Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Empower is a financial services company helping customers achieve financial freedom. The Senior Data Governance Analyst supports enterprise data governance by improving metadata, lineage, data quality, ownership, and governance processes, while independently coordinating with stakeholders and contributing to process maturity.
Responsibilities
- Support execution of enterprise data governance processes and standards
- Maintain and improve metadata and lineage for governed data
- Work directly with data to understand its meaning and identify anomalies or areas requiring stronger governance
- Support data quality processes and issue resolution
- Work with data owners and data stewards to clarify ownership and stewardship responsibilities
- Independently coordinate with stakeholders when ownership or governance issues need to be resolved
- Support stewardship meetings and help data owners and stewards understand their responsibilities
- Apply governance processes to improve the reliability and consistency of data and reporting
- Participate in working groups and projects where data governance involvement is needed
- Provide input based on prior experience to help improve and mature governance processes
Skills
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S
- 4-7 years of experience in data governance, data management, or related work
- Experience contributing to data governance programs
- SQL knowledge and the ability to work directly with data
- Experience with metadata and lineage
- Knowledge of data quality and governance processes
- Working knowledge of regulatory and privacy frameworks such as CCPA, ERISA, FINRA, and SEC requirements
- Ability to work directly with business partners, data owners, and data stewards
- Ability to independently investigate data governance and ownership issues and coordinate the appropriate stakeholders
- For remote and hybrid positions you will be required to provide reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection as well as a place in your home to work with limited disruption
- You must have reliable connectivity from an internet service provider that is fiber, cable or DSL internet
- Python experience
- Financial services or banking experience
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Fluid career paths and internal mobility
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
- Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
- Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
- Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
- Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.
- Other necessary computer equipment will be provided.
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