Data Governance Analyst Senior

$92,114 - $156,880/Yr

Royal Bank of Canada - Wilmington, DE

Full-time - Mid Level

Wilmington, DE

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

The Data Governance Senior Analyst plays a crucial role within the Data Governance function, focusing on the successful execution of enterprise-wide data governance initiatives across various business areas. This position is responsible for implementing data standards, procedures, and governance oversight, ensuring that data management practices align with the organization's strategic objectives. The analyst will actively engage with business data stewards, data owners, data custodians, and IT teams to foster collaboration and ensure effective data governance practices are in place. In this role, the analyst will execute the Data Governance capabilities and manage operations as outlined in the data strategy. This includes coordinating with operational and reporting data stewards to create data controls, identify measurement definitions, and manage these through dashboards. The analyst will maintain the enterprise data policy, ensuring compliance for critical data and reports, and will document various governance roles and responsibilities while educating stakeholders on their importance. Ongoing communication with data stewards is essential to ensure that critical data issues are addressed promptly. The analyst will collaborate with data stewards, custodians, and report developers to ensure consistent use and maintenance of data definitions, authorized data sources, and calculations. Additionally, the analyst will work closely with IT and architecture teams to prioritize and resolve data sourcing, business rules, data aggregation, distribution, and consumption issues. The role also involves establishing programs to monitor and measure data governance adoption and achievements, maintaining a library of enterprise critical reports with associated reporting metadata, and documenting governance activities, including logs of issues and resolutions. The analyst will serve as a liaison between business and functional areas and technology, ensuring that data-related business requirements are clearly defined and understood. Furthermore, the analyst will produce data governance dashboards regularly and manage documentation and remediation of key data issues, executing a reliable second-line-of-defense process through documented processes, controls, and templates.

Responsibilities

• Execute Data Governance capabilities and operations management as outlined in data strategy.
• Coordinate with operational and reporting data stewards to create data controls and manage using dashboards.
• Maintain enterprise data policy for governing data and measure compliance for critical data and reports.
• Document governance roles and responsibilities and educate data stewards, owners, and custodians.
• Maintain ongoing communication with data stewards to address critical data issues timely.
• Collaborate with data stewards, custodians, and report developers for consistent data definitions and quality.
• Work with IT and architecture teams to prioritize and resolve data sourcing and business rules issues.
• Ensure operational data stewards define and maintain data definitions and quality rules in the business glossary.
• Establish programs to monitor and measure data governance adoption and achievements.
• Maintain a library of enterprise critical reports with associated reporting metadata.
• Document and maintain data governance activities, logs, and issue resolutions.
• Serve as a liaison between business and technology for data-related requirements.
• Produce data governance dashboards on a recurring basis.
• Enroll data owners and stewards in active management of critical data issues.
• Manage documentation and remediation of key data issues.
• Execute a reliable second-line-of-defense process via documented processes and controls.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience in providing data governance functions and related operations.
• Minimum 3 years of project management experience.
• Minimum 3 years of consultancy and facilitation skills.
• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems or Business Administration; Master's Degree preferred.
• Prefer 3 years of banking experience, preferably in regulatory reporting or credit.
• Knowledge of information access and delivery methods, analytics applications, and data sourcing methods.
• Understanding of data warehouse, ETL, data cleansing, and architecture.
• Strong understanding of FR Y-14M and FR Y-14Q CCAR reporting preferred.
• Experience with CCAR reporting and/or credit risk analytics preferred.
• Experience collaborating with reporting, operations, and technology teams.
• Familiarity with operational and support environment issues.
• Strong critical thinking and problem resolution skills.
• Ability to work independently with light to moderate supervision.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal/written communication, and project management skills.
• Experience consulting with senior management.
• Thorough knowledge and operational skills in Data Governance.
• Proficient in personal computers and software packages, including Excel and Word.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in financial services or banking sector.
• Familiarity with data governance tools and software.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance standards in data management.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with bonus eligibility.
• Comprehensive health insurance plans.
• Retirement savings plan with company match.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Diversity and inclusion programs.
• Flexible work arrangements.