Data Protection & Privacy Specialist - BFSI

Data Protection and Privacy Specialist

Specific Skills:

- Highly developed specialist knowledge in the General Data Privacy laws & Regulation across geographies.

- Expert knowledge of data privacy laws and practices.

- Knowledge of Information lifecycle, Data Flow areas.

- Extensive knowledge of Information Governance disciplines.

- Skill of interpretation of national guidance and legislation and subsequent local implementation.

- Flair for managing staff and implementing budgets, Training, Delivery.

- Capacity to work with cross functional teams, attention to detail, organizational skills and multitasking.

- Strong management, motivational & leadership skills with ability to drive large change management programs within organizations.

- Ability to maintain confidentiality and deal with situations in a sensitive manner.

- Ability to communicate across all organizational boundaries in an appropriate manner

Experience :

- Corporate Sector out of which at least 10 years' experience should be in BFSI Sector.

- Preferred: Experience in Data Privacy Laws & Regulations and other Data

- Hands on Experience on One Trust Privacy Suite - Good to have

Key Responsibilities :

- Ensuring Bank's compliance with the data protection & privacy legislation in India and other countries.

- Develop and manage Bank's data protection strategy in India, including the development and implementation of Bank's data protection policy and procedures.

- Undertake periodic data protection audits or reviews, including all relevant manual filing systems, archived systems and back up data, in order to ascertain Bank's compliance with data protection legislation.

- Undertake necessary measures to rectify any deficiencies identified by the audit.

- Conduct data privacy impact assessment (DPIA).

- Submit reports on data privacy laws.

- Collaborate with supporting functions (Legal, IT & InfoSec, Compliance etc.) to stay up to date with new processes and policies.

- Maintain records of processing operations [Personally Identified Information (PII) & Data flow Diagram (DFD)].

- To be the first point of contact within the Data Privacy Office for all data protection matters

- Support programs of work from inception to ensure that data protection is addressed by default and in design of new systems and information processes.

- To monitor compliance with these measures and provide reports to the senior Committees.

- To support programs and initiatives that involve the development of new or innovative information processes on the need for a data protection impact assessment (DPIA).

- To support and advise programmes and initiatives in conducting data protection impact assessments, and to assure the proposed mitigations.