Analyst - Data Governance & Management

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Job Description

As part of the Financial Reporting Quality Assurance Organization (FRQA) within Corporate Controllership, this role is responsible for bringing and managing data under governance for Finance.

Finance Data Governance (FDG) team is leading the effort of defining the future roadmap for data governance within Finance and ensuring that trusted information is used for critical processes, decision making, and accounting across various finance processes.

As a FDG Analyst, you will be part of a growing team of data management professionals focused on providing world-class data management and data governance solutions.

You will partner closely with Finance Technology Transformation, Enterprise Data Governance, Controllership, Risk, and other teams to drive data governance and data quality within Finance.

The FDG Analyst is a collaborator, a well-organized, action-oriented team player with strong time management skills, confident in presenting, facilitating, and building a network of strong relationships across our organization.

Key Responsibilities :

• Finance Data Governance in compliance with the Enterprise Data Governance Policy ensuring the appropriate accountability model and processes for data asset management, metadata management, data quality, and issue resolution.
• Produce data quality scorecards, dashboards, analytical reports, and attestation packages for all processes in scope.
• Perform root-cause-analysis of data quality issues and assist in remediation of Audit and Regulatory feedback.
• Support strategic improvements to data assessment process and making necessary enhancements to data analytical and data quality tools.
• Continuing to support our current Regulatory Reporting needs via existing platforms working with our upstream data providers, downstream business partners, as well as technologies.

Support development and maintenance of business glossary, Data Dictionary, data integration, data lineage, and data management activities

• Validate completeness of data lineage between the point of data element creation (system of record) and the point where it is consumed by business users
• Provide ongoing support for metadata implementation, testing and integration.
• Collaborate with multiple different technical and business stakeholders (i.e., engineers, business process owners, Enterprise Data Governance, system product owners) on data activation activities.

Minimum Qualifications :

• Degree in Information systems or equivalent experience.
• 1-2 years of experience in Finance and Controllership strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated understanding of metadata practices such as data lineage, data dictionaries, business glossaries, Data Quality rules, source system inventories, etc.
• Strong technical and data analysis skills and prior experience with SQL is a must.
• Prior experience of data governance, metadata, and data lineage tools such as, Collibra, MANTA is strongly preferred.
• Ability to collect business requirements and use them to guide implementation of a technical solution.
• Experience of Finance, Banking, Insurance or similar industries is a strong plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated and proactive, ability to manage multiple assignments and projects concurrently.
• Strong excel and other technical skills.
• Strong relationship skills and communication is essential as this analyst will partner with multiple groups e.g., Business process owners, Technologies, and Enterprise Data Governance.
• Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
• Detail-oriented in ensuring quality of work and documentation practices in a regulated environment
• Intellectual curiosity and ability to learn new process and tools
• Experience working with stakeholders, especially engineers, in an agile development environment

Salary Range : $55,000.00 to $110,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include :

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities
30+ days ago