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Data Steward and Analyst

Hands-on experience to implement, configure and maintain this Data Steward with Data Governance tools is essential, with preference given to those familiar with Ab Initio (preferred), Informatica, Talend, Atlan, Databricks, or Snowflake.

Strong communication and collaboration skills are required to engage effectively with business and application stakeholders across L&T Finance.

If you're passionate about building robust data governance frameworks and thrive in a dynamic environment, this is an excellent opportunity to advance your career.

WHO WE ARE

L&T Finance is one of Indias leading Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), known for its innovation-driven lending solutions across retail, rural, and infrastructure finance. With a strong commitment to digital transformation and data-led decision making, we offer a dynamic workplace where your contributions shape the financial future of millions. Join us to be a part of an organization that values growth, integrity, and impact.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Detail-oriented Data Steward / Analyst with 24 years of experience in metadata governance, business glossary management, and data ownership frameworks in financial services. Adept at defining and maintaining enterprise metadata to support regulatory compliance, reporting accuracy, and data democratization. Proven ability to work across business and technology teams; familiarity with Ab Initio is an added advantage.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Define, maintain, and govern enterprise-wide Business Glossary and Metadata Hub, ensuring consistent and standardized definitions across domains.
2. Collaborate with Data Owners, SMEs, and Data Architects to assign data ownership, stewardship roles, and accountability for critical data assets.
3. Support ongoing metadata curation and enrichment efforts, ensuring metadata completeness, quality, and alignment with business objectives.
4. Establish workflows for metadata onboarding, change management, versioning, and lifecycle governance.
5. Work closely with Data Governance, Risk, Compliance, and IT teams to support data classification, policy enforcement, and regulatory alignment.
6. Assist in generating data lineage documentation and support catalogue integration efforts.
7. Provide periodic reports and metrics on metadata completeness, glossary usage, and stewardship activities.
8. Champion metadata awareness and drive data literacy initiatives across business units.
9. Guide adoption and optimization of data governance tools like Ab Initio (Preferred), Informatica, Atlan, or Snowflake.
10. Define roles and responsibilities for data stewards and custodians.
11. Train and evangelize data governance practices across departments.
12. Support audit and compliance reporting through accurate data lineage and usage logs.
13. Ensure business continuity with proper data backup, archival, and purging strategies.
14. Align governance goals with broader digital transformation and analytics strategies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Technical Skills:
• Strong understanding of

  Data Governance principles

  ,

  metadata management

  , and

  data stewardship frameworks

  .
• Hands-on experience with

  Business Glossary

  ,

  Metadata Hub

  , or any metadata management/collaboration tool (e.g., Collibra, Informatica, Alation).
• Excellent documentation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Working knowledge of

  data modelling

  ,

  data lineage

  , and data quality concepts.
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and comfortable working across business and technology teams.
• Understanding of

  Indian regulatory compliance

  standards (e.g.,

  RBI guidelines

  ,

  CKYC

  ,

  Aadhaar

  ,

  credit bureau data usage

  ).
• Familiarity with

  data modelling

  ,

  metadata management

  , and

  ETL/ELT pipelines

  .
• Proficient in querying and validating data using

  SQL

  or similar languages.
• Experience working in or with

  data warehouse environments

  like

  BigQuery

  , or

  GCP-based lakes

  .
• Shell Scripting, Python, JSON, Java 8 & above, Spring Boot, REST APIs, GCP, Debugging skills, Design.
• GEN AI, LLM, RAG, and Agentic RAG are not mandatory but, preferred.

1.)

• Proven ability to

  collaborate with cross-functional teams

  including business, compliance, risk, and engineering.
• Strong

  documentation

  and

  requirement gathering

  skills to align technical governance with business objectives.
• Skilled in

  stakeholder management

  and articulating data governance value to non-technical audiences.
• Experience driving

  adoption of governance practices

  across enterprise functions.

2.)

• Detail-oriented

  with a strong sense of data integrity and accuracy.

• Self-driven

  , with the ability to take ownership and lead governance initiatives independently.

• Process-oriented thinker

  with a structured approach to problem-solving.

• Influencer

  with the ability to promote data discipline across teams.
• Demonstrates

  professional integrity

  , especially while handling sensitive financial and customer data.
• Adaptable to change and comfortable working in a

  fast-paced NBFC environment

  .

QUALIFICATIONS

1. BE/B. Tech and/or M. Tech in any discipline
2. 2-4 years of familiarity or working knowledge of

   Ab Initio Metadata Hub

   and

   Ab Initio Business Glossary

   is a strong plus (but not mandatory).
3. Exposure to cloud data platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern data stacks is an advantage.
4. Strong problem-solving skills.
5. Good collaboration skills.
6. Good communication skills.