Policy and Foundational Data Governance Analyst

U.S. Bancorp India; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Bancorp India is seeking a detail-oriented professional to join its governance and controls team in Chennai.

The role focuses on design assessments, EDG policy enhancements, and risk-based QA across data and IT processes in a regulated banking environment. Ideal candidates will have 6–9 years of relevant experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and proficiency with SharePoint and Power BI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Typically, 6-9 years of total experience.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, risk management, compliance, audit, internal controls, and issue management concepts.
• Experience working in a regulated environment, preferably banking or financial markets.
• Ability to understand Business Line operations, products and services, systems, data flows, reporting processes, and associated risks and controls.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.

Responsibilities

• Perform control design assessments, operating effectiveness reviews, and quality assurance testing; document procedures, evidence, results, and conclusions so they can be independently understood and reproduced.
• Support the design and enhancement of governance processes and controls, including clearly defined ownership, frequency, evidence, escalation, and approval requirements.
• Evaluate control mapping across business, data, and technology processes, including alignment to relevant IT controls and identification of gaps or duplication.
• Support periodic refreshes of EDG policies, standards, procedures, and supporting guidance; assess changes for consistency, clarity, and operational impact.
• Execute governance maturity assessments, validate supporting evidence, identify themes and gaps, and develop clear recommendations for accountable stakeholders.
• Support governance and oversight of the Key Reports program, including inventory, risk assessment, control alignment, issue identification, and reporting.
• ADS (Authoritative Data Sources) review and risk assessment
• Perform risk-based quality assurance reviews across EDG processes and challenge whether conclusions are adequately supported, consistently applied, and audit-ready.
• Partner with Business Lines, technology teams, control partners, and other stakeholders to resolve governance questions, clarify requirements, and drive timely completion of deliverables.
• Prepare accurate, concise EDG reporting and executive-ready updates that highlight status, decisions, risks, dependencies, and required actions.
• Support internal assessments, audit and regulatory examinations, including evidence coordination, response development, issue analysis, and remediation validation.
• Maintain procedures, templates, job aids, and records of decision that translate policy requirements into clear, executable, and testable expectations.

Skills

Data governance

Risk management

Audit

Internal controls

Issue management

Stakeholder management

Project management

Communication

SharePoint

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SharePoint

Power BI

Power Automate

Power Apps

LEAP

Collibra

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

At U.S. Bancorp India, we're on a journey to do our best. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bancorp India gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at-all from Day One.

Job Description

The successful candidate will combine strong critical thinking, communication, and analytical skills with the ability to understand business, technology, data, and reporting processes and identify governance or control gaps. The role requires sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, a strong sense of ownership, and disciplined attention to detail. The candidate must be able to work independently, provide constructive credible challenge, develop clear and defensible documentation, and manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Typically, 6 - 9 years of total experience

Roles & Responsibilities

• Perform control design assessments, operating effectiveness reviews, and quality assurance testing; document procedures, evidence, results, and conclusions so they can be independently understood and reproduced.
• Support the design and enhancement of governance processes and controls, including clearly defined ownership, frequency, evidence, escalation, and approval requirements.
• Evaluate control mapping across business, data, and technology processes, including alignment to relevant IT controls and identification of gaps or duplication.
• Support periodic refreshes of EDG policies, standards, procedures, and supporting guidance; assess changes for consistency, clarity, and operational impact.
• Execute governance maturity assessments, validate supporting evidence, identify themes and gaps, and develop clear recommendations for accountable stakeholders.
• Support governance and oversight of the Key Reports program, including inventory, risk assessment, control alignment, issue identification, and reporting.
• ADS (Authoritative Data Sources) review and risk assessment
• Perform risk-based quality assurance reviews across EDG processes and challenge whether conclusions are adequately supported, consistently applied, and audit-ready.
• Partner with Business Lines, technology teams, control partners, and other stakeholders to resolve governance questions, clarify requirements, and drive timely completion of deliverables.
• Prepare accurate, concise EDG reporting and executive-ready updates that highlight status, decisions, risks, dependencies, and required actions.
• Support internal assessments, audit and regulatory examinations, including evidence coordination, response development, issue analysis, and remediation validation.
• Maintain procedures, templates, job aids, and records of decision that translate policy requirements into clear, executable, and testable expectations.

Required skills/experience:

• Strong knowledge of data governance, risk management, compliance, audit, internal controls, and issue management concepts.
• Ability to understand Business Line operations, products and services, systems, data flows, reporting processes, and associated risks and controls.
• Knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, regulatory expectations, and risk trends relevant to financial services and data governance.
• Experience working in a regulated environment, preferably banking or financial markets.
• Strong sense of ownership, ability to work autonomously, prioritize based on tactical and strategic objectives and escape as needed
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, process facilitation, and project management skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive work to completion without relying on direct authority.
• Strong relationship-building, consultation, and negotiation skills, including the ability to deliver constructive credible challenge.
• Effective presentation, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Technical aptitude and experience with SharePoint, Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps and/or LEAP, and data governance or data platforms such as Collibra, Databricks, or Snowflake.
• Training and Communications background focusing on diverse set of activities, channels and audiences

Work Mode:

5 Days, Work From Office

Shift Timings

• Standard Time: 2:30 PM - 10:30 PM IST
• Daylight Savings Time: 1:30 PM - 9:30 PM IST
• Location: Chennai

If there's anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants. -https://careers.usbank.com/global/en/disability-accommodations-for-applicants

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.

This is an U.S. Bancorp India posting. U.S. Bancorp India is a part of the U.S. Bank family.