Data Guardian - Southampton, United Kingdom - Quilter

Quilter

Verified Company

Southampton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

What the Hiring Manager Says

This role will lead the activities (as 'Data Guardian') primarily for our Quilter Investors (QI) business and also for our central functions (HR, IT, Finance, etc).

As required the role will also provide privacy support related to other Quilter entities.

The Data Guardian fulfils the obligations of Quilter to ensure data protection compliance, both by delivering the Business as Usual outputs and by providing advice, guidance and oversight of day-to-day activities of the businesses.

The role holder is responsible for:

Providing advice to the business in regard to regulatory compliance matters, including analysis and communication of regulatory change;
Providing support and challenge in regard to regulatory and operational projects;
Supporting the Group Data Protection Officer (GDPO) by advising on, assessing and challenging the effectiveness of first line processes, procedures and training;
Advising on, and assessing, Data Protection Impact Assessments for major IT projects and initiatives;
Fulfilling 'Data Subjects' Rights' for employee DSARs; and
Managing 'incidents and breaches' for QI and all of the Central Functions.

This role offers a professional career path towards other roles in Data Protection and Data Governance, Information Security, Risk Management, and Regulatory & Compliance.

The Data Guardian is the lead point of engagement for the Quilter businesses, supported by Data Protection Specialists and Data Protection Analysts.

They manage the delivery of all aspects of the Data Protection compliance within a particular business, or set of businesses, supported by other Data Guardians and the GDPO.

Providing advice and guidance for members of the Privacy Office, and for businesses as required;
Attending governance forums and boards to provide updates and expert opinions;
Delivering training and education across all of the Quilter businesses; and
Maintaining industry knowledge and tracking key developments.

The role takes a critical role in ensuring that the corporate strategy for Data Protection is delivered. The role may include line management responsibilities.

About the Role

Level:
Level 4

Department:
Risk and Compliance / Data Protection

Location:
Any

Contract type:
Permanent

They may hold ambition to become a Data Protection Officer and have experience with the day-to-day tasks of a Data Protection professional (such as DPIA's, ROPAs, Incidents and Breaches, and Data Subjects' Rights).

The key attribute for the team is the desire to work across different areas of data protection as the need arises, so a flexible attitude and the ability to determine a sensible priority for tasks to be done is important.

This role involves working with all areas of the business to help them make the right decisions to maintain our compliance, including working alongside the project areas.

A proportion of time will be spent working with business areas to foster strong collaborative working models and you will help other team members develop their knowledge and experience by coaching, leading and delegating work to team members to help them gain the experience required to further their careers.

Knowledge and experience with the governance of Artificial Intelligence will be beneficial.

The following skills and qualities are beneficial but not expected:

Financial Services experience;
Previous experience with OneTrust modules;
Previous experience with Microsoft eDiscovery;
IAPP certification (CIPP/E and/or CIPM) or equivalent.

About You

Applications from people with diverse backgrounds enables our inclusive organisation to thrive.

If you feel you don't match our job description exactly, why not take a chance on yourself and apply? You could be exactly what this role needs.

Communications and interpersonal skills will be important in the role as you will be required to work with areas of the business with business led priorities for whom compliance can be seen as a barrier.

We will help them deliver solutions that meet the operational aims but are done in compliance with our wider obligations.

Leadership should be one of your strengths.

As a Data Guardian you will demonstrate and set the example for the team members to follow and aspire to, both in knowledge and behaviours.

Our purpose is to help the generations today and tomorrow to prosper. That means we must guide people through the complexity of planning for their future, with the right financial advice and investment solutions, so that they can have more secure financial futures._
In this everchanging world, we see that our role in society has never been more meaningful, and we are committed to using our expertise and care to guide our customers through these challenging and unprecedented times._
Our impressive talents and capabilities set us apart, but our unwavering commitment to our customers is what defines us. We truly believe that we have all the ingredients