Data Transformation & Governance Specialist

Grant Thornton (US); Edison (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton (US) seeks an Associate for Data Transformation & Governance to help govern, classify, and prepare acquired-company data for analytics and decision making. The role spans structured and unstructured content, supporting retention, compliance, and migration activities across teams.

You will coordinate with data governance leads, stewards, and IT to ensure the data estate is cataloged, trusted, and ready for enterprise analytics and reporting initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience with data governance concepts and data quality workflows.
• Familiarity with unstructured data sources and document retention.
• Ability to coordinate across governance, security, and analytics teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain governance documentation for acquired-company data integration.
• Support data migration, archival, and analytics enablement workstreams.
• Assist with inventory of data estate including unstructured content.
• Track data ownership, classification, retention, and approval records.
• Prepare summaries for migration planning and for compliance evidence.
• Coordinate with data stewards, IT, and vendors to ensure traceability.

Job description

Grant Thornton (US) seeks an Associate for Data Transformation & Governance to help govern, classify, and prepare acquired-company data for analytics and decision making. The role spans structured and unstructured content, supporting retention, compliance, and migration activities across teams.

You will coordinate with data governance leads, stewards, and IT to ensure the data estate is cataloged, trusted, and ready for enterprise analytics and reporting initiatives.