Senior Data Governance - Com Ingles
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Key details
- Location
- Brazil
- Work style
- Remote
- Level
- Senior
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 6–9 yrs
- Function
- other
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 2w ago
Skills
About the role
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Data Governance - Com Inglês based in Brazil.
This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of critical Master Data within a sophisticated Private Credit environment. You will help ensure that high-value financial data is accurate, consistent, traceable, and available across multiple business systems. The position combines data governance, operational controls, financial markets knowledge, and cross-functional collaboration. You will partner closely with international teams and external financial institutions to investigate and resolve data discrepancies. Strong attention to detail and a control-focused mindset will be essential to maintaining reliable data and preventing silent errors. The role also provides opportunities to improve automation, reporting, data-quality processes, and operational efficiency.
Accountabilities:
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Own the official Golden Source for Security, Fund, Counterparty, and Pricing Master Data across the Private Credit platform, ensuring accuracy, integrity, availability, and consistency.
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Define and maintain data standards, naming conventions, mandatory attributes, validation rules, and governance practices for relevant Master Data domains.
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Maintain corporate issuer and borrower hierarchies, including relationships between legal entities, obligors, guarantors, and ultimate parent entities.
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Conduct research using public records, official filings, rating-agency sources, and other reliable information to validate and maintain entity structures.
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Develop, execute, and continuously improve automated data-quality controls, exception reporting, and threshold-based alerts.
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Maintain a “no surprises, no silent errors” approach by ensuring every exception is documented, assigned to an owner, tracked through resolution, and investigated to root cause.
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Maintain Maker-Checker controls, audit trails, supporting evidence, and documentation required for internal and external audits, SOC controls, and regulatory reviews.
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Act as a Brazil-based operational partner to international teams across Trade Support, Middle Office, Portfolio Finance, Valuations, Treasury, Legal, Compliance, and Investments.
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Work directly with Agent Banks, Custodians, Fund Administrators, and data vendors to investigate and resolve discrepancies.
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Escalate issues proactively and clearly, providing relevant context, risk impact, and recommended resolution paths.
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Support continuous improvement of data governance, controls, reconciliation processes, and operational workflows.
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Work according to New York business hours when required, including daily closing activities and periods of increased workload during month-end close.
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Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
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At least 6 years of relevant experience for Senior Analyst level in Investment Operations, Reference/Master Data Management, Middle Office, Back Office, Fund Administration, Loan Operations, or Data Governance.
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Experience within asset managers, banks, fund administrators, financial data providers, or similar financial-services environments.
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Practical knowledge of at least one relevant asset class, with Corporate Loans or Term Loans strongly preferred; experience with Bonds, Structured Products, Equities, or OTC Derivatives is also valuable.
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Strong understanding of the financial instrument lifecycle, including instrument setup, corporate actions, income payments and accruals, contractual amendments, settlement, maturity, and investment exit.
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Advanced Excel skills, including experience handling large datasets, reconciling information across multiple sources, and independently investigating discrepancies.
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Strong data-quality, analytical, reconciliation, and problem-solving capabilities.
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Advanced English communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with international teams.
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Availability and flexibility to work in alignment with New York hours, including daily and month-end closing periods.
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Experience with investment and lending platforms such as BlackRock Aladdin, WSO, Geneva, SimCorp, or similar systems is desirable.
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Familiarity with financial-market data platforms such as Bloomberg, Markit/IHS, Refinitiv Eikon/LSEG, ICE, S&P Capital IQ, PitchBook, or LSTA/LPC is a plus.
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Knowledge of SQL for data querying and validation is advantageous.
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Experience with Python or VBA for process automation is desirable.
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Experience developing dashboards and management reporting with Power BI or Tableau is beneficial.
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Familiarity with Private Credit operations, including LSTA documentation, Agent Bank notices, Credit Agreements, amendments, Unfunded Commitments, PIK accounting, CLO structures, and Trustee Reporting is highly valued.
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Remote working opportunity based in Brazil.
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Exposure to an international financial-services environment and collaboration with teams in New York and other global locations.
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Opportunity to work with complex Private Credit data and financial-market operations.
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Meaningful ownership of critical data governance and quality processes.
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Opportunity to improve controls, automation, reporting, and operational efficiency.
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Collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders, including investment, operations, legal, compliance, treasury, and technology teams.
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Inclusive and diverse working environment that values different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
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Opportunities to develop expertise across financial data governance, investment operations, and Private Credit.
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Career development opportunities within a global professional environment.
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Salary and employment conditions aligned with the local Brazilian market and employment arrangement.
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