Data Governance Analyst

Summary

The Data Governance Analyst role is an exciting opportunity to bring about data driven transformation and hands-on drive execution of enterprise-wide governance and management of data assets.

As a member of a centralized, enterprise-wide program focusing on management of data assets, the   Data Governance Analyst is responsible for operating day-to-day data governance working groups,  providing operational support for the coordination and execution of data asset management standards and driving adoption of the data asset management framework. 

The Analyst is also responsible for documenting, analyzing and optimizing data stewardship and governance processes and foundational practices (e.g. data lineage & metadata management, data quality, data issue and change management, etc.) as well as facilitating business and technical stakeholders in defining and owning data assets. This role will also drive development and enrichment of the data catalog and glossary by operationally supporting the data stewards and ensuring compliance with the data documentation standards and best practices.

The Analyst is a visible role across the enterprise, engaging with business, technology and corporate functions to define & document enterprise metrics/terms; collect artifacts; streamline data management practices; research and curate documentation; and implement process improvements

The Data Governance Analyst will play a key role in developing a data issue management process to enable a centralized reporting capability, and analyze the data issues to identify patterns to support the business in solutioning and resolving common data issues effectively across the organization

Job Details/Responsibilities;

• Work collaboratively as part of the Data Governance/asset management team to improve data documentation and drive continuous improvement of the data governance process

• Support Data Governance working groups and activities to achieve program goals and data requests

• Via enterprise wide working groups (including data stewards), maintain business processes that are used to identify and collect metadata, information needed to support data governance, knowledge sharing, data quality and data issues

• Manage data definition reviews and approvals for important data concepts and metrics, ensuring compliance with standards and best practices

• Support data stewards and collaborate with enterprise wide stakeholders to resolve data quality and data change management issues, and monitoring data quality and data issues

• Serve as one of the key contacts for enterprise-wide Data Glossary system and ensure that metadata policies are followed and valuable to our company

• Advise and support business and technology teams on implementing data policies, processes and standards

• Collaborate with business unit and/or project stakeholders, data stewards, data owners and data custodians in collecting business artifacts for governance and management of data assets in order to track and report compliance to policy and standards for data asset management

• Provide support in identifying gaps in existing data governance processes and driving process optimization via working groups of key stakeholders across the enterprise

• Implement and advance acceptance/usage of data governance & management tools for metadata management, data lineage, business glossary, data issue management, etc.  

• Ensure policies and data definitions are understood and broadly communicated across the enterprise

• Manage various aspects for data governance and management communication plan including periodic updates to program page on company portal, managing collateral for data governance hands-on training

• Participate in various review processes (that are part of other governing bodies/processes such as PMO, SDLC, etc.) to identify opportunities for the data governance & management program to intervene/coordinate data governance framework implementation

• Participate in company’s internal system alerts to action on project alert backlogs for the program

• Assist  team in coordination of activities related to issue remediation, escalations, prioritizations, etc. among business units and other data relevant functions (e.g. privacy, infosec, technology and analytics, internal audit, enterprise risk management) such that data life cycle management occurs in accordance with privacy regulations (e.g. GDPR, CCPA) and information security requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 3-5 years of experience working in a complex technology driven business, and cross-functional environment, including but not limited to data governance, compliance, security, enterprise-wide data–centric functions/initiatives, process improvement

• 2+ years of experience in payment industry preferred

• Experience with data management/data governance practices, approaches, and keen understanding of the role of data governance in successful implementation of data strategy

• Basic understanding of various data protection acts like GDPR, CCPA etc.

• Understanding of data-related pipeline solutions and practices such as data warehousing, data integration, MDM, ETL, analytics, and big data solutions

• Ability to function in complex environments and clarify concepts to stakeholders

• Experience with complex data management engagements and use of automation tools such as Informatica, Collibra, ASG, etc. preferred

• Ability to understand the implications of data quality issues and explain the impact technology, organizational structure, and business process and practices have on data quality

• Leadership and communication skills to facilitate meetings/workshops to document processes and data that support data governance-related efforts

• Self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity and able to influence and motivate without direct authority

• Excellent problem solving skills,  Analytical approach to problem solving, Highly collaborative, constructive approach to driving results and resolving conflicts

• English - both spoken and written at least C1, Polish - at least B1

This position is eligible to be considered for remote hiring.

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