Data Governance & Quality Analyst

Instant Impact; Kraków; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Instant Impact is representing a global financial services firm seeking a Data Management Analyst to join their Cracow-based Data team and report to the Data Management Lead. You will work on improving data quality, metadata and governance, enabling analytics, automation and AI readiness.

You’ll collaborate with Data Owners, Data Stewards, Data Engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure data transparency, compliance, and enterprise data catalogue maintenance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data quality, metadata management, data governance, or a related data management discipline.
• Hands-on experience with data quality and data catalogue tools, including profiling, rule management, lineage capture, glossary management, and metadata enrichment.
• Strong understanding of metadata concepts, including classification, lineage, taxonomies, ontology modelling, and business glossary management.
• Strong SQL and Python skills for data analysis, profiling, reconciliation, and control development.
• Understanding of modern cloud-based data platforms, particularly Azure and associated data architectures.
• Experience working with both structured and unstructured datasets.
• Knowledge of data lifecycle management, authoritative data sources, and data control frameworks.
• Ability to analyse complex data issues and translate findings into practical improvement actions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Comfortable working in a growing or evolving data environment and helping shape processes, standards, and controls.

Responsibilities

• Deliver data quality and data governance initiatives, including data profiling, validation, reconciliation, and root‑cause analysis across structured and unstructured datasets.
• Identify and document Critical Data Elements (CDEs), including definitions, ownership, business rules, and authoritative sources.
• Develop and maintain data quality rules, controls, and thresholds using enterprise data quality tooling.
• Define and monitor data quality metrics, supporting remediation activities and continuous improvement plans.
• Work with Data Stewards and business stakeholders to resolve data quality issues and strengthen data controls.
• Maintain and enhance the enterprise data catalogue, ensuring data assets are accurately documented and easily discoverable.
• Implement and manage metadata standards, including classification, lineage, taxonomies, ownership, and usage guidance.
• Develop and maintain business glossaries and ensure metadata remains accurate and aligned to regulatory requirements.
• Promote data catalogue adoption and increase metadata awareness across business functions.
• Partner with Data Engineering teams to embed data quality controls and metadata capture into automated pipelines.
• Support lineage capture and transparency across data platforms and data flows.
• Contribute to governance forums, working groups, and data management initiatives.
• Recommend improvements to data handling, control frameworks, and operational processes.
• Support AI readiness by ensuring data assets are well‑documented, controlled, and of high quality.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Data quality

Tools

Azure

Data catalogue tools

Profiling tools

Metadata enrichment

Job description

Instant Impact is representing a global financial services firm seeking a Data Management Analyst to join their Cracow-based Data team and report to the Data Management Lead. You will work on improving data quality, metadata and governance, enabling analytics, automation and AI readiness.

You’ll collaborate with Data Owners, Data Stewards, Data Engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure data transparency, compliance, and enterprise data catalogue maintenance.