Senior Data Governance Analyst

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

The Sr. Data governance analyst builds and implements critical aspects of operations for data governance policies and vision. This role sits within the Data Quality Product Team in the CDO office.
 

Essential Functions

• Leads the design, implementation, and maintenance of data governance frameworks and policies that align with the company's data strategy and objectives.
• Establishes data quality standards and metrics, and monitors compliance with these standards.
• Enforces data governance policies, procedures, and standards ensuring consistent data management practices across the company.
• Provides guidance and support on data governance best practices, data management processes, and data quality improvement to other teams.
• Builds strong partnerships with business and technology stakeholders, works with internal stakeholders to complete various data projects; ensuring data quality standards are achieved, including Risk, Customer Success, Operations, Engineering and Compliance to provide support for the Data Governance standards.
• Creates and maintains data dictionaries, metadata repositories, and data classification systems to ensure accurate and consistent data definitions.
• Conducts data assessments and audits to identify data quality issues, data ownership, and data lineage, and develop strategies to resolve them.
• Designs and implements data governance awareness and training programs.
• Engages with data stewards to enhance our enterprise data catalog and driving its adoption in the company.
• Conducts data impact assessment for new projects and changes to existing data systems.
• Stays current with industry best practices and emerging trends in data governance.
• Collaborates with the key stakeholders and leadership.
• Supports the company’s commitment to protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.
• The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position.  Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Management, or other technical discipline.
• 5+ years of proven experience working as a Data Governance Analyst or in a similar role with data management or data quality.
• Possesses an understanding of how master data management is used across multiple applications.
• Working knowledge and experience with implementing change standards to move an organization forward in a Data Governance model.
• Strong knowledge of data governance frameworks, principles, and best practices.
• In-depth understanding of data management concepts, including data quality, data stewardship, data classification, and metadata management.
• Experience with data governance tools and technologies.
• Proficiency in data analysis, data profiling, and data quality assessment.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements and industry standards related to data governance and data privacy.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze complex data-related issues and propose effective solutions.
• Strong communication skills and ability to efficiently communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Background and drug screen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) certification, Certified Data Professional (CDP) certification, Data Governance Stewardship Professional (DGSP) certification, and/or Certified Information Management Professional (CIMP) certification.
• Knowledge of RDBS, SQL and Splunk.
• Prior experience working in payments, financial services, or similar regulated industry.
• Experience with ETL processes to populate the operational data stores, data warehouse and data marts as needed.

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