Data Governance Analyst

UBA America; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

UBA America is seeking a Data & Data Governance professional to support core data analyst functions, lead data analysis, governance, and quality initiatives in a banking context. This role collaborates with IT and business teams to translate requirements into data and technical specifications, while driving data quality and lineage improvements.

The ideal candidate has 3-5 years in data analytics with governance exposure, strong SQL/Python/R skills, and familiarity with data warehousing and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, or data engineering.
• 3-5 years of experience as a Data Analyst with exposure to data governance.
• Experience in banking/finance industry is highly desirable.
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex analyses and facilitate issue identification based on in-depth data analysis.
• Analyze raw data across source systems and provide actionable insights for decision-making.
• Develop and manage data mapping, transformation rules and data lineage.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and coordinate testing activities.
• Document data processes, metadata, and data assets to ensure transparency.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data visualization

Python

R

SQL

Big Data concepts

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Data Science/Data Engineering

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

Apache Spark

AWS

Power BI

Tableau

Collibra/Alation/Axon

Job description

Data & Data Governance reports to Chief Data and Analytics Officer. Leading Data Governance, Data quality and Data Lineage function. This role provides support to core data analyst function.

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES [1]

Data Analysis

• Performs complex analyses.
• Conducts and facilitates issues identification based on in-depth analysis on various data sets to determine Route cause analysis and work with appropriate parties to remediate data issues.
• Analyze raw data a across source systems and turn it into actionable insights and support business decision-making.
• Provide ad-hoc analytics support.
• Utilize statistical and analytical tools to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies in the data, automate testing procedures and find opportunities to eliminate manual data exchanges.
• Develops and manages data mapping, transformation rules and lineage.

Data Governance

• Perform data profiling of source data to assess quality and Identify opportunities to improve data quality at the source.
• Work with business data owners to create Business Glossary
• Work with business data owners to identify CDE and governing data quality rules.
• Document technical and business metadata.
• Help with implementing Data Governance procedures based on governing policies.

Data Quality Management

• Assess and improve data quality by identifying and addressing data discrepancies, inconsistencies, and inaccuracies.
• Design and Implement data quality checks and validation processes to maintain high standards of data accuracy.
• Develop data scorecards and Data quality metrics to assess, improve and monitor data quality of bank data.

Collaborate with cross-functional team.

• Own data delivery projects under guidance of CDAO
• Work with business take holders to understand business requirements and translate those requirements into data and technical specifications.
• Work with IT and data engineering to facilitate solution and make sure the solution meet requirements.
• Lead System Testing and be responsible to coordinate and lead User Acceptance Testing.

Documentation

• Document data processes, data lineage, and meta data to ensure transparency and facilitate knowledge transfer within the organization.
• Create and maintain artifacts for assigned data projects.
• Document company data assets and contribute to data modeling.
• Works closely with CDAO and engineering teams to develop strategic centralized data platform architecture.

Reporting

• Help with existing reporting systems.
• Contribute to design and development of centralized Reporting Analytics capabilities.

SKILLS:

Technical Data Skills

• Experienced with ETL, data mapping and transformation rules.
• Intermediate skills with Python and R and willingness to advance.
• Knowledge and understanding of data modeling, different data modeling technics, and data warehousing.
• Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, or similar RDBMS platform.
• Some exposure to Big Data technologies, ApacheSpark, AWS, AWS S3, amazonGlue, cloud -based data architecture is preferred.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, or similar platforms is desirable but not mandatory.

Data Governance Knowledge Skills

• Understanding of data governance frameworks, policies, data cataloging, CDE, metadata and data quality
• Ability to implement and enforce data governance standards.
• Experience with any Data Governance tool – such as Collibra, Alation, Informatica Axon DG, or Apache Atlas.

Communication Skills

• Excellent communication skills to convey complex data findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Science, or data engineering
• 3-5 years of experience as a Data Analyst with exposure to data governance practices.
• Previous work experience in the banking or finance industry is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Meticulous attention to detail to ensure data accuracy and quality.
• Curios and open to learning advanced data tools and technologies.
• Passionate about data

UBA America is an Equal Opportunity Employer

[1] Specific duties and responsibilities may vary based upon departmental and Bank needs. Other duties may be assigned similar to the above consistent with the knowledge, skills and abilities required for the position.