Main Job Purpose: The Data Governance Analyst will be responsible for mainly data governance functions and partly supporting other data management functions. The candidate will focus on data stewardship activities such as establishing data policies and managing data quality. This role is critical in maintaining integrity, security, quality, and performance of data assets to the company, particularly in the financial services industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish and enforce data management policies and standards specific to financial services datasets, and enterprise data assets in general.

• Work with various stakeholders to establish and enforce internal data governance processes and controls including data lifecycle, ownership, and usage policies.

• Work with IT security and application security teams to assess and mitigate data security risks, ensuring data privacy and security control across datasets.

• Define and manage metadata and lineage tracking policies for financial services applications and platforms.

• Maintain master data, reference data, and data quality in daily operations.

• Maintain up-to-date data glossary along with use-case development and changes.

• Build and maintain data pipelines for operational and analytical needs.

• Monitor data quality, reliability, and performance across data pipelines.

• Report and resolve data quality issues in collaboration with the data engineering team.

Skills and Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, data management, or related fields.

• 3+ years of experience in data governance or data engineering/analysis.

• Familiarity with data governance frameworks, data modeling, data architecture, data quality tools, and metadata management.

• Advanced SQL knowledge and relational databases.

• Familiarity with Azure DevOps in project management, version control, CICD, etc.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Proven ability to take on multiple tasks in various types of work, and work at a fast pace.

Experience Required:

• 3+ years in data governance and/or data-related roles in product-based company.

• Proven track record in implementing data governance policies and managing data assets.

• Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.

• Experience with at least one reporting tool such as Power BI is a plus.