Sr. Associate, Data Governance

Sr. Associate, Data Governance

Country: United States of America

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The Difference You Make: The Sr. Associate, Data Governance serves as a subject matter expert for designing end to end data governance structure for specific reporting and processes. They will liaise with business leaders and other stakeholders to ensure the delivery of quality products within the expected timeframes. • Conducts data management maturity assessments and identifies pain points for capabilities including data quality, governance, architecture, analytics, metadata management, master data management, etc. • Builds future state governance strategy and roadmaps; presents to senior leadership. • Identifies data governance gaps and assesses data governance maturity. • Collaborates with data stewards to produce data quality mapping. • Facilitates resolution of data conflicts across lines of businesses. • Builds and sustains cross-functional relationships through consistent and predictable collaboration efforts. • Provides oversight through collaboration and/or development of supplemental guidance to ensure successful implementation of policy requirements. • Gathers critical information from meetings with various stakeholders to produce useful reporting working closely with department heads, technicians, and managerial staff. • Presents data, results, and/or recommendations from projects or process implementations to senior leadership as directed. • Prepares and analyzes extensive data for timely and accurate managerial reporting in monthly boards of director's meetings. • Identifies trends, advises management and recommends actions based on sound advise. • Consults with management to guide and influence long term and strategic decision making within the broadest scope. • Ensures that solutions meet the business needs and adherence to company standards. • Provides guidance and direction to less experienced data analysts on data analysis and maintenance of data infrastructure. • Provides recommendations to complex business scenarios/problems. What You Bring: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience: Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics/Statistics, Actuarial Science, or other equivalent field. - Required. Master's Degree Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics/Statistics, Actuarial Science, or other equivalent field. - Preferred. 9+ Years Audit, regulatory, compliance, operational, or financial experience with Data Governance - Required. • Advanced knowledge of data governance best practices, challenges, and approaches; metadata, data quality, and data stewardship. • Knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements in financial services industry. • Ability to comprehend processes and systems associated with data management; evaluate and understand business challenges; their technical implications, and potential solutions for implementation. • Ability to interact with all levels of management and negotiate project priorities and deliverables. • Ability to work across multiple lines of business and facilitate large cross-functional meetings. • Strong project management skills. • Ability to interact with senior level management; experience interfacing with multiple levels of the organizational structure. • Ability to maintain and report on confidential information in an appropriate manner. • Ability to communicate at all levels with clarity, poise, maturity and precision both written and verbal. • Ability to exercise stakeholder confidentiality and discretionary judgment. • Ability to communicate at all levels with clarity, poise, maturity and precision both written and verbal. • Ability to convey a sense or