We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
Role Summary
The Data Stewardship & Metadata Specialist is responsible for making data governance operational by defining business data concepts, managing metadata, and coordinating with data owners and stewards across the bank. This role ensures data is well-defined, understood, and consistently used.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and maintain the enterprise business glossary and data definitions
Identify and document Critical Data Elements (CDEs)
Coordinate data stewardship activities across lines of business
Facilitate working sessions to resolve data definition and usage conflicts
Maintain data lineage and metadata in the data catalog
Partner with Technology teams to ensure metadata accuracy
Support impact analysis for regulatory and business changes
Promote adoption of governance artifacts through training and communication
Required Qualifications
4+ years experience as a business analyst, data analyst, or reporting lead
Strong understanding of how data is created, transformed, and consumed
Experience working with metadata or data catalog tools
Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills
Ability to translate between business and technical audiences
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in financial services or another regulated industry
Familiarity with data governance or data management practices
Exposure to regulatory reporting or risk data
Success Looks Like
Clear, widely adopted data definitions
Engaged data owners and stewards
Reduced confusion and rework around data meaning
Equal Employment Opportunity Information: Simmons First National Corporation and its subsidiaries are committed to a policy of equal employment with respect to a person's race, color, religion, sex, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, covered veterans, military status, physical or mental disability or any other legally protected classifications.
Skills Required
- 4+ years experience as a business analyst, data analyst, or reporting lead
- Strong understanding of how data is created, transformed, and consumed
- Experience working with metadata or data catalog tools
- Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to translate between business and technical audiences
Simmons Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Simmons Bank and has not been reviewed or approved by Simmons Bank.
-
Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental and vision coverage are paired with an HSA that includes company funding. Dedicated care options and access to no‑cost services for covered members strengthen day‑to‑day healthcare support.
-
Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer match is complemented by an employee stock purchase plan and profit‑sharing eligibility. Occasional discretionary company contributions further boost long‑term savings potential.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — A combined PTO bank and up to ten paid company holidays provide structured time away. Paid leave programs support coverage for key life events.
Simmons Bank Insights
What We Do
We were founded as a community bank. More than 100 years later, we still act like one. For over a century, we’ve worked hard to help make our customers’ dreams come true – dreams like buying a home, starting a business or simply having the ability to manage your money safely and securely, anywhere you happen to be. Simmons Bank has 200 locations and employs 2,800 associates across our six-state footprint
