Data Quality & Controls Lead — Regulated Finance

Morningstar; United States; Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Financial Health benefits

Physical Health program

Emotional Health resources

Social Health initiatives

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Morningstar DBRS is seeking a Manager, Data Quality & Controls to lead the enterprise data quality program. Reporting to the Senior Director, Data Products, you will assess controls, close gaps, and establish standards, processes, and governance to ensure critical data is accurate and fit for purpose.

You will drive the data controls roadmap, partner across Data Management, Credit Operations, Technology, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Product teams to embed strong data practices into operations,

Qualifications

• Experience designing and governing data controls in a regulated financial services environment.
• Ability to work with senior managers and align stakeholders around data quality objectives.
• Knowledge of governance frameworks, metadata, lineage, and regulatory expectations.
• Experience authoring data policies, standards, and KPIs; familiarity with regulatory reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data controls framework design, governance standards, workflows, and remediation processes.
• Develop data governance standards for quality, metadata, lineage, retention, and issue management.
• Partner with data product and tech teams to define data‑product control requirements and migrations.
• Lead and develop a team of data analysts and promote best practices in data governance.
• Establish AI-ready data management standards and collaborate with Compliance and Legal.

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Regulatory data practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Data Science, Computer Science, or Management Studies (Master’s a plus)

Tools

Snowflake/Azure/AWS

DataHub/Collibra/Alation/Informatica/Purview

SQL/MS SQL Server

Power BI/Tableau/Excel dashboards

Bloomberg/Refinitiv Eikon

Job description

Morningstar DBRS is seeking a Manager, Data Quality & Controls to lead the enterprise data quality program. Reporting to the Senior Director, Data Products, you will assess controls, close gaps, and establish standards, processes, and governance to ensure critical data is accurate and fit for purpose.

You will drive the data controls roadmap, partner across Data Management, Credit Operations, Technology, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Product teams to embed strong data practices into operations,