Governance‑Driven Data Transformation Specialist

Grant Thornton; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking a Data Transformation & Governance Senior Associate to join GTech. The role focuses on embedding governance, quality, and data standards into data integration and analytics initiatives across acquired companies.

This position involves inventorying both structured and unstructured data, documenting ownership, and supporting defensible disposal and retention decisions in a complex enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in data governance or data management roles.
• Experience supporting data migration, archival, or analytics projects.
• Experience with unstructured data like mail and file systems.
• Knowledge of retention, legal holds, and data privacy basics.
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems or related field.

Responsibilities

• Help apply governance frameworks to acquired‑company data integration.
• Build and maintain data estate inventory across structured and unstructured data.
• Document governance requirements and ownership for data domains.
• Support data quality and readiness activities and stewardship materials.
• Prepare approval records for data use and external sharing.
• Collaborate with Legal, Privacy, Risk, and Security teams.
• Create governance reporting, dashboards, and metrics.
• Assist with source‑to‑target mapping, lineage, and data issues.

Skills

Data governance

Data transformation

Analytics

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems/CS

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Informatica

Snowflake

Power BI

Job description

Grant Thornton is seeking a Data Transformation & Governance Senior Associate to join GTech. The role focuses on embedding governance, quality, and data standards into data integration and analytics initiatives across acquired companies.

This position involves inventorying both structured and unstructured data, documenting ownership, and supporting defensible disposal and retention decisions in a complex enterprise environment.