Sr. Data Governance Analyst

Overview

We are looking for a Data Governance Analyst to join our growing data community and enable our clients to implement and sustain effective enterprise data strategy governance.  Our data professionals are team-oriented, collaborative, and focus on delivering value in everything we do. We support our clients in their data and analytics needs – from vision to roadmap to execution.  

Responsibilities

Coordinate with data governance board, business stakeholders and data teams to:

• Develop a thorough understanding of the business context and objectives by, among other things, eliciting and prioritizing data needs
• Advise and guide organizations on appropriate data standards, policies and processes to support increasing data accuracy.
• Build and maintain an enterprise data catalog and champion adoption and champion adoption across the organization
• Identify, build and maintain data quality reporting to support data quality standards and increase user confidence in data assets
• Implement and maintain an enterprise data dictionary, business glossary and data lineage
• Ensure policies and controls are properly defined, communicated and implemented to manage appropriate use of critical data assets
• Liaise with development teams to develop and optimize usage and usability, and reduce redundancy of data products
• Monitor, prioritize and resolve data issues and remove impediments to the use of data assets

Define key performance indicators and deliver reports and action plans to guide data governance initiatives.

Qualifications 

• B.A. or B.S. (focus in Computer Information Systems, Business Management, Engineering, or related area of study is a plus)
• 3+ years experience in IT or related industry.
• Experience leading data governance or stewardship programs
• Experience with leading vendors and tools providing data cataloging/inventory, metadata management and stewardship capabilities
• Preferred experience with cloud analytics products such as AWS Glue Data Catalog, Azure Purview, Cloudera Data Intelligence Suite or Alation, Informatica, Collibra etc.
• Intermediate/Advanced SQL skills
• Experience working with Data Visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI
• Preferred knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets
• Prior consulting or client management experience preferred
• Strong analytical aptitude and ability to structure complex or undefined business problems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; able to report and present findings to varying stakeholders
• Knowledge and practice of core Agile values and principles a plus
• Initiative to learn new strategies and trends to continue to educate self analytically, technically, and technologically
• Intermediate experience with Microsoft Excel and Power Point