Data Governance Analyst

Mwresource - Audubon, PA

Full-time

Hybrid - Audubon, PA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Data Governance Analyst position is focused on building a Data Governance competency within the organization and implementing Enterprise Data Governance. The role involves interacting with both business and IT users to gather and document requirements, as well as creating and socializing data principles, policies, and standards. The successful candidate will analyze data for quality purposes and assist in resolving data-related issues across multiple departments.

Responsibilities

• Assist data governance lead and data stewards in creation, coordination, support and promotion of data principles, policies and standards
• Work within a team to help provide requirements and evaluate Data Governance software
• Profile data using standard and complex rules to identify potential data issues and the need for data standards
• Ensure the quality, completeness, and accuracy of data definitions
• Use data quality software to interrogate data sets
• Design data quality monitors to meet project data needs
• Perform detailed analysis in order to identify trends and patterns in data
• Analyze findings and present summarized results
• Document business rules for data
• Perform root cause analysis on data anomalies and work with data stewards to resolve issues
• Support the Master Data Management platform for our organization

Requirements

• Excellent requirements gathering skills and experience
• Self-motivated and the ability to work independently, with minimum supervision
• B.S. degree in computer science, management information systems, or equivalent experience
• Experience analyzing and reporting on complex databases
• Good understanding with relational database modeling concepts
• Intermediate proficiency with SQL
• Ability to translate data and analytical needs from business requirements
• Ability to perform root cause analysis on data anomalies and work with data stewards to resolve issues
• At least 4 years of experience on projects where data management, data integration, data governance and/or data quality was a primary or significant focus of the effort

Nice-to-haves

• Working knowledge of Python, Tableau or similar tools
• Experience in data analysis
• Experience in business analysis and/or data governance analysis
• Experience with data governance tools such as Purview, Collibra, or Alation
• Experience in a data governance organization
• Familiarity with Agile methodology

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage through Capital Blue Cross
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Employer paid life insurance
• Participation in the MWResource 401K plan for US based consultants