Capco, a Wipro company, is a global technology and management consultancy specializing in driving digital transformation in the financial services industry. With a growing client portfolio comprising of over 100 global organizations, Capco operates at the intersection of business and technology by combining innovative thinking with unrivalled industry knowledge to deliver end-to-end data-driven solutions and fast-track digital initiatives for banking and payments, capital markets, wealth and asset management, insurance, and the energy sector. Capco's cutting-edge ingenuity is brought to life through its Innovation Labs and award-winning Be Yourself At Work culture and diverse talent.
About The Job
As a Principal Consultant - Data, you will lead the data‑quality stream for the bank's global adoption of CDO‑defined data capabilities. Manage delivery, stakeholder engagement and the adoption of a centralised metadata inventory of Critical Data Elements (CDEs) to produce audit‑ready evidence of BCBS239 compliance on tight timelines.
Responsibilities
- End‑to‑end delivery: plan, prioritise and drive delivery of CDE metadata and data‑quality control documentation across global business and functional areas manage milestones, dependencies, SLAs and delivery gates.
- Team leadership: directly line‑manage and mentor a core stream team (5+ direct reports including PMs, data analysts, SMEs and contractors) set objectives, coach resources.
- Stakeholder engagement & negotiation: directly engage and negotiate with CDOs and senior stakeholders across major business lines (Commercial & Investment Banking, Risk & Finance, Wealth & Retail) and with CDO Office, regional COOs, Risk, Compliance and IT. Run workshops, working groups and steering forums to secure decisions and commitments.
- Central inventory & evidencing: govern ingestion, validation and sign‑off of metadata and documented controls into the central metadata inventory ensure traceability, completeness and regulator‑grade artefacts.
- Governance, risk & assurance: establish and run governance forums, RAID, decision logs, QA and remediation processes provide escalation with recommended mitigations.
- Change & adoption: lead business‑facing change, training and communications to embed standardised documentation and control practices across markets.
- Reporting & analytics: design, build and refine Power BI progress‑monitoring dashboards (data modelling, DAX, ETL validation, automation) and produce consolidated metrics, heatmaps and regulatory readiness reports.
- Data management expertise: evaluate and refine foundational concepts-data quality, data risk, data lineage, metadata management and CDE frameworks-and translate these into implementable controls and artefacts.
Requirements
Key for this role is there is requirement to have a background in Financial Services or Insurance within one of our core capability areas:
- Digital Transformation
- Data Strategy, Data Management & Data Analytics
- Business & Finance Transformation
- IT Transformation
We are also keen to bring on those from a consulting background in other industries that can then apply these perspectives and techniques to our core sectors and capability.
We Are Looking For Exceptional Talent With The Following
- 8+ years delivering large‑scale change/programmes in banking or financial services direct experience in data programmes or regulatory remediation (BCBS239 strongly preferred).
- Proven people leadership managing multi‑disciplinary teams (8+ direct reports) and external vendors.
- Intermediate Power BI (data modelling, DAX, ETL validation, automation) and experience producing audit‑grade dashboards.
- Practical knowledge of data governance, metadata management, data‑quality frameworks, data lineage and CDEs.
- Exceptional communication, facilitation and negotiation skills experience running workshops and influencing C‑suite/data‑lead stakeholders.
- Strong programme management (Confluence/ADO/Jira, RAID, milestone/SLA management).
