Lead Business Data Analysts are responsible for owning and advancing how Commercial Data Governance work is delivered, structured, and scaled.
This role operates across business, data, and risk domains to ensure data quality, control effectiveness, and operational processes are translated into clear, consistent, and defensible outputs. The position goes beyond execution of analysis and requires accountability for how work is approached, standardized, and adopted across the team.
The Lead Analyst partners closely with business and data stakeholders to ensure data challenges are:
- understood in the context of business operations,
- framed in terms of risk and impact,
- and resolved in a way that supports long-term scalability and confidence.
This role is a critical part of building a capability where data confidence is not assumed, but measured, explainable, and actionable.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Data Quality Assessment & Issue Triage
- Establish and drive consistent approaches for intake, triage, and prioritization of data quality issues
- Differentiate between root causes across data, processes, controls, and definitions
- Identify recurring patterns and drive movement from isolated issue resolution to systemic improvement
Governance Enablement & Operationalization
- Translate governance expectations into practical, repeatable workflows
- Promote consistent application of governance standards across stakeholders and use cases
- Identify opportunities to improve clarity, reduce friction, and enable adoption of governance practices
Control Oversight & Data Confidence Development
- Lead interpretation of monitoring results and control outputs
- Connect control performance to business processes and risk exposure
- Support development of a clear and defensible view of data confidence across critical data elements
Delivery Execution & Workstream Leadership
- Own outcomes across complex workstreams, including prioritization, sequencing, and execution approach
- Coordinate across multiple teams and stakeholders to maintain delivery momentum
- Resolve cross-functional challenges and ensure consistent progress toward defined objectives
Strategic Advisory & Solutioning (Targeted Engagement)
- Partner with stakeholders to shape solutions that are scalable, compliant, and aligned to business priorities
- Translate data issues into business implications and trade-offs
- Ensure data considerations are incorporated early to reduce downstream risk and rework
Team Enablement & Standardization
- Convert effective approaches into repeatable patterns, templates, and practices
- Provide guidance and mentorship to analysts across the team
- Promote consistency in how problems are structured, analyzed, and resolved
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- This role does not have formal people management responsibilities
- Provides leadership through influence, guidance, and example across the team
- Supports development of team members by improving clarity of expectations and approach
- Reinforces consistent ways of working to elevate overall team performance
- Contributes to creating an environment where team members can operate with increased independence and ownership
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED
Experience / Knowledge
- Strong experience in data analysis, data quality, or data governance within a commercial or financial services context
- Understanding of how data is created, transformed, and used within business processes
- Familiarity with data risk, control concepts, and operational data dependencies
Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills
- Ability to break down complex, ambiguous problems into structured approaches
- Strong root cause identification across data, process, and control dimensions
- Ability to connect detailed findings into broader patterns and themes
Leadership & Execution
- Demonstrated ability to lead workstreams and drive outcomes with limited direction
- Ability to balance multiple priorities while maintaining quality and consistency
- Proven capability to move work forward in complex, cross-functional environments
Communication & Influence
- Ability to communicate complex topics in a clear, structured, and business-relevant way
- Skilled in aligning stakeholders with differing priorities and perspectives
- Capable of framing issues in terms of business impact, risk, and practical next steps
Ways of Working
- Demonstrates ownership and accountability for both outcomes and approach
- Brings clarity and structure to ambiguous situations
- Focuses on improving how work is performed, not just completing tasks
- Balances consistency with practical application of standards
- Operates with a focus on scalability, sustainability, and long-term effectiveness
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Normal office environment with little exposure to dust, noise, temperature and the like.
- Extended viewing of CRT screen.
Lead Business Analyst
At Fifth Third, we understand the importance of recognizing our employees for the role they play in improving the lives of our customers, communities and each other. Our Total Rewards include comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings to give each employee the opportunity to be their best every day.
The base salary for this position is reflective of the range of salary levels for all roles within this pay grade across the U.S. Individual salaries within this range will vary based on factors such as role, relevant skillset, relevant experience, education and geographic location. In addition to the base salary, this role is eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan, with any such payment based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance.
Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being. You can learn more about those programs on our 53.com Careers page at: https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/careers/benefits.html or by consulting with your talent acquisition partner.
LOCATION -- Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
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