skills, experience, role scope, location, and relevant market factors. In addition to base salary, the role may be eligible for a discretionary incentive award and a competitive benefits package, including core benefits such as pension provision.

Background

The EMEA Data Office was established in October 2021. It sits within EMEA Operations in the Operations Planning Department (OPPD), covering all EMEA entities (including Securities and Banking subsidiaries) and all datasets. The Data Office is responsible for defining and implementing the EMEA Data Strategy, building out its data management capabilities, and focusing on how we exploit data more effectively and innovatively across SMBC.