Senior Data Governance Analyst

ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow

Salary starting from £47,880 per annum.

Flexible Working Pattern

Number of Positions: 2

Closing Date: 9 February 2024

 

SP Energy Networks (SPEN) are working towards achieving our RIIO-T2 and RIIO-ED2 ambitions to provide a safe and reliable service, which delivers Net Zero ambitions, builds a trusted relationship with our customers and stakeholders and builds a digital and data driven workforce of the future.

Our Senior Data Governance Analysts within our Network Intelligence and DSO Development team are key to our journey by using their expertise in Data Governance to inform our Data strategy, processes, policies and principles, ensuring best practice and alignment with industry requirements.

Our Network Intelligence and DSO Development team is newly established, it brings together the planning and reporting functions of our organisation with our data capture activities, and seeks to build Data Governance, Open Data and Data Science capabilities within SPEN.

The postholder is responsible for developing and establishing an extensive suite of Data policies, governance and controls which will enable SPEN to operate in a data driven environment, treating data as an asset and ensuring security and interoperability, with key accountability enforced throughout the organisation.

 

Help establish the Data Governance framework, to support the implementation of the Data Strategy and establishing a culture of treating data as an asset.

Develop a suite of data policies, in line with our Data Best Practice obligations, and advise on how to implement them across SPEN.

Work with the wider business to monitor and facilitate Data Governance adoption and promote compliance with developed data policies and standards.

Partner with engineering teams to support the implementation of the Data Governance tool, Informatica. Develop processes and procedures to maintain the content of the data catalogue to profile, discover and categorize data assets.

Support the business lines in identifying and investigating data issues, develop improvement plans and prioritise remediation to ensure data is fit for purpose.

Leading collaborative efforts to deepen business understanding of data through the curation of metadata, including business glossary, data catalogue and data lineage, etc.

Support SPEN’s Data Governance Forum on all matters on Data Governance and Open Data to ensure they are driving business value.

Represent SPEN at Industry Working Groups and ensure the views of the organisation are heard.

Engage with and adopt industry best practice such as Data Best Practice, Common Interface model, etc.

Develop reporting on maturity and progress of Data Governance and open data, providing insight and information, to be shared with wider management team and Senior Leadership group.

Contribute to presentations and requests for information responses from internal and external bodies, as well as collating information for regulatory initiative, such as Price Control Reviews, along with necessary analysis and documentation.

Cultivate relationships with key stakeholders and establish sound and effective working relationships with SPEN staff and management teams in all parts of the business.

 

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the Northwest of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy.

With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation. Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to

 

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.